WORKS! Boot connects to the mesh.. bim bam !

bios.go

@@ -261,6 +261,11 @@ func (b *BIOS) RunBootSequence(secretP2PAddress string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	otherPeers := b.someTopmostPeersAddresses()
+	if err = b.DispatchBootConnectMesh(otherPeers); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("dispatch boot_connect_mesh: %s", err)
+	}
+
 	if err = b.DispatchBootPublishHandoff(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("dispatch boot_publish_handoff: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -448,6 +453,8 @@ func (b *BIOS) waitOnHandoff(genesis *GenesisJSON) {
 			privKey = string(cnt)
 		}
 
+		privKey = strings.TrimSpace(privKey)
+
 		key, err := ecc.NewPrivateKey(privKey)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Println("Invalid private key pasted:", err)

mesh.go

@@ -46,3 +46,16 @@ func (b *BIOS) computeMyMeshP2PAddresses() []string {
 	}
 	return otherPeers
 }
+
+func (b *BIOS) someTopmostPeersAddresses() []string {
+	// TODO: refine this algo..
+	// connect to some randomly, but more of the top-most
+	otherPeers := []string{}
+	for idx, peer := range b.ShuffledProducers {
+		if idx > 5 {
+			return otherPeers
+		}
+		otherPeers = append(otherPeers, peer.Discovery.EOSIOP2P)
+	}
+	return otherPeers
+}

sample_config/hook_boot_connect_mesh.sh

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 echo "Adding p2p-peer-address'es to config.ini"
 
-echo $1 >> config.ini
+echo "$1" >> config.ini
 
 
 echo "Restarting boot node"

sample_config/hook_join_network.sh

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ echo "$4" >> config.ini
 echo "private-key = [\"$PUBKEY\",\"$PRIVKEY\"]" >> config.ini
 
 echo "Running 'nodeos' through Docker."
-docker run -ti --rm --detach --name nodeos-bios \
+docker run -ti --detach --name nodeos-bios \
        -v `pwd`:/etc/nodeos -v /tmp/nodeos-data:/data \
        -p 8888:8888 -p 9876:9876 \
        eosio/eos:dawn3x \