Installation

BlockCast Installation

Windows Users:

• Must install Ubuntu on Windows using this guide, then continue further steps.

VPS Users:

• Get your cheap vps from Contabo, Vultr or VpsAG

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Install Dependecies:

Update packages:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

Install Packages:

sudo apt install curl iptables build-essential git wget lz4 jq make gcc nano automake autoconf tmux htop nvme-cli libgbm1 pkg-config libssl-dev libleveldb-dev tar clang bsdmainutils ncdu unzip libleveldb-dev  -y

Install Docker:

sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y
for pkg in docker.io docker-doc docker-compose podman-docker containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove $pkg; done

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg

echo \
  "deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
  "$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

# Test Docker
sudo docker run hello-world

sudo systemctl enable docker
sudo systemctl restart docker

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Register Dashboard:

To get started, register in Dashboard

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Install

git clone https://github.com/pramonoutomo/blockcast

cd blockcast

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Run

docker compose up -d

• Note: Before procceding to run node, make sure port 18080 is not in-use. If so, open configuration file with nano docker-compose.yml and change the port to other, for example to 18081 by replacing 18080:8080 with 18081:8080.

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Check Logs

List Containers:

docker compose ps -a

Response:

NAME                                 IMAGE                             COMMAND                  SERVICE          
beacon-docker-compose-watchtower-1   containrrr/watchtower             "/watchtower"            watchtower
beacond                              blockcast/cdn_gateway_go:stable   "/usr/bin/beacond -l…"   beacond
blockcastd                           blockcast/cdn_gateway_go:stable   "/usr/bin/blockcastd…"   blockcastd
control_proxy                        blockcast/cdn_gateway_go:stable   "/usr/bin/control_pr…"   control_proxy

Check logs:

docker compose logs -fn 1000

• skip logs if you have all containers running.

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Register Node

Get location:

curl -s https://ipinfo.io | jq '.city, .region, .country, .loc'

Generate Node Data & Register:

docker compose exec blockcastd blockcastd init

• Copy and paste the Registration URL from the terminal in browser to open the Dashboard.

• With your Hardware ID and Challenge Key pre-filled, Fill-in your location from previous command.

• Register your Node. Make sure you choose the right location of your machine.

• Wait a few minutes until your node turn Online.