Allora Inference Base

This node allows model providers to participate in the Allora network. This repo is the base for worker nodes (for providing inferences) and head nodes (which coordinates requests and aggregates results).

Build locally

In order to build locally:

GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 make

Run locally

Head

./allora-node \
  --role=head  \
  --peer-db=/data/peerdb \
  --function-db=/data/function-db \
  --runtime-path=/app/runtime \
  --runtime-cli=bls-runtime \
  --workspace=/data/workspace \
  --private-key=/var/keys/priv.bin \
  --port=9010 \
  --rest-api=:6000 \
  --allora-chain-key-name=local-head \
  --allora-chain-restore-mnemonic='your mnemonic words...' --allora-node-rpc-address=https://some-allora-rpc-address/ \
  --allora-chain-initial-stake=1000

Worker

Worker (for inference or forecast requests) node:

./allora-node \
  --role=worker  \
  --peer-db=/data/peerdb \
  --function-db=/data/function-db \
  --runtime-path=/app/runtime \
  --runtime-cli=bls-runtime \
  --workspace=/data/workspace \
  --private-key=/var/keys/priv.bin \
  --port=9011 \
  --rest-api=:6000 \
  --boot-nodes=/ip4/<head-ip-addr>/tcp/9010/p2p/<advertised-head-peerid-key>
  --topic=1 \
  --allora-chain-key-name=local-worker \
  --allora-chain-restore-mnemonic='your mnemonic words...' --allora-node-rpc-address=https://some-allora-rpc-address/ \
  --allora-chain-topic-id=1 \
  --allora-chain-initial-stake=1000 \
  --allora-chain-worker-mode=worker

Reputer (for reputation requests) node:

./allora-node \
  --role=worker  \
  --peer-db=/data/peerdb \
  --function-db=/data/function-db \
  --runtime-path=/app/runtime \
  --runtime-cli=bls-runtime \
  --workspace=/data/workspace \
  --private-key=/var/keys/priv.bin \
  --port=9011 \
  --rest-api=:6000 \
  --boot-nodes=/ip4/<head-ip-addr>/tcp/9010/p2p/<advertised-head-peerid-key>
  --topic=1 \
  --allora-chain-key-name=local-worker \
  --allora-chain-restore-mnemonic='your mnemonic words...' --allora-node-rpc-address=https://some-allora-rpc-address/ \
  --allora-chain-topic-id=1 \
  --allora-chain-initial-stake=1000 \
  --allora-chain-worker-mode=reputer

Notes

If you plan to deploy temporarily without attempting to connect to the Allora blockchain, e.g. just for testing your setup and your inferences and forecasts, do not set any --allora-... flag.

Topic registration

--topic defines the topic internally as a Blockless channel, so the heads are able to identify which workers can respond to requests on that topic.

--allora-chain-topic-id is the topic in which your worker registers on the appchain. This will be used for evaluating performance and allocating rewards.

allora-chain-initial-stake is the stake that you want your node to register as initial stake. The stake is cross-topic, so this is applied only upon registration of a node on the chain. It will not have an effect on subsequent runs when the node is already registered. To modify node stake, please refer to Allora Network client.

Keys

The --private-key sets the Blockless peer key for your particular node. Obviously, please use different keys for different nodes. The --allora-chain-key-name and --allora-chain-restore-mnemonic are used to set the local Allora client keyring that your node will use when communicating with the Allora chain.

Blockless directories

Blockless nodes need to define a number of directories: --peer-db: database for peers in the network. --function-db: database for WASM functions to be executed in the workers. --runtime-path: runtime path to execute the functions --runtime-cli: runtime command to run functions --workspace: work directory where temporary files are stored.

Docker images

To build the image for the head:

docker build --pull -f docker/Dockerfile_head -t allora-inference-base:dev-head --build-arg "GH_TOKEN=${YOUR_GH_TOKEN}" --build-arg "BLS_EXTENSION_VER=${BLS_EXTENSION_VERSION}" .

To build the image for the worker:

docker build --pull -f docker/Dockerfile_worker -t allora-inference-base:dev-worker --build-arg "GH_TOKEN=${YOUR_GH_TOKEN}" --build-arg "BLS_EXTENSION_VER=${BLS_EXTENSION_VERSION}" .

where YOUR_GH_TOKEN is your Github token, and optionally BLS_EXTENSION_VER is the release version of the Allora inference extension to use (it will use latest if none is set).

You can use the worker image as a base for building your own worker.

Debugging Locally Using VSCode.

This project comes with some static identities, as well as debug settings for VSCode. Use the VSCode debugger to start a head node instance, and a worker node instance.

Ensure you've installed the Runtime make setup
Start the Head Node First
Start the Worker Node

# README