Guide to node services

Introduction

Every node (server) must have one or more services defined that determines what role the node performs. For example:

workstation$ cat nodes/stallman.json
{
  "ip_address": "199.99.99.1",
  "services": ["webapp", "tor"]
}

Here are common questions to ask when adding a new node to your provider:

• many or few? Some services benefit from having many nodes, while some services are best run on only one or two nodes.
• required or optional? Some services are required, while others can be left out.
• who does the node communicate with? Some services communicate very heavily with other particular services. Nodes running these services should be close together.
• public or private network? Some services communicate with the public internet, while others only need to communicate with other nodes in the infrastructure.

Available services

Key: Required, Optional, Not Used