Allow other Characters to be --lonely.

nucypher/cli/commands/alice.py

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ from nucypher.cli.options import (
     option_provider_uri,
     option_registry_filepath,
     option_signer_uri,
-    option_teacher_uri
+    option_teacher_uri, option_lonely
 )
 from nucypher.cli.painting.help import paint_new_installation_help
 from nucypher.cli.processes import get_geth_provider_process
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ class AliceConfigOptions:
                  registry_filepath: str,
                  middleware: RestMiddleware,
                  gas_strategy: str,
-                 signer_uri: str
+                 signer_uri: str,
+                 lonely: bool,
                  ):
 
         if federated_only and geth:
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ class AliceConfigOptions:
         self.discovery_port = discovery_port
         self.registry_filepath = registry_filepath
         self.middleware = middleware
+        self.lonely = lonely
 
     def create_config(self, emitter, config_file):
 
@@ -172,6 +174,7 @@ group_config_options = group_options(
     pay_with=option_pay_with,
     registry_filepath=option_registry_filepath,
     middleware=option_middleware,
+    lonely=option_lonely,
 )
 
 
@@ -286,7 +289,8 @@ class AliceCharacterOptions:
                                        min_stake=self.min_stake,
                                        client_password=client_password,
                                        load_preferred_teachers=load_seednodes,
-                                       start_learning_now=load_seednodes)
+                                       start_learning_now=load_seednodes,
+                                       lonely=self.config_options.lonely)
 
             return ALICE
         except NucypherKeyring.AuthenticationFailed as e:

nucypher/cli/commands/ursula.py

@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ class UrsulaCharacterOptions:
 group_character_options = group_options(
     UrsulaCharacterOptions,
     config_options=group_config_options,
-    lonely=click.option('--lonely', help="Do not connect to seednodes", is_flag=True),
     teacher_uri=option_teacher_uri,
     min_stake=option_min_stake
 )

nucypher/cli/options.py

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ option_force = click.option('--force', help="Don't ask for confirmation", is_fla
 option_geth = click.option('--geth', '-G', help="Run using the built-in geth node", is_flag=True)
 option_hw_wallet = click.option('--hw-wallet/--no-hw-wallet')
 option_light = click.option('--light', help="Indicate that node is light", is_flag=True, default=None)
+option_lonely = click.option('--lonely', help="Do not connect to seednodes", is_flag=True)
 option_m = click.option('--m', help="M-Threshold KFrags", type=click.INT)
 option_min_stake = click.option('--min-stake', help="The minimum stake the teacher must have to be a teacher", type=click.INT, default=0)
 option_n = click.option('--n', help="N-Total KFrags", type=click.INT)

nucypher/network/nodes.py

@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ class Learner:
         self._seed_nodes = seed_nodes or []
         self.unresponsive_seed_nodes = set()
 
-        if self.start_learning_now:
+        if self.start_learning_now and not self.lonely:
+            self.load_seednodes()
             self.start_learning_loop(now=self.learn_on_same_thread)
 
     @property

tests/acceptance/cli/test_alice.py

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def test_alice_control_starts_with_mocked_keyring(click_runner, mocker, monkeypa
     mocker.patch.object(AliceConfiguration, "attach_keyring", return_value=None)
     good_enough_config = AliceConfiguration(dev_mode=True, federated_only=True, keyring=MockKeyring)
     mocker.patch.object(AliceConfiguration, "from_configuration_file", return_value=good_enough_config)
-    init_args = ('alice', 'run', '-x', '--network', TEMPORARY_DOMAIN)
+    init_args = ('alice', 'run', '-x', '--lonely', '--network', TEMPORARY_DOMAIN)
     result = click_runner.invoke(nucypher_cli, init_args, input=FAKE_PASSWORD_CONFIRMED)
     assert result.exit_code == 0, result.exception
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def test_initialize_alice_with_custom_configuration_root(custom_filepath, click_
 
 def test_alice_control_starts_with_preexisting_configuration(click_runner, custom_filepath):
     custom_config_filepath = os.path.join(custom_filepath, AliceConfiguration.generate_filename())
-    run_args = ('alice', 'run', '--dry-run', '--config-file', custom_config_filepath)
+    run_args = ('alice', 'run', '--dry-run', '--lonely', '--config-file', custom_config_filepath)
     result = click_runner.invoke(nucypher_cli, run_args, input=FAKE_PASSWORD_CONFIRMED)
     assert result.exit_code == 0
 

tests/acceptance/cli/ursula/test_federated_ursula.py

@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ def test_run_federated_ursula_from_config_file(custom_filepath, click_runner):
     run_args = ('ursula', 'run',
                 '--dry-run',
                 '--interactive',
+                '--lonely',
                 '--config-file', custom_config_filepath)
 
     result = click_runner.invoke(nucypher_cli, run_args,