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Assuming you have Docker running on your system, use the following command to fetch the latest version of RNode from the remote Docker hub and run it (exit with C-c):
<computer:~/src/rchain (dev)> docker run -v $HOME/tmp:/var/lib/rnode -ti -p 40400:40400 rchain/rnode:latest --profile docker
08:30:30.894 [main] INFO conf - uPnP: None -> None
08:30:32.599 [main] INFO o.h.b.c.nio1.NIO1SocketServerGroup - Service bound to address /127.0.0.1:40402
08:30:32.600 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - _ _ _ _ _
08:30:32.601 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - | |_| |_| |_ _ __| | | ___
08:30:32.601 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - | ' \ _| _| '_ \_ _(_-<
08:30:32.601 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - |_||_\__|\__| .__/ |_|/__/
08:30:32.601 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - |_|
08:30:32.647 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - http4s v0.18.0 on blaze v0.12.11 started at http://127.0.0.1:40402/
08:30:32.710 [kamon.prometheus.PrometheusReporter] INFO kamon.prometheus.PrometheusReporter - Started the embedded HTTP server on http://0.0.0.0:40403
08:30:32.799 [main] INFO logger - gRPC server started, listening on
08:30:32.827 [main] INFO logger - Listening for traffic on rnode://3afa77d09eb24a6caa25c0cb6a3e969f@172.17.0.2:40400.
08:30:32.841 [main] INFO logger - Bootstrapping from #{PeerNode de6eed5d00cf080fc587eeb412cb31a75fd10358}.
08:30:32.857 [main] INFO logger - Initialize first phase handshake (encryption handshake) to #{PeerNode de6eed5d00cf080fc587eeb412cb31a75fd10358}
[...]
In order to use both the peer-to-peer network and REPL capabilities of the node, you must run more than one Docker Rnode on the same host, the containers need to be connected to one user-defined network bridge:
> docker network create rnode-net
> docker run -v $HOME/tmp:/var/lib/rnode -dit --name rnode0 --network rnode-net rchain/rnode:latest -s
> docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
15aa78b45da4 rchain/rnode:latest "/bin/main.sh -s" 3 seconds ago Up 2 seconds rnode0In a new terminal:
> docker logs -f rnode0
08:38:09.738 [main] INFO conf - uPnP: None -> None
08:38:11.252 [main] INFO o.h.b.c.nio1.NIO1SocketServerGroup - Service bound to address /127.0.0.1:40402
08:38:11.253 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - _ _ _ _ _
08:38:11.253 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - | |_| |_| |_ _ __| | | ___
08:38:11.253 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - | ' \ _| _| '_ \_ _(_-<
08:38:11.254 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - |_||_\__|\__| .__/ |_|/__/
08:38:11.254 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - |_|
08:38:11.298 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - http4s v0.18.0 on blaze v0.12.11 started at http://127.0.0.1:40402/
08:38:11.358 [kamon.prometheus.PrometheusReporter] INFO kamon.prometheus.PrometheusReporter - Started the embedded HTTP server on http://0.0.0.0:40403
08:38:11.436 [main] INFO logger - gRPC server started, listening on
08:38:11.460 [main] INFO logger - Listening for traffic on rnode://ee00a5357f2f4cb58b08a8a4c949da1b@172.18.0.2:40400.
08:38:11.463 [main] INFO logger - Starting stand-alone node.Note this line (listening address):
Listening for traffic on rnode://ee00a5357f2f4cb58b08a8a4c949da1b@172.18.0.2:40400.A repl instance can be invoked this way:
> docker run -v $HOME/tmp:/var/lib/rnode -it --name rnode-repl --network rnode-net rchain/rnode:latest --grpc-host rnode0 -r
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rholang $ 5
Storage Contents:
for( x0 <= @{"stdout"} ) { Nil } | for( x0, x1 <= @{"stderrAck"} ) { Nil } | for( x0 <= @{"stderr"} ) { Nil } | for( x0, x1 <= @{"stdoutAck"} ) { Nil }The above command should result in (rnode0 output):
[...]
08:38:11.463 [main] INFO logger - Starting stand-alone node.
Evaluating:
5A peer node can be started with the following command (note that --bootstrap takes the listening address of rnode0):
> docker run -v $HOME/tmp:/var/lib/rnode -it --name rnode-client --network rnode-net rchain/rnode:latest --bootstrap rnode://ee00a5357f2f4cb58b08a8a4c949da1b@172.18.0.2:40400
08:58:34.595 [main] INFO conf - uPnP: None -> None
08:58:36.053 [main] INFO o.h.b.c.nio1.NIO1SocketServerGroup - Service bound to address /127.0.0.1:40402
08:58:36.054 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - _ _ _ _ _
08:58:36.054 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - | |_| |_| |_ _ __| | | ___
08:58:36.054 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - | ' \ _| _| '_ \_ _(_-<
08:58:36.055 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - |_||_\__|\__| .__/ |_|/__/
08:58:36.055 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - |_|
08:58:36.098 [main] INFO org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeBuilder - http4s v0.18.0 on blaze v0.12.11 started at http://127.0.0.1:40402/
08:58:36.139 [kamon.prometheus.PrometheusReporter] INFO kamon.prometheus.PrometheusReporter - Started the embedded HTTP server on http://0.0.0.0:40403
08:58:36.241 [main] INFO logger - gRPC server started, listening on
08:58:36.267 [main] INFO logger - Listening for traffic on rnode://29d77e8cfd924db49e715d4cf4eeb28d@172.18.0.4:40400.
08:58:36.279 [main] INFO logger - Bootstrapping from #{PeerNode ee00a5357f2f4cb58b08a8a4c949da1b}.
08:58:36.294 [main] INFO logger - Initialize first phase handshake (encryption handshake) to #{PeerNode ee00a5357f2f4cb58b08a8a4c949da1b}
08:58:36.816 [repl-io-29] INFO logger - Initialize second phase handshake (protocol handshake) to #{PeerNode ee00a5357f2f4cb58b08a8a4c949da1b}
08:58:36.890 [repl-io-30] INFO logger - Connected #{PeerNode ee00a5357f2f4cb58b08a8a4c949da1b}.
08:58:41.939 [repl-io-30] INFO logger - Peers: 1.The above command should result in (rnode0 output):
08:58:36.769 [repl-io-29] INFO logger - Responded to encryption handshake request from #{PeerNode 29d77e8cfd924db49e715d4cf4eeb28d}.
08:58:36.882 [repl-io-29] INFO logger - Responded to protocol handshake request from #{PeerNode 29d77e8cfd924db49e715d4cf4eeb28d}
08:58:37.211 [repl-io-35] INFO logger - Peers: 1.Each scoped build is as similar to the original, per-project build process as possible, so assemblies should be produced in the same way as before:
<computer:~/src/rchain (dev)> sbt "project rholang" assembly
[info] Loading settings from plugins.sbt ...
[... compiling, testing, jarring ...]
[info] Packaging /home/kirkwood/src/rchain/rholang/target/scala-2.12/rholang-assembly-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar ...
<computer:~/src/rchain (dev)> rholang/rho2rbl rholang/examples/hello_world_again.rho
compiled rholang/examples/hello_world_again.rho to rholang/examples/hello_world_again.rbl
<computer:~/src/rchain (dev)> cat rholang/examples/hello_world_again.rbl; echo
(let [[helloworld (generateFresh "helloworld")]] (block ( (proc [] (run (compile (let [[[[Rholanga4716fe347be]] (consume t [helloworld] [['world]] #t)]] ( (proc [[world]] (let [[[Rholang5401f0efc120] (consume t [world] ['msg] #f)]] ( (proc [[[msg]]] ( display msg "
")) [Rholang5401f0efc120]))) [Rholanga4716fe347be])))))) (let [[world (generateFresh "world")] [world2 (generateFresh "world2")]] (block (block (block (produce t helloworld world) (produce t world "Hello World")) (produce t helloworld world2)) (produce t world2 "Hello World again")))))
<computer:~/src/rchain (dev)>
Most of the command line options can be specified in a configuration file rnode.toml. The default location of the configuration file is the data dir. An alternative lococation can be specified with the command line option --config-file <path>. The format of the configuration file is TOML. Example configuration file:
[server]
host = "localhost"
port = 40400
http-port = 40402
metrics-port = 40403
no-upnp = false
default-timeout = 2000
bootstrap = "rnode://de6eed5d00cf080fc587eeb412cb31a75fd10358@52.119.8.109:40400"
standalone = false
data-dir = "/var/lib/rnode"
map-size = 1073741824
casper-block-store-size = 1073741824
in-memory-store = false
max-num-of-connections = 500
[grpc-server]
host = "localhost"
port = 40401
port-internal = 40404
[tls]
certificate = "/var/lib/rnode/certificate.pem"
key = "/var/lib/rnode/key.pem"
[validators]
count = 5
shard-id = "rchain"
sig-algorithm = "ed25519"
# bonds-file = ""
# wallets-file = ""
# known = ""
# public-key = ""
# private-key = ""TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Installing Homebrew - https://brew.sh
> /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"> brew install rchain/rchain/rnodeTBD
TBD
- Node is considered up and running if and only if it listens on the port 40400 (the port number can be overriden with the
--portoption) - rnode publishes metrics to InfluxDB
- COMM events per second
- CPU usage
- Current memory usage
- JVM heap size
- CPU usage across the entire OS
- Memory usage across the entire OS
- Total machine's memory size
- Amount of free disk space left
- Total machine's disk space
rnode.tomlallows for configuring the address of the InfluxDB instance
[kamon]
influx-db = true
[influx-db]
hostname = "localhost"
port = 8086
database = "rnode"
- If the address or the InfluxDB instance isn't configured, metrics are NOT available to the node operator
- Metrics published to InfluxDB are available for charting in Chronograf
- Chronograf instance address is determined by the configuration of the InfluxDB instance, not the node
TBD (node identity, validator identity, wallet identity)
For getting started with development of RChain please refer to the Developer guide
During this pre-release phase of the RChain software, there are some known issues.
File issues in our Public Jira Instance: File a bug
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To get summery of licenses being used by the RChain's dependencies, simply run sbt node/dumpLicenseReport. The report will be available under node/target/license-reports/rnode-licenses.html