aBFT Consensus platform for distributed applications.
Building lachesis
requires both a Go (version 1.13 or later) and a C compiler. You can install
them using your favourite package manager. Once the dependencies are installed, run
go build -o ./build/lachesis ./cmd/lachesis
The build output is build/lachesis
executable.
Do not clone the project into $GOPATH, due to the Go Modules. Instead, use any other location.
Going through all the possible command line flags is out of scope here,
but we've enumerated a few common parameter combos to get you up to speed quickly
on how you can run your own lachesis
instance.
Launching lachesis
for mainnet with default settings:
$ lachesis
As an alternative to passing the numerous flags to the lachesis
binary, you can also pass a
configuration file via:
$ lachesis --config /path/to/your_config.toml
To get an idea how the file should look like you can use the dumpconfig
subcommand to
export your existing configuration:
$ lachesis --your-favourite-flags dumpconfig
One of the quickest ways to get Lachesis up and running on your machine is by using Docker:
cd docker/
make
docker run -d --name lachesis-node -v /home/alice/lachesis:/root \
-p 5050:5050 \
"lachesis" \
--port 5050 \
--nat extip:YOUR_IP
This will start lachesis
with --port 5050 --nat extip:YOUR_IP
arguments, with DB files inside /home/alice/lachesis/.lachesis
Do not forget --rpcaddr 0.0.0.0
, if you plan to access RPC from other containers
and/or hosts. By default, lachesis
binds to the local interface and RPC endpoints is not
accessible from the outside.
To find out your enode ID, use:
docker exec -i lachesis-node /lachesis --exec "admin.nodeInfo.enode" attach
To get the logs:
docker logs lachesis-node
To launch a validator, you have to use --validator
flag to enable events emitter. Also you have to either use --unlock
/ --password
flags or unlock
validator account manually. Validator account should be unlocked for signing events.
$ lachesis --nousb --validator 0xADDRESS --unlock 0xADDRESS --password /path/to/password
Optionally you can specify your public IP to straighten connectivity of the network. Ensure your TCP/UDP p2p port (5050 by default) isn't blocked by your firewall.
$ lachesis --nat extip:1.2.3.4
To run a testnet node, you have to add --testnet
flag every time you use lachesis
:
$ lachesis --testnet # launch node
$ lachesis --testnet attach # attach to IPC
$ lachesis --testnet account new # create new account
Lachesis has extensive unit-testing. Use the Go tool to run tests:
go test ./...
If everything goes well, it should output something along these lines:
? github.com/Fantom-foundation/go-lachesis/event_check/basic_check [no test files]
? github.com/Fantom-foundation/go-lachesis/event_check/epoch_check [no test files]
? github.com/Fantom-foundation/go-lachesis/event_check/heavy_check [no test files]
? github.com/Fantom-foundation/go-lachesis/event_check/parents_check [no test files]
ok github.com/Fantom-foundation/go-lachesis/evm_core (cached)
ok github.com/Fantom-foundation/go-lachesis/gossip (cached)
? github.com/Fantom-foundation/go-lachesis/gossip/fetcher [no test files]
? github.com/Fantom-foundation/go-lachesis/gossip/occuredtxs [no test files]
ok github.com/Fantom-foundation/go-lachesis/gossip/ordering (cached)
ok github.com/Fantom-foundation/go-lachesis/gossip/packsdownloader (cached)
Fakenet is a private network optimized for your private testing. It'll generate a genesis containing N validators with equal stakes. To launch a validator in this network, all you need to do is specify a validator ID you're willing to launch.
Pay attention that validator's private keys are deterministically generated in this network, so you must use it only for private testing.
Maintaining your own private network is more involved as a lot of configurations taken for granted in the official networks need to be manually set up.
To run the fakenet with just one validator (which will work practically as a PoA blockchain), use:
$ lachesis --fakenet 1/1
To run the fakenet with 5 validators, run the command for each validator:
$ lachesis --fakenet 1/5 # first node, use 2/5 for second node
If you have to launch a non-validator node in fakenet, use 0 as ID:
$ lachesis --fakenet 0/5
After that, you have to connect your nodes. Either connect them statically or specify a bootnode:
$ lachesis --fakenet 1/5 --bootnodes "enode://[email protected]:5050"
For the testing purposes, the full demo may be launched using:
cd docker/
make # build docker image
./start.sh # start the containers
./stop.sh # stop the demo
The full demo doesn't spin up very fast. To avoid the full docker image building, you may run the integration test instead:
go test -v ./integration/...
Adjust test duration, number of nodes and logs verbosity in the test source code.