The Open Charging Network is an implementation of the OCPI 2.2 hub concept. The difference to traditional hubs is that there is not only of no centralized server that everybody needs to connect to, but decentralized run nodes, called OCN Nodes. Anybody can run such a node and regardless of which node a party is connected to, an OCPI message sent will always find its recipient (assuming the recipient is registered, connected and whitelisted). This is enabled by a global address book similar to a Domain Name System, the OCN Registry, and a message routing mechanism.
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The following steps help you to successfully set up and run your own OCN Node: