Python Distributed P2P System

Requirement

• Python 3.7 and above

Installation

pip

pip install requirements.txt

pipenv

Use pipenv to manage and install the Python packages.

pipenv install

Usage

Super Peer Script

The server.py will start an super peer for the P2P system.

Usage: superPeer.py [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -t, --tport TEXT      Hosting TCP port(for connecting weak peer)
  -u, --uport TEXT      Hosting UDP port(for broadcasting)
  -n, --neighbors TEXT  Specify neighbor super nodes
  --ttl INTEGER         Broadcast TTL
  --help                Show this message and exit.

Example:

python superPeer.py -t 5001 -u 10001 -n 127.0.0.1:10000

Above command will start a super peer and connect to 127.0.0.1:10000 neighbor peer.

Weak Peer Script

The weakPeer.py will start a weak peer node in the P2P system.

Usage: weakPeer.py [OPTIONS] PORT

Options:
  --dir TEXT     Serving directory relative to current directory
  --server TEXT  Indexing server address
  --help         Show this message and exit.

Example:

python weakPeer.py 3001 --server 127.0.0.1:5001

Above command will start a weak peer node and host on port 3001.

Evaluation Scripts

The runAll.sh will evaluate the performance of QUERY action under different number of clients in all to all topology setting.

Usage: ./runAll.sh [clients]

The runLinear.sh will evaluate the performance of QUERY action under different number of clients in linear topology setting.

Usage: ./runLinear.sh [clients]