[Commotion-discuss] for discussion- running local apps on Commotion networks

Mathieu Lutfy mathieu at bidon.ca
Mon Mar 24 18:31:03 UTC 2014


Hi Chris,

One application that has some level of success on the Montreal
mesh (Réseau libre) is Coquelicot:
https://coquelicot.potager.org/

It allows users to upload large files, which then get automatically
encrypted on the server. The user gets a unique URL/key to share
that file. The file is deleted after a set number of days.

While we would like people to communicate in a true peer to peer
fashion, many users do not have the resources to setup their own
servers at home, so it was a good way to encourage the adoption of
mesh-only services, while avoiding legal issues of hosting other
people's data.

My personal wishlist for a mesh-app would be an easy way to do
backups, similar to Crashplan between users, but free/libre.
Users could select one or many peers to backup with, set space
quotas and encrypt data before sending (ex: duplicity).

Mathieu

2014-03-24, 11:33:40 -0400, Chris Ritzo (critzo at opentechinstitute.org):
> Hello Commotion-Discuss subscribers:
> 
> A common question we receive is "What applications can I run on a
> Commotion network? How do I set up xyz application?
> 
> For instance,
> - How do we perform file sharing?
> - How do we perform text, voice, or video chat sessions?
> - How about mesh email, chat rooms, bulletin board systems, etc?
> - What software currently exists to enable the non-technical person to
> use a GUI to perform useful functions?
> 
> If you have experience or ideas about what applications are useful in
> this situation, or are already running apps on a local Commotion
> network, please join the discussion.
> 
> Part of what we're hoping to address is proving documentation on how to
> set up and run network applications on a local mesh network, whether
> it's connected to the Internet or not.
> 
> Running network applications on a local mesh is very similar to running
> applications on the way Internet, and requires at a minimum a server
> hosting the app, service, etc on the mesh. That service can be
> advertised between Commotion mesh routers very easily so people
> connecting to a mesh can find out about the application or service. So
> the person(s) running the mesh can put together a server and advertise
> the service (websites, chat server, database, etc) to network users. We
> hope to have a basic guide in the near future on how to set up an
> application server and connect it to a commotion mesh, however there is
> no currently an out of the box easy setup solution.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Chris Ritzo
> Senior Technologist - Open Technology Institute
> New America Foundation
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