elavoie/pando-server

Server for bootstrapping a pando network and serving the volunteer code.

pando-server

Server for bootstrapping a pando network and serving the volunteer code.

Usage

SECRET='12345...' PORT=1234 PUBLICDIR='./public' pando-server

Launch on heroku

git clone git@github.com:elavoie/pando-server
cd pando-server
heroku login
heroku create
# 1. Generate an alphanumeric secret and add it to the environment variable on
#    Heroku
# 2. Note the host provided by heroku to used with the pando-computing tool

API

Server([opts])

opts is an optional object with the options below, given with their default values:

{
    monitoringInterval: 5, // in seconds
    publicDir: '<pando-server-dir>/public',
    port: 5000,
    secret: 'INSECURE-SECRET',
    seed: null
}

opts.monitoringInterval is the refresh rate for sending monitoring events.

opts.publicDir is the public directory to use to serve files over http.

opts.port is the port number on which to start the server.

opts.secret is the secret used by the root node to connect and upload files.

opts.seed is the seed to use for pseudo-random number generation (such as for Channel.id). If null, use the crypto.randomBytes method.

Event: 'listening'

Emitted when the underlying server has been bound.