ethpos-remote-signer v0.0.1

ETHPOS Remote Signer

Remote signing gRPC server and client TypeScript implementation for the Prysm Ethereum 2.0 client. Created by ETHPOS.io

Overview

This is a simple, remote signing implementation to be used with the Prysm project. It is not meant to be used in production deployments, but instead as an example of how to create a minimal remote-signer for eth2 validator keys in TypeScript.

Installation

Install using npm:

npm install -g ethpos-remote-signer

Usage

You need valid certificate files. Example certificates you can find in the certs folder of the repository.

Server

If you install the package globally you can use the following command to get the options to run a remote signing server:

ethpos-remote-signer -h

Available parameters:

• --ca-crt-path: (required) /path/to/ca.crt for secure TLS connections
• --tls-crt-path: (required) /path/to/server.crt for secure TLS connections
• --tls-key-path: (required) /path/to/server.key for secure TLS connections
• --grpc-server-host: (optional) host for the gRPC server, default 127.0.0.1
• --grpc-port: (optional) port for the gRPC server, default 4000

Client

ethpos-remote-signer-cli -h

Available parameters:

• --ca-crt-path: (required) /path/to/ca.crt for secure TLS connections
• --grpc-server-host: (optional) host for the gRPC server, default 127.0.0.1
• --grpc-port: (optional) port for the gRPC server, default 4000

List Public Keys

ethpos-remote-signer-cli list --ca-crt-path ./certs/ca.crt

Sign

ethpos-remote-signer-cli sign \
    --ca-crt-path ./certs/ca.crt \
    --pubkey a99a76ed7796f7be22d5b7e85deeb7c5677e88e511e0b337618f8c4eb61349b4bf2d153f649f7b53359fe8b94a38e44c \
    --data 677e88e511e0b337618f8c4eb61349b4bf2d153f649f7b53359fe8b94a38e44c

Available parameters:

• --pubkey: (required) Hex encoded public key
• --data: (required) Hex encoded data to sign

Contributing

Contributions are very much welcome! Please fork the repository and create a pull request clearly explaining your feature, add tests, and sign our contributor licensing agreement which will automatically show up as a comment in your pull request.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2020 ethpos

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