This is the server of Neubot that typically runs on M-Lab servers. It is partly written in Python and partly written in Go. The Go code runs a custom NDT server and is based on the neubot/botticelli library.
For more info on Neubot in general, see https://neubot.nexacenter.org/.
Currently neubot-server only works on Linux systems. It should also work on BSD systems, but this was not tested. It does not work on Windows.
In order to start neubot-server you need root privileges. They are needed to
bind privileged ports and to assign to user nobody read and write permissions
of neubot-server work directory (/var/lib/neubot). After ports are bound and
permissions are assigned, neubot-server drops privilegeds and runs as the non
privileged nobody user.
Assuming you are in the root directory of neubot-server, you can simply start the server by running:
$ sudo bin/neubot-server-devIn its default configuration, neubot-server output is quite terse; it will only print the loaded modules implementing one test each. Shortly afterwards, the server will become a daemon. You can change both verbosity and daemon behavior by specifying command line options, as follows.
sudo bin/neubot-server-dev [-dv]Accepts the following options:
-
-dDo not demonize neubot-server. -
-vMakes the command more verbose.
First, make sure you have set the GOPATH environment variable. I usually
set it to my home directory, but your mileage may vary:
export GOPATH=$HOME
Then fetch and compile the govendor tool:
go get -u -v github.com/kardianos/govendor
Finally, update botticelli and bernini (dependency of botticelli):
$GOPATH/bin/govendor update github.com/neubot/bernini/... \
github.com/neubot/botticelli/...
You should see changed files in vendor/. Commit them and you are done.
Move to the mlab branch:
git checkout mlab
Merge the master branch into mlab:
git merge --no-ff master
Rebuild:
GOOS=linux GOARCH=386 ./scripts/get-botticelli
Commit the modified botticelli binary.