Moneriote python

Moneriote-python

moneriote-python is a Python script to maintain DNS records of monero nodes with their RPC port open. It actively scans the Monero network through monerod and manages DNS records.

An example is the remote node service node.moneroworld.com:

dig A node.moneroworld.com

;; ANSWER SECTION:
node.moneroworld.com.	3600	IN	CNAME	opennode.xmr-tw.org.
opennode.xmr-tw.org.	300	IN	A	69.94.198.240
opennode.xmr-tw.org.	300	IN	A	91.121.57.211
opennode.xmr-tw.org.	300	IN	A	139.59.59.176
opennode.xmr-tw.org.	300	IN	A	139.99.195.96
opennode.xmr-tw.org.	300	IN	A	212.83.130.45

Supports the following DNS providers: Cloudflare, TransIP

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Requirements

  1. Python >= 3.5
  2. Domain name
  3. A running and fully synced Monero daemon

Installation

git clone <this repo> python-moneriote
cd python-moneriote
virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 venv
source venv/bin/activate
python setup.py develop

Moneriote is now installed inside the virtualenv.

Usage

Usage: moneriote [OPTIONS]

Options:
  --monerod-path TEXT           Path to the monero daemon executable (monerod).  [default: monerod]
  --monerod-address TEXT        Monero daemon address.  [default: 127.0.0.1]
  --monerod-port INTEGER        Monero daemon port.  [default: 18081]
  --monerod-auth TEXT           Monero daemon auth as 'user:pass'. Will be passed to monerod as `--rpc-login` argument.
  --blockheight-discovery TEXT  Available options: 'monerod', 'xmrchain', 'moneroblocks'. When set to 'compare', it will use all methods and pick the highest
                                blockheight.  [default: compare]
  --dns-provider TEXT           The DNS provider/plugin to use.  [default: cloudflare]
  --domain TEXT                 The domain name without the subdomain. 'example.com'.
  --subdomain TEXT              The subdomain name.  [default: node]
  --api-key TEXT                DNS API key.
  --api-email TEXT              DNS email address or username.
  --max-records INTEGER         Maximum number of DNS records to add.  [default: 5]
  --loop-interval INTEGER       Update loop interval.  [default: 600]
  --scan-interval INTEGER       Interval at which to mass-scan RPC nodes.  [default: 3600]
  --concurrent_scans INTEGER    The amount of servers to scan at once.  [default: 20]
  --from-config TEXT            Load configuration from ini file.
  --help                        Show this message and exit.

Example

Easiest is to run in screen or tmux. If you really care about uptime and want to babysit the process, write some configuration for supervisord or systemd.

moneriote --monerod-path "/home/xmr/monero-gui-v0.12.3.0/monerod" 
          --blockheight-discovery "compare" 
          --dns-provider "cloudflare" 
          --domain "example.com" 
          --subdomain "node"
          --api-key "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" 
          --api-email "example@bla.com" 
          --max-records 5

Flags

--monerod-path

The full path to the monerod executable. On windows this ends on .exe.

--monerod-address

Default: 127.0.0.1

The address on which your local monerod is listening

--monerod-port

Default: 18081

The port on which your local monerod is listening

--monerod-auth

The authentication string to use when contacting monerod.

--blockheight-discovery

Default: compare

Available options: monerod, xmrchain, moneroblocks. When set to compare, it will use all methods and pick the highest blockheight.

xmrchain and moneroblocks are both Monero explorer websites that expose an API.

--dns-provider

Available DNS providers: cloudflare, transip.

If your DNS provider is not included but does provide an API for adding/removing records, you can code a custom implementation of DnsProvider. See moneriote/dns/

--domain

The domain name without the subdomain, example: example.com

--subdomain

The subdomain name, example: node

The full domain would become node.example.com

--api-key

The key required by your DNS provider for API access.

--api-email

The email required by your DNS provider for API access. This flag could also serve for an username, depending on DnsProvider.

--max-records

Default: 5

The maximum amount of records to add.

--loop-interval

Default: 600

Shuffle/randomize the records every X seconds. Default is 10 minutes.

--scan-interval

Default: 3600

Ask monerod for new peers and mass-scan them, every X seconds. Default is 1 hour.

--concurrent_scans

Default: 20

The amount of servers to scan at once.

--from-config

Alternatively, configuration can be passed via config.ini.

Development

Additional DNS provider(s) can be implemented by inheriting from moneriote.dns.DnsProvider(). Your custom class must implement the following methods.

def get_records(self)

Must return a list of nodes (moneriote.rpc.RpcNodeList).

def add_record(self, node: RpcNode)

Adds the A record to the subdomain

def delete_record(self, node: RpcNode):

Removes the A record from the subdomain.

History

For more info, please check the original repository page