🐳 MyZubster Ecosystem: Docker Integration, Monero Mainnet, and NFT Expansion A comprehensive update on infrastructure, security, and the path to production. 🚀 What's New? The MyZubster ecosystem has undergone a major infrastructure overhaul in the last 48 hours. We've moved from a collection of scripts to a fully containerized, production-ready architecture. Here's what changed. 📦 1. Docker Integration: The Big Shift We've fully containerized the entire stack using Docker and Docker Compose. This means: One-command deployment: docker-compose up -d
Isolated services: MongoDB, Gateway, and Monero each run in their own container
Zero-downtime updates: Restart the gateway without affecting the database
Portable infrastructure: The same setup runs on any cloud provider (Aruba, AWS, DigitalOcean) New Files Added File Purpose Dockerfile Multi-stage Node.js 20 build with non-root user for security docker-compose.yml Orchestrates MongoDB, Gateway, and Monero services .dockerignore Excludes sensitive files from the Docker image .env.example Template for all environment variables Docker Compose Architecture yaml services: mongodb: # MongoDB 7 (port 27018 to avoid conflicts) gateway: # MyZubster Gateway (port 3000) monero: # Monero Wallet RPC (optional, uses public node by default) 🔐 2. Monero: Production-Ready on Mainnet We've switched from testnet to Monero mainnet for real transactions. The gateway now connects to public nodes by default (node.moneroworld.com:18081) for immediate functionality, with the option to run a local node for maximum privacy. Environment Variables for Monero env MONERO_NETWORK=mainnet MONERO_RPC_URL= http://node.moneroworld.com:18081 MONERO_WALLET_ADDRESS=your_wallet_address MONERO_WALLET_PASSWORD=your_wallet_password MONERO_MIN_CONFIRMATIONS=10 Privacy Note: All Monero transactions remain private and untraceable by design. The gateway never stores private keys—only the public wallet address. 🌿 3. NFT Expansion: From Plants to Pets We've extended the Tari NFT template to support real-world asset tokenization: Current NFT Templates Template Status Description Plant NFT ✅ Compiled to WASM Represents a physical plant with metadata (species, age, price) Pet NFT (In Progress) ⏳ Planning Will support microchip integration, health records, and ownership How It Works Mint: Create an NFT representing a real-world asset (plant, pet, etc.)
Verify: Use oracles to confirm physical existence
Trade: Buy/sell assets using Monero payments
Track: Immutable blockchain record of ownership and history rust // Example: Plant NFT metadata pub struct PlantMetadata { pub name: String, pub species: String, pub age_years: u32, pub price_in_xmr: f64, pub image_hash: String, } 🗑️ 4. Security & Disk Space Management We've performed a major cleanup to ensure the VPS runs smoothly: Action Space Freed Impact Removed old Monero testnet data 6.5 GB Freed space for Docker images Removed Monero stagenet data 14 GB Eliminated unused blockchain data Cleared temporary Git pack files 15 GB Optimized repository size Removed Ollama models (optional) 1.8 GB Reduced disk usage Disabled swapfile 4 GB Freed additional space Result: Disk usage dropped from 100% to 33% (51 GB free). 🛠️ 5. New API Endpoint: /api/users We've added a basic user management endpoint to the gateway: javascript // GET /api/users - List all users (protected) router.get('/', (req, res) => { res.json({ users: [] }); }); // POST /api/users - Create a new user router.post('/', (req, res) => { const { username, email } = req.body; // Validate and create user res.status(201).json({ id: Date.now(), username, email }); }); 🔗 6. Repository Structure Update All repositories are now aligned and up-to-date: Repository Branch Status MyZubsterGateway dev → main ✅ Dockerized, production-ready MyZubster-Marketplace main 🔄 Next in line for Dockerization MyZubster-App main 🔄 Mobile app with Orbot support tari-nft-template main ✅ Compiled WASM for Tari myzubster main 📦 Submodules updated 📊 7. Current Infrastructure Stack Layer Technology Version Container Runtime Docker 29.6.2 Orchestration Docker Compose 1.29.2 Database MongoDB 7-jammy Runtime Node.js 20-slim Blockchain Monero (mainnet) Latest NFT Sidechain Tari WASM compiled OS Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS 🧪 8. Testing & Verification Health Check bash curl http://localhost:3000/api/health Response: {"status":"ok","timestamp":"2026-07-25T...Z"} Users Endpoint bash curl http://localhost:3000/api/users Response: {"users":[]} Container Status bash docker-compose ps Gateway: Up, MongoDB: Healthy 📌 9. Next Steps on the Roadmap Priority Task Repository 🔴 High Connect Marketplace to Gateway MyZubster-Marketplace 🔴 High Deploy Pet NFT Template on Tari tari-nft-template 🟡 Medium Update Mobile App API URL MyZubster-App 🟡 Medium Enable Security Bot with DeepSeek AI MyZubsterGateway/security 🟢 Low Set up Monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana) Infrastructure 🟢 Low Write Comprehensive Documentation myzubster-docs 🔗 10. Links & Resources Resource Link MyZubsterGateway GitHub MyZubster-Marketplace GitHub Tari NFT Template GitHub MyZubster Ecosystem GitHub 🙌 11. How to Contribute We welcome contributions! Here's how: Fork the repository
Create a feature branch (feat/amazing-feature)
Commit your changes
Open a Pull Request to the dev branch 💬 12. Connect with Us Platform Handle DEV.to (Blog) @danielioni GitHub DanielIoni-creator X (Twitter) @myzubster TikTok @h4x0r_23 Linked