Getting started

Getting started

To run a CasperAPI node for yourself you'll need to install and configure our service provider software.

Installation

To install the service provider software you can either download pre-built binaries (only available for Windows, Ubuntu 16.0.4LTS and Debian 9.3 under x86-64 arch) or build it yourself from the source repo

Using pre-built binaries

Download archive with pre-built binaries for your system here

Windows

After you have downloaded suitable archive with binaries, unpack ipfs.exe to some folder. Then you will need to run it in a PowerShell. To do that from the start menu, click start, type PowerShell and then click Windows PowerShell. It will open Windows PowerShell window.

Now you need to navigate you PowerShell to the folder, which you used to unpack binaries. To do that you'll need to locate full path to that folder. Inside the folder, press ctrl+L shortcut to highlight folder's full path, then copy the highlighted text. Then in the PowerShell window type "cd", press space and paste copied text by either pressing right mouse button on the window or press ctrl+V shortcut, and after that press enter to move to your folder.
Now type inside the PowerShell "./ipfs init" and press enter to initialize your storing folder. Then you can proceed to run your own CasperAPI node by typing "./ipfs daemon" and pressing enter. If you are prompted to allow access through firewall press the "Allow access" button after checking both boxes Please notice that you can minimize but cannot close that PowerShell window because your provider application will also be closed. ###Building from scratch repo