Bootstrap nodes

Lotus daemons may be configured to act as network bootstrappers. Bootstrappers act as the initial point of contact for other lotus daemons to find peers.

Configuring a Bootstrapper node #

Because bootstrapper nodes handle somewhat different traffic than a typical lotus daemon, we recommend using the following configuration. This configuration will setup the node to act as a bootstrapper for

  [API]
    ListenAddress = "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/1234/http"
  [Libp2p]
    ListenAddresses = ["/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/1347"]
    ConnMgrLow = 400
    ConnMgrHigh = 500
    ConnMgrGrace = "5m0s"
    Bootstrapper = true
  [Pubsub]
    Bootstrapper = true

Starting a Bootstrapper node #

Start the lotus daemon with the bootstrapper profile. --profile=bootstrapper overrides configuration defaults to enable bootstrapper mode for libp2p and pubsub subsystems. If your daemon config file contains Bootstrapper = true as in the example above, this option is not required.

lotus daemon --profile=bootstrapper

Operating a Bootstrapper node #

Bootstrapper nodes will automatically bootstrap with existing bootstrappers. If you are operating your own infrastrucuture, you may want to manually peer your bootstrappers with each other.

lotus net peers
lotus net connect <peer_multiaddr>

Configure lotus daemons to connect to this bootstrapper. #

Lotus bootstrappers are built in at compile time. You can find the list of public bootstrapper nodes for each network here. This list can be overridden by adding the following to your daemon config file.

[Libp2p]
    BootstrapPeers = [
      "<multiaddr>"
    ]

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