Hive

Due to the mechanics of Swarm's storage incentives, node operators may wish to run multiple nodes in order to maximize earning potential. Read The Book of Swarm for more information on how the swarm comes together.

Docker

Up-to-date Docker images for Bee are provided.

Docker Compose

Running multiple Bee nodes is easier with docker-compose. Check out the Docker compose section of the Docker README.

Helm

If you plan to run a large number of Bee nodes and you have experience using Kubernetes with Helm, you can have a look at how we manage our cluster under Ethersphere/helm.

Manual Setup

If you just want to run a handful of Bee nodes, you can run multiple Bee nodes by creating separate configuration files.

Create your first configuration file by running

bee printconfig &> bee-config-1.yaml

Make as many copies of bee-config-1.yaml as you want to run Bee nodes. Increment the number in the name (bee-config-1 to bee-config-2) for each new configuration file.

Configure your nodes as desired, but ensure that the values api-addr, data-dir and p2p-addr are unique for each configuration.

Monitoring

See the logging section for more information on how to access your node's metrics. Share your community creations (such as swarmMonitor - thanks doristeo!) in the #node-operators channel of our Discord server so we can add you to our list of all things that are awesome and Swarm. 🧡