Belnet | Hosting an MNApp

Hosting An MNApp

MNApp Hosting Guide Using Nginx:-

Note: The server specifications such as storage and bandwidth are dependent on the user's requirements. For example, a video streaming platform may require more storage than an information sharing platform.

However, you need a Linux system with Ubuntu 18.04 or 20.04 to run an MNApp.

Step 1:- Install BelNet on Your System and Generate Your Belnet Address:

Download and run the binaries

Enter the following command into the terminal to download the Belnet binaries from cloud

wget https://deb.beldex.io/Beldex-projects/Belnet/deps/v0.9.6/linux/belnet-linux-x86_64-v0.9.6.zip

Unzip the file using the following command

unzip belnet-linux-x86_64-v0.9.6.zip

Run the Belnet binary

sudo ./belnet

Then, copy and paste the following command to open the belnet.ini file.

sudo vim /var/lib/belnet/belnet.ini

Scroll down to the [network] section and configure the keyfile by giving it a name of your choice. Your MNApp private key will be stored in the following path. Here, we’ve named our keyfile, mnappkey.private

keyfile=/var/lib/belnet/mnappkey.private

Enter the following command and restart the Belnet client

sudo ./belnet

Step 2:- Find Your MNApp’s BelNet Address:

To find your MNApp address, enter the following command.

host -t cname localhost.bdx 127.3.2.1

For example, this is the MNApp address for the Beldex explorer hosted on BelNet 675wmqqbzg6nqs688e1n3bti6ter4kt5q4u5bs1c4quutpnyxsxy.bdx

Step 3:- Download and Install nginx:

Nginx is a dependency. So download and install it using the following commands

sudo apt update

sudo apt install nginx

Use the following command to check whether nginx is working

systemctl status nginx

Step 4:- Setup Your MNApp Web Page:

Your web content goes into this directory

Create a directory using the following command. Give a name to your directory. You can do this by replacing your_own-directory in the command below with your directory name.

sudo mkdir /var/www/your_own_directory/

Place your web page into this directory

Step 5:- Configure Nginx :

Below is a sample configuration of Nginx

Enter the following commands

sudo cd /etc/nginx/sites-available

sudo vim default

Now enter your directory’s name (established in Step 4) in place of your_own_directory in the command below.

root /var/www/your_own_directory;

Add the index file of your webpage here using the following command.

Note: Replace your_webpage with the filename that you want to assign to your index html file.

index your_webpage.html;

Now choose a server name by entering the following command. Replace the sample BelNet address below with your MNApp’s BelNet address generated in Step 2.

server_name 675wmqqbzg6nqs688e1n3bti6ter4kt5q4u5bs1c4quutpnyxsxy.bdx;

Save it by pressing Esc and then :wq

Restart Nginx using the following command

sudo systemctl restart nginx.service

To access your MNApps, connect to BelNet and enter the MNApp’s BelNet address into a browser’s address bar

e.g. http://675wmqqbzg6nqs688e1n3bti6ter4kt5q4u5bs1c4quutpnyxsxy.bdx/