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Running Configurations for Swarm

Use the following cheatsheet to run Swarm with the desired capabilities.

For a full list of the available command line options for swarm, see here.

Table of Contents

• RNS Resolution

You can resolve RNS addresses by specifying the RNS Resolver Smart Contract to use through the rns-api flag.

For example:

swarm --rns-api 0x99a12be4C89CbF6CFD11d1F2c029904a7B644368@https://public-node.rsk.co

In this example:

  • 0x99a12be4C89CbF6CFD11d1F2c029904a7B644368 is the address for the RNS Resolver contract.
  • https://public-node.rsk.co is the Rootstock (RSK) blockchain endpoint to be used when interacting with the contract.

• ENS Resolution

Swarm cannot resolve ENS addresses by itself; it needs to delegate this task. There are 2 ways to do this.

Through Geth

The easiest way to do this is to run a Geth node locally and let Swarm make calls to this instance when attempting to resolve addresses.

Run Geth through the geth command (to install Geth, follow these instructions). Leave the node running long enough so that it's in-sync with the blockchain.

Tip: save resources by running Geth in light mode:

geth --syncmode "light"

Then:

swarm --ens-api $HOME/.ethereum/geth.ipc

where the value of the ens-api flag is a valid path to a running Geth IPC.

Through Smart Contracts

As an alternative, you can resolve ENS addresses by specifying pairs of top level domains (TLD) and Smart Contracts of the Resolver type with the use of the ens-api flag.

For example:

swarm --ens-api eth:0x314159265dD8dbb310642f98f50C066173C1259b@https://mainnet.infura.io

In this example:

  • eth is the TLD.
  • 0x314159265dD8dbb310642f98f50C066173C1259b is the address for the ENS resolver smart contract.
  • https://mainnet.infura.io is the blockchain endpoint to be used when interacting with the contract.

See here for more information.

• Incentivization

Since incentivization is not yet enabled by default, several parameters are needed to run Swarm as a node which is part of an incentivized network.

Here are the incentives-related parameters. Some of these are optional, whether to use any of these or not depends on your use case.

Parameter Info
bzznetworkid Numerical network identifier. The default is the public swarm testnet. SWAP-enabled nodes can only be run under a specific networks ID, which is set through the AllowedNetworkID constant. Its current value is 5, but this can be verified by inspecting the codebase.
swap Enables SWAP, which is by default disabled.
swap-chequebook The address of the SWAP chequebook smart contract that the node is going to use. Note that if not provided, Swarm will attempt to deploy a new chequebook contract, unless it remembers a previously used chequebook. Also keep in mind that the same chequebook cannot be used in different blockchains.
swap-chequebook-factory The address of the SWAP chequebook factory smart contract used to validate chequebook smart contracts. You can provide your own contract, but its bytecode will be validated on node start-up. You should only submit this parameter if there is no default factory for the blockchain that you are using (to check this, look for the Deployments map in the codebase). If 2 nodes deploy chequebook contracts with different factories, an error will occur during handshake.
swap-initial-deposit Amount of Wei to deposit to the SWAP chequebook when deployed.
swap-backend-url The URL of the Ethereum API provider to use when calling the blockchain. This will be used when deploying contracts or settling payments.
swap-payment-threshold Balance that indicates when to make a payment to a peer to which your node is indebted. You shouldn't need to change this one, generally.
swap-disconnect-threshold Balance that indicates when to disconnect a peer which is indebted to your node. You shouldn't need to change this one, generally.

For example:

swarm --bzznetworkid 5 --swap --swap-backend-url https://ropsten.infura.io/E4bWUMMVp0qItxErZ69u --swap-initial-deposit 500000000000 --swap-chequebook-factory 0x41ca78f7fd9e745beabb2145a9ffd60992a96a28

This will start a SWAP-enabled Swarm node using network ID 5, which means it will only be able to connect to other nodes with this same network ID.

It will also use Ropsten as a blockchain, deploying on it a new chequebook and making a deposit of 500000000000 Wei to it.

The smart contract used to verify the chequebook contracts of discovered peers is located at address 0x41ca78f7fd9e745beabb2145a9ffd60992a96a28.

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