Quick deploy docker scripts for running a private network
Prerequisite
Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit or higher
Tools: Docker, Docker Compose
Hardware:
Network Ports
Following network ports need to be open for the nodes to communicate
*-auto-increment depending on number of nodes
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Step: 1 Install docker & docker-compose
Step: 2 Pull image from Docker Hub
Step: 3 Launch the setup script
Enter number of nodes, private IP of host machine & unique docker subnet. You can view private IP of your machine using ifconfig
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To Check private IP address(internal (network) IP address) on Ubuntu GUI:
Open the Activities overview and start typing Network.
Click on Network to open the panel.
Choose which connection, Wi-Fi or Wired, from the left pane.
The IP address for a wired connection will be displayed on the right.
Click the settings button to see the IP address for the wireless network in the Details panel.
sudo docker-compose -p <PROJECT_NAME_STATIC_NODE> up -d
Replace with your project name.
Accessing console
Stopping the network
Adding a new node to the existing network
Install docker & pull image on the new host machine as done earlier in Step 1 & 2
Enter the public IP of the new host machine (private IP in case of local setup, assigned by router) Enter the node number (e.g. if you have 3 nodes up with the initial setup then node number here would be 4)
Copy enodeID from enode-url.json then attach to geth console of any running node & execute
Start the new node
Upgrade Network
Pull newer version of image from docker hub
Stop containers running old version
Update docker-compose.yml to use new image (specify quorum:TAG_NAME as argument)
Run new version
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