allow creating all key files

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/transport/libp2p/config.rs b/src/transport/libp2p/config.rs
index 6d26224..348a170 100644
--- a/src/transport/libp2p/config.rs
+++ b/src/transport/libp2p/config.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ pub(crate) fn check(settings: &crate::config::Settings) -> Result<()> {
         &settings.libp2p_ignore,
         &settings.libp2p_prefer,
     )?;
+    if settings.libp2p_key_create && settings.libp2p_key_file.is_none() {
+        bail!("libp2p-key-create creates the key at libp2p-key-file; set that too");
+    }
     if settings.relay_only {
         if settings.libp2p_listen.is_empty() {
             bail!("relay-only needs libp2p-listen: where nodes reach the relay");
@@ -119,7 +122,10 @@ impl Libp2pConfig {
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         let parse = parse_addresses;
         Ok(Self {
-            key: Self::load_key(settings.libp2p_key_file.as_deref())?,
+            key: Self::load_key(
+                settings.libp2p_key_file.as_deref(),
+                settings.libp2p_key_create,
+            )?,
             listen: parse("libp2p-listen", &settings.libp2p_listen)?,
             announce: parse("libp2p-announce", &settings.libp2p_announce)?,
             relays: parse("libp2p-relays", &settings.libp2p_relays)?,
@@ -135,16 +141,25 @@ impl Libp2pConfig {
         })
     }
 
-    /// The key in `path` (32 raw bytes, an Ed25519 secret key), or a new one each start
-    /// without a file: the peer ID only says where a node is, so a new one costs nothing
-    /// but the WHO that finds it again (`transport::identity`).
-    pub(crate) fn load_key(path: Option<&Path>) -> Result<Keypair> {
+    /// The key in `path` (32 raw bytes, an Ed25519 secret key), created there with
+    /// `create` if there is no file; or a new one each start without a path: the peer
+    /// ID only says where a node is, so a new one costs nothing but the WHO that finds
+    /// it again (`transport::identity`).
+    pub(crate) fn load_key(path: Option<&Path>, create: bool) -> Result<Keypair> {
         let Some(path) = path else {
             return Ok(Keypair::generate_ed25519());
         };
-        let mut bytes = std::fs::read(path)
-            .with_context(|| format!("Reading the libp2p key from {}", path.display()))?;
-        crate::files::warn_if_readable_by_others(path, "libp2p key");
+        let (mut bytes, created) = crate::files::key_file(
+            path,
+            "libp2p key",
+            create,
+            "libp2p-key-create",
+            "a new peer ID",
+            32,
+        )?;
+        if created {
+            info!(path = %path.display(), "Created a new libp2p key");
+        }
         if bytes.len() != 32 {
             bail!(
                 "The libp2p key in {} has {} bytes; it has 32",