D7024E Kademlia_lab

Setup

Install dependencies

The following dependencies is required to run this program:

• Docker
• Golang

Step 1: Build the docker image

To build the docker image, run the following commands from the root directory of this project:

docker build -t kadlab .

Step 2: Run the containers with Docker Compose

Modify the number of nodes in the docker-compose file.

replicas: 50

Run this command from the root directory of the project to start the containers:

docker-compose up

To terminate and remove the containers, run command:

docker-compose down

Step 3: Start another command prompt from the root directory

Run this command to attach a containers ongoing input and output:

docker attach <container_name>

Step 4: Execute CLI commands

The CLI has three main functions. Available commands:

- put \<string> (stores data on k closest nodes to hash)	
- get \<string> (fetches data object if it is stored in the network)
- exit (terminates this node)