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darkfi/bin/tau

Tau

Encrypted tasks management app using peer-to-peer network and raft consensus.
multiple users can collaborate by working on the same tasks, and all users will have synced task list.

Install

% git clone https://github.com/darkrenaissance/darkfi 
% cd darkfi
% make BINS="taud tau"
% make install "BINS=taud tau" PREFIX=/home/${USER}/.local

Usage (Local Deployment)

Seed Node

First you must run a seed node. The seed node is a static host which nodes can connect to when they first connect to the network. The seed_session simply connects to a seed node and runs protocol_seed, which requests a list of addresses from the seed node and disconnects straight after receiving them.

in config file:

	## P2P accept address
	inbound="127.0.0.1:11001" 

Note that the above config doesn't specify an external address since the seed node shouldn't be advertised in the list of connectable nodes. The seed node does not participate as a normal node in the p2p network. It simply allows new nodes to discover other nodes in the network during the bootstrapping phase.

Inbound Node

This is a node accepting inbound connections on the network but which is not making any outbound connections.

The external address is important and must be correct.

in config file:
	
	## P2P accept address
	inbound="127.0.0.1:11002" 
	
	## P2P external address
	external_addr="127.0.0.1:11002"

	## Seed nodes to connect to 
	seeds=["127.0.0.1:11001"]

Outbound Node

This is a node which has 8 outbound connection slots and no inbound connections. This means the node has 8 slots which will actively search for unique nodes to connect to in the p2p network.

in config file:

	## Connection slots
	outbound_connections=8

	## Seed nodes to connect to 
	seeds=["127.0.0.1:11001"]

Also note that for the first time ever running seed node you must run it with --key-gen:

% taud --key-gen

This will generate a new secret key in /home/${USER}/.config/tau/secret_key that you can share with nodes you want them to get and decrypt your tasks, otherwise if you have already generated or got a copy from a peer place it in the same directory /home/${USER}/.config/tau/secret_key.

Usage (CLI)

% tau --help 
tau 0.3.0
Tau cli

USAGE:
    tau [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [ARGS] [SUBCOMMAND]

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information
    -v               Increase verbosity

OPTIONS:
    -c, --config <config>     Sets a custom config file
        --rpc <rpc-listen>    JSON-RPC listen URL [default: 127.0.0.1:11055]

ARGS:
    <id>            Get task by ID
    <filters>...    Search criteria (zero or more)

SUBCOMMANDS:
    add        Add a new task
    comment    Set or Get comment for a task
    help       Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
    list       List all tasks
    state      Set or Get task state
    update     Update/Edit an existing task by ID
% tau help [SUBCOMMAND]

Example

$ # add new task  
$ tau add "new title"   
$ tau add "new title" project:blockchain desc:"new description" rank:3 assign:dark
$
$ # lists tasks
$ tau  		   		 
$ tau open 			 # open tasks
$ tau pause 		 # paused tasks
$ tau 0522 		 	 # created at May 2022
$ tau project:blockchain assign:dark
$ tau rank:gt:n  # lists all tasks that have rank greater than n
$ tau rank:ls:n  # lists all tasks that have rank lesser than n
$
$ # update task 
$ tau update 3 project:network  rank:20
$
$ # state 
$ tau state 3  # get state
$ tau state 3 pause  # set the state to pause 
$
$ # comments 
$ tau comments 1  # list comments
$ tau comments 3 "new comment"  # add new comment