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Add comments re Nimbus P2P protocol and external IP
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yorickdowne committed Sep 30, 2020
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- `teku-grafana.yml` - grafana dashboard for Teku

For example, Lighthouse with local geth and grafana:
`COMPOSE_FILE=lh-base.yml:geth.yml:grafana.yml`
`COMPOSE_FILE=lh-base.yml:geth.yml:lh-prysm-grafana.yml`

In this setup, clients are isolated from each other. Each run their own validator, and if geth
is in use, their own geth. This is perfect for running a single client, or multiple isolated
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> Nimbus: Nimbus as of 9/30/2020 requires a "full archive" source of eth1 chain data.
> It should work with a 3rd party via wss://, though possibly not https://, and a local
> archive node via ws://, though possibly not http://. Nimbus' capabilities will evolve,
> check with the Nimbus Discord for its current state.
> Note that a "full archive" geth takes ~60GB for goerli testnet and ~1.3TB for mainnet.
> check with the Nimbus Discord for its current state.<br />
> Note that a "full archive" geth takes ~60GB for goerli testnet and ~1.3TB for mainnet.<br />
> As of the same date, Nimbus does not detect its external IP via P2P protocol. It will
> still work, but may take (much) longer to connect to peers.
### Optional: Advanced setup with multiple beacons, shared geth and Vouch client

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