libp2p / libp2p/universal-connectivity

Rust: Allow for stable identities that don't depend on the file-system

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Description

With https://github.com/libp2p/universal-connectivity/pull/91, we are continuously deploying the Rust peer to fly.io. That is great except that at the moment, the identity and the WebRTC certhashes change with every deployment.

We should change the code such that we can control these from a seed that we can specify in an environment variable.

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Research direction

Review pull request #91 and the Rust peer's identity and WebRTC certificate setup, focusing on where filesystem-dependent values are created. Trace how an environment-variable seed could control those values. Done means repeated deployments with the same configured seed retain the same identity and WebRTC certhashes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
audio-video-rtc, networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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