lbry.tech/documents/resources/web-instance.md

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Hosting your own LBRY Web Instance	Setting up an app instance as a webpage.

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Preparing the SDK

Using pre-built docker image

TODO: use official images

This image comes with save_blobs and save_files to false, so it won't use disk.

docker run -d -p <external RPC port>:5279 -p <external streaming port>:5280 vshyba/websdk

### Building your own image

Clone the SDK repo:

git clone https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk.git

Create a config.yaml file and modify as you need. This is a good start:

allowed_origin: "*" max_key_fee: "0.0 USD" save_files: false save_blobs: false streaming_server: "0.0.0.0:5280" api: "0.0.0.0:5279" data_dir: /tmp download_dir: /tmp wallet_dir: /tmp

Note that it is required to have `streaming_server` and `api` set to public IPs. Or at least the same network where the app will be served.

Now move the config file to `docker/webconf.yaml` and run:

docker build -f docker/Dockerfile.web -t /<project name, like 'websdk'> . docker push <dockerhub username/project name>

Webapp

Clone and install the app as described in the lbry-desktop repo README. If you want to customize it further, follow the extra steps in Customize the web app section. Otherwise:

git clone https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop.git
yarn
cp .env.defaults .env

Configure .env as you need. This is a sample:

SDK_API_PATH=http://<SDK IP>:<SDK RPC PORT>/
...
WEB_SERVER_PORT=<web port>
LBRY_API_URL=http://disabled-api/
LBRY_WEB_API=http://<SDK IP>:<SDK RPC PORT>
LBRY_WEB_STREAMING_API=http://<SDK IP>:<SDK STREAMING PORT>
LBRY_WEB_BUFFER_API=https://disabled
...
customize UI and other values as needed

Compile and run:

NODE_ENV=production yarnpkg compile:web
nodejs web/index.js