seed node documentation

cmd/streamSubscribe.go

@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ func streamSubscribe() {
 
 func subscriptionConfig() {
 	log.Info("loading subscription config")
-	vulcPath = viper.GetString("subscription.path")
 	subConfig = config.Subscription{
 		// Below default to false, which means we do not backfill by default
 		BackFill:     viper.GetBool("subscription.backfill"),
@@ -215,6 +214,10 @@ func subscriptionConfig() {
 }
 
 func getRpcClient() core.RpcClient {
+	vulcPath := viper.GetString("subscription.path")
+	if vulcPath == "" {
+		vulcPath = "ws://127.0.0.1:2019" // default to and try the default ws url if no path is provided
+	}
 	rawRpcClient, err := rpc.Dial(vulcPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)

cmd/syncAndPublish.go

@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	syn "sync"
 
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
@@ -48,7 +52,6 @@ it maintains a local index of the IPLD objects' CIDs in Postgres.`,
 
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(syncAndPublishCmd)
-	syncAndPublishCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&ipfsPath, "ipfs-path", "i", "~/.ipfs", "Path for configuring IPFS node")
 }
 
 func syncAndPublish() {
@@ -56,6 +59,15 @@ func syncAndPublish() {
 
 	db := utils.LoadPostgres(databaseConfig, blockChain.Node())
 	quitChan := make(chan bool)
+
+	ipfsPath := viper.GetString("client.ipfsPath")
+	if ipfsPath == "" {
+		home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		ipfsPath = filepath.Join(home, ".ipfs")
+	}
 	processor, err := ipfs.NewIPFSProcessor(ipfsPath, &db, ethClient, rpcClient, quitChan)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)

cmd/syncPublishScreenAndServe.go

@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ relays relevant data to requesting clients.`,
 
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(syncPublishScreenAndServeCmd)
-	syncPublishScreenAndServeCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&ipfsPath, "ipfs-path", "i", "~/.ipfs", "Path for configuring IPFS node")
-	syncPublishScreenAndServeCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&vulcPath, "sub-path", "p", "~/.vulcanize/vulcanize.ipc", "IPC path for the Vulcanize seed node server")
 }
 
 func syncPublishScreenAndServe() {
@@ -55,6 +53,15 @@ func syncPublishScreenAndServe() {
 
 	db := utils.LoadPostgres(databaseConfig, blockChain.Node())
 	quitChan := make(chan bool, 1)
+
+	ipfsPath := viper.GetString("client.ipfsPath")
+	if ipfsPath == "" {
+		home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		ipfsPath = filepath.Join(home, ".ipfs")
+	}
 	processor, err := ipfs.NewIPFSProcessor(ipfsPath, &db, ethClient, rpcClient, quitChan)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
@@ -78,7 +85,7 @@ func syncPublishScreenAndServe() {
 		}
 		ipcPath = filepath.Join(home, ".vulcanize/vulcanize.ipc")
 	}
-	_, _, err = rpc.StartIPCEndpoint(vulcPath, processor.APIs())
+	_, _, err = rpc.StartIPCEndpoint(ipcPath, processor.APIs())
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}