I’m quite embarrassed but I have pulled out all my hair and actually feel that I have performed all the proper steps to install and run Storj Node on my tiny little RPi.
Here is my original error indication (Node screen on port 14002):
I have one node running on my TrueNAS machine, using port 28967 and it has been running for just over a month, no issues.
I now have installed storagenode on my RPi, all went pretty well. I’m using port 28968 and have it forwarded on my router.
The Docker logs repeat this message:
2025-08-24T19:20:51Z ERROR contact:service ping satellite failed {“Process”: “storagenode”, “Satellite ID”: “12L9ZFwhzVpuEKMUNUqkaTLGzwY9G24tbiigLiXpmZWKwmcNDDs”, “attempts”: 10, “error”: “ping satellite: failed to ping storage node, your node indicated error code: 0, rpc: tcp connector failed: rpc: dial tcp 134.215.XY.ZZY:28968: connect: connection refused”, “errorVerbose”: “ping satellite: failed to ping storage node, your node indicated error code: 0, rpc: tcp connector failed: rpc: dial tcp 134.215.XY.ZZY:28968: connect: connection refused\n\``tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/contact.(*Service).pingSatelliteOnce:224\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/contact.(*Service).pingSatellite:167\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/contact.(*Chore).updateCycles.func1:89\n\tstorj.io/common/sync2.(*Cycle).Run:102\n\tstorj.io/common/sync2.(*Cycle).Start.func1:77\n\tgolang.org/x/sync/errgroup.(*Group).add.func1:130”``}
And this message:
2025-08-24T19:16:37Z ERROR contact:service ping satellite failed {"Process": "storagenode", "Satellite ID": "121RTSDpyNZVcEU84Ticf2L1ntiuUimbWgfATz21tuvgk3vzoA6", "attempts": 9, "error": "ping satellite: check-in ratelimit: node rate limited by id", "errorVerbose": "ping satellite: check-in ratelimit: node rate limited by id\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/contact.(*Service).pingSatelliteOnce:219\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/contact.(*Service).pingSatellite:167\n\tstorj.io/storj/storagenode/contact.(*Chore).updateCycles.func1:89\n\tstorj.io/common/sync2.(*Cycle).Run:102\n\tstorj.io/common/sync2.(*Cycle).Start.func1:77\n\tgolang.org/x/sync/errgroup.(*Group).add.func1:130"}
I have ensured port forwarding is in place, have rebooted my router and the settings stayed.
Here is my docker run file:
sudo docker run -d --restart unless-stopped --stop-timeout 300 \
-p 28968:28967 \
-p 14002:14002 \
-e WALLET="0x7A37aE83F8932e3B1E2x3fff2444f8bf3c1xxxxx" \
-e EMAIL="joe@hotmail.com" \
-e ADDRESS="storj.freemyip.com:28968" \
-e STORAGE="3TB" \
--memory=800m \
--log-opt max-size=50m \
--log-opt max-file=10 \
--mount type=bind,source=/mnt/storj/identity/storagenode,destination=/app/identity \
--mount type=bind,source=/mnt/storj/storagenode,destination=/app/config \
--name storagenode storjlabs/storagenode:latest
I’m at a loss for what I’ve done wrong. It appears to me that the port forwarding is the alarm indication. I tried a totally different port number of 3000 to replace 28968 in the line above. I thought it was looking good which is was “Refreshing”, but nope, misconfigured yet again.