Storj Node

Simple to set up Storj node.

Running the server

docker run \
    --detach \
    --name storj \
    --publish 14002:14002/tcp \
    --publish 28967:28967/tcp \
    --publish 28967:28967/udp \
    hetsh/storj

Stopping the container

docker stop storj

Creating persistent storage

CONFIG="/path/to/config"
STORAGE="/path/to/storage"
IDENTITY="/path/to/identity"
mkdir -p "$CONFIG" "$STORAGE" "$IDENTITY"
chown 1377:1377 "$CONFIG" "$STORAGE" "$IDENTITY"

1377 is the numerical id of the user running the server (see Dockerfile). The user must have RW access to the storage directory. Start the server with the additional mount flags:

docker run \
    --mount type=bind,source=/path/to/config,target=/storj/config \
    --mount type=bind,source=/path/to/storage,target=/storj/storage \
    --mount type=bind,source=/path/to/identity,target=/storj/identity \
    ...

Time

Synchronizing the timezones will display the correct time in the logs. The timezone can be shared with this mount flag:

docker run \
    --mount type=bind,source=/etc/localtime,target=/etc/localtime,readonly \
    ...

Setup

An identity must be generated to operate a node. You first need to request an authentication token on the STORJ website before running the setup script. Generating the required identity may take several hours depending on luck and hardware performance, so run this on a powerful computer:

docker run \
    --rm \
    --tty \
    --interactive \
    --mount type=bind,source=/path/to/config,target=/storj/config \
    --mount type=bind,source=/path/to/storage,target=/storj/storage \
    --mount type=bind,source=/path/to/identity,target=/storj/identity \
    --mount type=bind,source=/etc/localtime,target=/etc/localtime,readonly \
    --entrypoint ./setup.sh \
    hetsh/storj <your_email:auth_token> <your_public_eth_address>

Automate startup and shutdown via systemd

The systemd unit can be found in my GitHub repository.

systemctl enable storj --now

By default, the systemd service assumes /apps/storj/config for config, /mnt/storage for storage, /apps/storj/identity for identity and /etc/localtime for timezone. Since this is a personal systemd unit file, you might need to adjust some parameters to suit your setup.

Fork Me!

This is an open project hosted on GitHub. Please feel free to ask questions, file an issue or contribute to it.