geostant/meshchat repository overview

⁠MeshChat [AREDN Project]

A dockerized version of Meshchat for fast and easy deployment
https://www.trevorsbench.com/meshchat-messaging-for-mesh-networks/⁠

⁠Pre-Requeiset

• Docker engine installed and running on your machine (Raspberry Pi is good too!)
• Local AREDN node
• meshchat-api installed on your local AREDN node

⁠Run

docker run -d -p 8080:80 -e MESH_ID="MeshChat" -e NODE_ID="$LOCAL_NODE" geostant/meshchat:1.02

The container will be accessible by port 8080 you can change it easily by changing the port in the run command above to any other available port.

Once it's up and runnig you will need to add a service in your local AREDN node that link to your server - the name of the service MUST match $MESH_ID.

⁠Default Variables

MESH_ID="MeshChat"
NODE_ID="localnode"