I2P Test Network

This page documents how to set up and bootstrap a self contained test network using i2pd.

This guide assumes debian stable for host and containers.

Test Network Prerequisites

CPU with AESNI support
64MB-96MB RAM per instance
linux with lxc support

Initial Setup

Host Setup

Update repos

apt update

Build Dependencies

Get packages for needed for building everything from source

apt install cmake libboost-dev-all libssl-dev build-essential git nodejs

Get packages for containers

apt install lxc lxctl bridge-utils

Host Network Config

Set up bridge interface for containers, it should not bridge any ports.

Append the following to /etc/network/interfaces

auto i2pbr0
iface i2pbr0 inet manual
bridge_ports none

then put the interface up, keep it up

ifup i2pbr0

Host system dependencies

I2PD is used for this test network (obviously)

cd /usr/local/src/
git clone https://github.com/purplei2p/i2pd
cd i2pd/build
cmake -DWITH_AESNI=ON -DWITH_MESHNET=ON
make -j8

CJDNS is used for connecting all the i2pd instances with no manual configuration (very useful)

cd /usr/local/src/
git clone https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns
cd cjdns
./do
cp cjdroute /usr/bin
cp contrib/systemd/cjdns.service /etc/systemd/system/
systemctl enable cjdns
systemctl restart cjdns