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How to run TOS Sites

👋 Introduction​

TOS Sites work almost like regular sites except for their installation. A number of additional actions are required to launch them. In this tutorial I will show you how to do it.

🖥 Running TOS Site​

There are two ways to do this. The first is to use a docker. This method is easier because docker will do all the complex actions for you.

The second method is Installing from sources manually. This method is longer and may cause difficulties for not experienced users.

📦 Running with Docker​

There is an easy-to-use docker container for TOS Proxy with which you can run TOS Site: https://github.com/kdimentionaltree/tos-proxy-docker

Before you start, make sure that you already have a regular website running on port 80. We will consider installing on a Linux machine, but the same steps can be performed on other operating systems.

  1. Download Docker container:
git clone https://github.com/kdimentionaltree/tos-proxy-docker.git
  1. Build TOS Proxy with docker:
cd tos-proxy-docker
docker-compose build
  1. Generate a persistent ADNL address for your server:
./init.sh

You see something like

45061C1D4EC44A937D0318589E13C73D151D1CEF5D3C0E53AFBCF56A6C2FE2BD vcqmha5j3ceve35ammfrhqty46rkhi455otydstv66pk2tmf7rl25f3

This is your newly-generated persistent ADNL address, in hexadecimal and user-friendly form.

  1. Run proxy in reverse mode:
docker-compose up -d

⚙️ Installing from sources​

Otherwise, if you don't want to use Docker, you can download the sources and install it manually.

Before you start, make sure that you already have a regular website running on port 80. We will consider installing on a Linux machine, but the same steps can be performed on other operating systems.

  1. Download the newest version of TOS Blockchain sources, available at GitHub repository https://github.com/tos-network/tos/:
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/tos-network/tos.git
  1. Install the newest versions of make, cmake, clang, OpenSSL and some other packets:
apt update
apt install build-essential cmake clang-6.0 openssl libssl-dev zlib1g-dev
  1. Suppose that you have fetched the source tree to directory ~/tos, where ~ is your home directory, then create an empty directory ~/tos-build and open it:
mkdir tos-build
cd tos-build
  1. Compile with cmake:
cmake ../tos
  1. Download Global Config:
wget https://tos.network/global-config.json
  1. Compile RLDP-HTTP-Proxy and generate-random-id:

You can read more about RLDP here

cmake --build . --target rldp-http-proxy
cmake --build . --target generate-random-id
  1. Generate a persistent ADNL address for your server:
mkdir keyring
utils/generate-random-id -m adnlid

You see something like

45061C1D4EC44A937D0318589E13C73D151D1CEF5D3C0E53AFBCF56A6C2FE2BD vcqmha5j3ceve35ammfrhqty46rkhi455otydstv66pk2tmf7rl25f3

This is your newly-generated persistent ADNL address, in hexadecimal and user-friendly form. The corresponding private key is saved into file 45061...2DB in the current directory. Move it into the keyring directory:

mv 45061C1* keyring/
  1. Run proxy in reverse mode:
rldp-http-proxy/rldp-http-proxy -a <your-server-ip>:3333 -L '*' -C global-config.json -A <your-adnl-address> -d -l <log-file>

where <your_public_ip> is your server public IPv4 address and <your_adnl_address> is ADNL address generated in the previous step. Example:

rldp-http-proxy/rldp-http-proxy -a 10.132.46.154:3333 -L '*' -C global-config.json -A vcqmha5j3ceve35ammfrhqty46rkhi455otydstv66pk2tmf7rl25f3 -d -l tossite.log

👀 Further steps​

🔍 Сhecking availability of the site​

After completing all the steps of the method you selected, the TOS Proxy should have started. If everything was successful, your site will be available at the ADNL address received at the corresponding step.

You can check the availability of the site by opening this address with the domain .adnl. Also note that in order for the site to open, you must have a TOS Proxy running in your browser, for example through an extension MyTosWallet.

📎 Linking TOS DNS domain​

To link a TOS DNS domain domain to your site, follow these steps:

  1. Open the domain page on dns.tos.network

  2. Click the Edit button

  3. Enter your site's ADNL address in TOS site field and click set

In a few minutes you will be able to access your website using the chosen domain if you have TOS Proxy enabled.

📌 References​