Highlights

js-ceramic nightly version is used
js-ceramic uses CERAMIC_RECON_MODE="true" env var to enable rust-ceramic compatibility
js-ceramic configuration uses remote ipfs which points to rust-ceramic (port 5001)

Overview

This document describes how to install, configure, verify, and operate a Ceramic Recon node. The intended audience is alpha users of the new version.

A ceramic recon node consists of 2 components, rust-ceramic and js-ceramic.

Js-ceramic provides the api interface for Ceramic applications.

Rust-ceramic provides Ceramic data network access.

Js-ceramic should be exposed to developers on port 7007 (default)

Rust-ceramic should be privately exposed to js-ceramic on port 5001 (default)

Rust-ceramic should be exposed to the internet on port 4001 (default)

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js-ceramic is a node application using npm for distribution.

rust-ceramic is a rust application using binary distribution.

Both applications have Docker images available.