Nelson Not Adding Connections

Question

I am attempting to setup nelson https://github.com/SemkoDev/nelson.cli

I cloned the the iri and compiled with mvn. I run it with

java -jar iri-1.4.1.2.jar -c iri.ini

iri.ini:

[IRI] PORT = 14265 UDP_RECEIVER_PORT = 14600 TCP_RECEIVER_PORT = 15600 NEIGHBORS = <NEIGHBOR1> <NEIGHBOR2> <NEIGHBOR3> IXI_DIR = ixi HEADLESS = true DEBUG = true DB_PATH = mainnetdb API_HOST = 0.0.0.0

Then I run nelson --gui It seems to be running fine but its been up for close to two hours and it still hasn't found / added any connections.

Does anyone know what the issue might be? Thanks.

nelson --gui: ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐┌───────────────────────────┐────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │Nelson v.0.2.2 - Status ││ │Peers │ │ ││ │ │ │Started on: Monday, December 18th ││⢀⣤⣶⣶⣦⣄ ⢀⣤⣶⣶⣦⣄ │Count: 0 (Connected: 0) │ │2017, 16:59:36.173 ││⣿⠏⠁ ⠉⢿⣷⣿⠏⠁ ⠉⢿ │ │ │Online: 1 hour 35 minutes ││⣿⡄32%⣼⣿⣿⡄84%⣼ │Connections: │ │Epoch: 7 ││⠙⠿⣷⣶⡿⠟⠁⠙⠿⣷⣶⡿⠟ │do not worry, this may take a while... │ │Cycle: 94 ││ │ │ │Epoch Interval: 900s ││ epoch cycle │ │ │Cycle Interval: 60s ││ │ │ │Port: 16600 ││ │ │ │API Port: 18600 ││ │ │ │IRI Port: 14265 ││ │ │ │TCP Port: 15600 ││ │ │ │UDP Port: 14600 ││ │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘└───────────────────────────┘────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │6:24:57 PM.721 16600::NODE new cycle │ │6:25:57 PM.991 16600::NODE new cycle │ │6:26:58 PM.262 16600::NODE new cycle │ │6:27:58 PM.510 16600::NODE new cycle │ │6:28:58 PM.751 16600::NODE new cycle │ │6:29:58 PM.975 16600::NODE new cycle │ │6:29:58 PM.985 16600::NODE new epoch and new id: <ID>│ │ <ID> │ │6:29:58 PM.994 16600::HEART new personality a <ID> │ │<ID> │ │6:30:59 PM.249 16600::NODE new cycle │ │6:31:59 PM.541 16600::NODE new cycle │ │6:32:59 PM.786 16600::NODE new cycle │ │6:34:00 PM.46 16600::NODE new cycle │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Answer 1

Nelson need list of entry Nelson nodes.

After updating to version 0.2.2 running nelson --gui --getNeighbors will add these entry nodes automatically.

Alternatively, you can create a nelson config file with address of entry nodes, for instance: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SemkoDev/nelson.cli/master/ENTRYNODES