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title: DNS Discovery Setup Guide
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sort_key: C
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---
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This document explains how to set up an [EIP 1459][dns-eip] node list using the devp2p
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developer tool. The focus of this guide is creating a public list for the Ethereum mainnet
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and public testnets, but you may also find this helpful if you want to set up DNS-based
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discovery for a private network.
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DNS-based node lists can serve as a fallback option when connectivity to the discovery DHT
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is unavailable. In this guide, we'll create node lists by crawling the discovery DHT, then
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publishing the resulting node sets under chosen DNS names.
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### Installing the devp2p command
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cmd/devp2p is a developer utility and is not included in the Geth distribution. You can
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install this command using `go get`:
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```shell
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go get -u github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/devp2p
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```
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To create a signing key, you might also need the `ethkey` utility.
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```shell
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go get -u github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/ethkey
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```
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### Crawling the v4 DHT
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Our first step is to compile a list of all reachable nodes. The DHT crawler in cmd/devp2p
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is a batch process which runs for a set amount of time. You should should schedule this command
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to run at a regular interval. To create a node list, run
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```shell
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devp2p discv4 crawl -timeout 30m all-nodes.json
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```
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This walks the DHT and stores the set of all found nodes in the `all-nodes.json` file.
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Subsequent runs of the same command will revalidate previously discovered node records,
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add newly-found nodes to the set, and remove nodes which are no longer alive. The quality
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of the node set improves with each run because the number of revalidations is tracked
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alongside each node in the set.
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### Creating sub-lists through filtering
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Once `all-nodes.json` has been created and the set contains a sizeable number of nodes,
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useful sub-sets of nodes can be extracted using the `devp2p nodeset filter` command. This
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command takes a node set file as argument and applies filters given as command-line flags.
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To create a filtered node set, first create a new directory to hold the output set. You
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can use any directory name, though it's good practice to use the DNS domain name as the
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name of this directory.
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```shell
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mkdir mainnet.nodes.example.org
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```
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Then, to create the output set containing Ethereum mainnet nodes only, run
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```shell
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devp2p nodeset filter all-nodes.json -eth-network mainnet > mainnet.nodes.example.org/nodes.json
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```
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The following filter flags are available:
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* `-eth-network ( mainnet | ropsten | rinkeby | goerli )` selects an Ethereum network.
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* `-les-server` selects LES server nodes.
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* `-ip <mask>` restricts nodes to the given IP range.
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* `-min-age <duration>` restricts the result to nodes which have been live for the
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given duration.
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### Creating DNS trees
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To turn a node list into a DNS node tree, the list needs to be signed. To do this, you
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need a key pair. To create the key file in the correct format, you can use the cmd/ethkey
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utility. Please choose a good password to encrypt the key on disk.
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```shell
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ethkey generate dnskey.json
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```
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Now use `devp2p dns sign` to update the signature of the node list. If your list's
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directory name differs from the name you want to publish it at, please specify the DNS
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name the using the `-domain` flag. This command will prompt for the key file password and
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update the tree signature.
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```shell
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devp2p dns sign mainnet.nodes.example.org dnskey.json
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```
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The resulting DNS tree metadata is stored in the
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`mainnet.nodes.example.org/enrtree-info.json` file.
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### Publishing DNS trees
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Now that the tree is signed, it can be published to a DNS provider. cmd/devp2p currently
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supports publishing to CloudFlare DNS. You can also export TXT records as a JSON file and
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publish them yourself.
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To publish to CloudFlare, first create an API token in the management console. cmd/devp2p
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expects the API token in the `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` environment variable. Now use the
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following command to upload DNS TXT records via the CloudFlare API:
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```shell
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devp2p dns to-cloudflare mainnet.nodes.example.org
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```
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Note that this command uses the domain name specified during signing. Any existing records
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below this name will be erased by cmd/devp2p.
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[dns-eip]: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1459
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