Know the unknowns, whilst being private
This is a video calling peer-to-peer decentralised app, centered to the users to connect with unknowns, whilst also being on the 3rd era of Web, i.e. the modern and more privacy-focused web.
The below pics are updated as on 14th June, 2022. They might not be the latest.
This project currently does not use custom docker setup.
Note: Currently, I have not tested docker setup fully. Yet, I am keeping the docker files in place, as we would need that for sure in future.
- NodeJS version required is
v16.8.0, bcoz node17 and above have breaking changes for the blockchain and hardhat framework. - If we will be using ipfs services, then we have to install go-ipfs on your host system.
Firstly, clone this repository.
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Install all the npm packages required for smart contract code, frontend and server, in one go.
npm run full-install
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Install go-ipfs in the host system and then initialize the installed ipfs.
The below command should be run only once, in the first initialization:
ipfs init
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Configure IPFS to allow CORS requests (needed this config only once):
ipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Origin "[\"*\"]"
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Run a local redis server:
# below command pulls the redis image and runs the redis container in background # when we will kill this container, it automatically would get removed too npm run redis:start # To enter into the redis container, run below commands docker exec -it redis /bin/bash # and then run below command inside that docker container, to have redis cli redis-cli
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Stop the redis docker service, and also remove that:
npm run redis:stop
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Run a local ipfs node (it runs a daemon):
ipfs daemon --enable-pubsub-experiment
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Compile the smart contracts:
npm run sc:compile
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Run tests on smart contracts:
npm run sc:test
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Run Hardhat Network, such that external clients can connect to it:
npm run sc:localnode
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Connect MetaMask to Local node:
- After running the local node, connect the MetaMask to that local node.
- Then goto the metamask profile settings and to Advanced, then enable "Show Test Networks".
- Then, click on the circle icon of yours, and then click "Import Account", and then provide the private key of one of the accounts of that localnode.
- Hurray!!, you have successfully setup your localnode in Metamask.
- Refer this article for more details.
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Deploy the smart contract -- It will firstly compile the smart contracts and then would deploy them, and then copy the config to the correct server folder.
npm run sc:deploy
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Build the client-side code and serve it locally:
npm run app:serve
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Run a development spin for the client-side code, so that it can watch the file changes and reload:
npm run app:start
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Test the frontend application:
npm run app:test
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Install docker and docker-compose, and then enable the docker daemon service globally by the below command. The below command is for the ones, who run this repo on linux/mac machines with systemd in it.
sudo systemctl start docker
Run all the below commands only in the root folder context, as
docker-composecommand checks the file passed as parameter, and the current directory too..
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Build and run the project in Production mode using following command:
npm run docker-prod:build
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Only run the already-built docker image in production mode:
npm run docker-prod:up
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Build and run the project in development mode using following command:
npm run docker-dev:build
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Only run the already-built docker image in development mode:
npm run docker-dev:up
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Run the smart contract deploy script after the
docker-compose upcommands:npm run docker:sc:deploy
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Remove the created containers:
npm run docker:down
Note: Doing
Ctrl+Dwill only stop the container, but will not remove them.
- Video on WebRTC, Video calling and Javascript integration
- Centralized Error Handling using Redux
- For blockchain deployment and testing inside docker container: How To Dockerize Your Hardhat Solidity Contract On Localhost
- ExpressJS OPTIONS Request and CORS errors and Preflight requests
- CORS Middleware