RNS Page Node

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A simple way to serve pages and files over the Reticulum network. Drop-in replacement for NomadNet nodes that primarily serve pages and files.

Features

• Serves pages and files over RNS
• Dynamic page support with environment variables
• Form data and request parameter parsing

Installation

From PyPI

pip install rns-page-node
# or
pipx install rns-page-node

From Gitea Packages

# Pip
pip install --index-url https://git.quad4.io/api/packages/RNS-Things/pypi/simple/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple rns-page-node

# Pipx
pipx install --pip-args "--index-url https://git.quad4.io/api/packages/RNS-Things/pypi/simple/ --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple" rns-page-node

Permanent Configuration for Gitea (Optional):

To avoid typing the index URLs every time when using the Gitea registry, add them to your pip.conf:

# ~/.config/pip/pip.conf
[global]
index-url = https://git.quad4.io/api/packages/RNS-Things/pypi/simple/
extra-index-url = https://pypi.org/simple

Then you can simply use:

pip install rns-page-node
# or
pipx install rns-page-node

Manual Download (Latest Release):

Download rns_page_node-1.5.1-py3-none-any.whl (wheel) or rns_page_node-1.5.1.tar.gz (source) from the latest release.

# Wheel (wget)
wget https://git.quad4.io/RNS-Things/page-node/releases/download/v1.5.1/rns_page_node-1.5.1-py3-none-any.whl
pip install rns_page_node-1.5.1-py3-none-any.whl

# Wheel (curl)
curl -O -L https://git.quad4.io/RNS-Things/page-node/releases/download/v1.5.1/rns_page_node-1.5.1-py3-none-any.whl
pip install rns_page_node-1.5.1-py3-none-any.whl

# Source tarball (wget)
wget https://git.quad4.io/RNS-Things/page-node/releases/download/v1.5.1/rns_page_node-1.5.1.tar.gz
pip install rns_page_node-1.5.1.tar.gz

# Pip
pip install git+https://git.quad4.io/RNS-Things/page-node.git --break-system-packages
# Pipx via Git
pipx install git+https://git.quad4.io/RNS-Things/page-node.git
# UV
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install git+https://git.quad4.io/RNS-Things/page-node.git

Usage

# will use current directory for pages and files
rns-page-node

or with command-line options:

rns-page-node --node-name "Page Node" --pages-dir ./pages --files-dir ./files --identity-dir ./node-config --announce-interval 360

or with a config file:

rns-page-node /path/to/config.conf

Configuration File

You can use a configuration file to persist settings. See config.example for an example.

Config file format is simple key=value pairs:

# Comment lines start with #
node-name=My Page Node
pages-dir=./pages
files-dir=./files
identity-dir=./node-config
announce-interval=360

Priority order: Command-line arguments > Config file > Defaults

Docker/Podman

docker run -it --rm -v ./pages:/app/pages -v ./files:/app/files -v ./node-config:/app/node-config -v ./reticulum-config:/home/app/.reticulum git.quad4.io/rns-things/page-node:latest

Docker/Podman Rootless

mkdir -p ./pages ./files ./node-config ./reticulum-config
chown -R 1000:1000 ./pages ./files ./node-config ./reticulum-config
podman run -it --rm -v ./pages:/app/pages -v ./files:/app/files -v ./node-config:/app/node-config -v ./reticulum-config:/home/app/.reticulum git.quad4.io/rns-things/page-node:latest

Mounting volumes are optional, you can also copy pages and files to the container podman cp or docker cp.

Build

make build

Build wheels:

make wheel

Build Wheels in Docker

make docker-wheels

Development

poetry install
bash tests/run_tests.sh
ruff check .

make test runs the same script as tests/run_tests.sh.

Pages

Supports dynamic executable pages with full request data parsing. Pages can receive:

• Form fields via field_* environment variables
• Link variables via var_* environment variables
• Remote identity via remote_identity environment variable
• Link ID via link_id environment variable

This enables forums, chats, and other interactive applications compatible with NomadNet clients.

Options

Positional arguments:
  node_config             Path to rns-page-node config file

Optional arguments:
  -c, --config            Path to the Reticulum config file
  -n, --node-name         Name of the node
  -p, --pages-dir         Directory to serve pages from
  -f, --files-dir         Directory to serve files from
  -i, --identity-dir      Directory to persist the node's identity
  -a, --announce-interval Interval to announce the node's presence (in minutes, default: 360 = 6 hours)
  --page-refresh-interval Interval to refresh pages (in seconds, 0 = disabled)
  --file-refresh-interval Interval to refresh files (in seconds, 0 = disabled)
  -l, --log-level         Logging level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL)

License

This project incorporates portions of the NomadNet codebase, which is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0). As a derivative work, this project is also distributed under the terms of the GPL-3.0. See the LICENSE file for full license.