ssb-pub

easily host your own Secure ScuttleButt (SSB) pub in a docker container

to run a pub you need to have a static public IP, ideally with a DNS record (i.e.<hostname.yourdomain.tld>)

setup box

on a fresh Debian 9 box, as root

apt update
apt upgrade -y
apt install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
wget https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg -O docker-gpg
sudo apt-key add docker-gpg
echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
apt update
apt install -y docker-ce
systemctl start docker
systemctl enable docker

install image

(option a) pull image from docker hub

docker pull ahdinosaur/ssb-pub

(option b) build image from source

from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/ahdinosaur/ssb-pub.git
cd ssb-pub
docker build -t ssb-pub .

start service

step 1. create a directory on the docker host for persisting the pub's data

mkdir /root/ssb-pub-data
chown -R 1000:1000 /root/ssb-pub-data

step 2. run the container

docker run -d --name sbot \
   -v ~/ssb-pub-data/:/home/node/.ssb/ \
   -e ssb_host="<hostname.yourdomain.tld>" \
   -p 8008:8008 --restart unless-stopped \
   ahdinosaur/ssb-pub

create invites

from your remote machine

docker run -it --rm \
   -v ~/ssb-pub-data/:/home/node/.ssb/ \
   -e ssb_host="<hostname.yourdomain.tld>" \
   ahdinosaur/ssb-pub \
   invite.create 1

from your local machine, using ssh

ssh root@<hostname.yourdomain.tld> \
  docker run -it --rm \
     -v ~/ssb-pub-data/:/home/node/.ssb/ \
     -e ssb_host="<hostname.yourdomain.tld>" \
     ahdinosaur/ssb-pub \
     invite.create 1

control service

• docker stop sbot
• docker start sbot
• docker restart sbot