symbol-bootstrap v1.1.2-network-202111261018

symbol-bootstrap

Symbol CLI tool that allows you creating, configuring and running Symbol's complete networks or nodes to be sync with existing networks.

• symbol-bootstrap
• Why this tool?
• Key benefits:
• Concepts
• Requirements
• Installation
• Wizard
• E2E Testing support
• Development
• Commands
• Command Topics

Why this tool?

This tool has been created to address the original problems defined in Symbol's NIP11.

Key benefits:

• It's an installable cli tool. It's not a repo you need to clone and compile.
• The configuration is parametrized via CLI commands and presets instead of by changing properties files.
• The tools code is unique for any type of network, new networks or nodes in a network. It doesn't need to be copied and pasted in different projects or assemblies.
• The config command runs on the host machine, not via docker making it easier to debug or tune
• It's uses the TS SDK for key generation, vrf transactions, address generation instead of using catapult-tools (nemgen is still used to generate the nemesis block).
• Easier to maintain, the properties files are reused for all nodes, assemblies and network types.
• Network setup (how many database, nodes, rest gateways to run) is defined in presets, users can provide their own ones.
• Docker-compose yaml files are generated based on the network setup/preset instead of being manually created/upgraded.
• The created network (config, nemesis and docker-compose) can be zipped and distributed for other host machines to run it.
• The used docker images versions can be changed via configuration/preset
• It uses the oclif framework. New commands are easy to add and document.
• It can be included as a npm dependency for clients' e2e testing.

Concepts

Preset:

Yaml files that define the configuration and layout of the network and nodes. It defines how many nodes, database, rest gateways, the modes, keys, etc.

Presets are defined at 4 levels from general to specific:

• Shared: Default configurations for all the networks.
• Network: It defines the configuration of a given network.
• Assembly: It defines a modification of a network selecting the services that the node will run.
• Custom: A user provided yml file (--customPreset param) that could override some or all properties in the out-of-the-box presets.

Properties in each file override the previous values (by object deep merge).

Network Presets:

• mainnet: Used to created nodes' connected to Symbol's Mainnet network. The nemesis block is copied over.
• testnet: Used to created nodes' connected to Symbol's Testnet network. The nemesis block is copied over.
• dualCurrency: Used to create new private networks with dual currency configuration, network and harvest currencies. Nemesis block is generated.
• singleCurrency: Used to create private/user networks with a single network currency configuration, just main network currency. Nemesis block is generated.

Assemblies:

• dual: A standard dual node that contains 1 mongo database. 1 api node, 1 rest gateway, and 1 broker.
• peer: A standard peer only node that contains 1 peer node.
• api: A standard api node that contains 1 mongo database. 1 api node, 1 rest gateway, and 1 broker.
• demo: A dual node that contains an explorer, web wallet and faucet for test and demonstration purposes.
• multinode: An special assembly that contains 1 api node and 2 peer only nodes. This assembly is for testing, it showcases how a private network with 3 nodes runs.

Custom preset:

It's the way you can tune the network without modifying the code. It's a yml file (--customPreset param) that could override some or all properties in the out-of-the-box presets.

Custom presets give Symbol Bootstrap its versatility. Check out the custom preset guides!

Target:

The folder where the generated config, docker files and data are stored.

The folder structure is:

• ./preset.yml: the final generated preset.yml that it's used to configure bootstrap, the nodes, docker, etc.
• ./addresses.yml: randomly generated data that wasn't provided in the preset. e.g.: SSL keys, nodes' keys, nemesis accounts, generation hash seed, etc.
• ./nodes: it holds the configuration, data and logs for all the defined node instances.
• ./gateways: it holds the configuration and logs for all the defined node rest gateways.
• ./nemesis: The folder used to hold the nemesis block. Block 1 data is generated via nemgen tool for new networks. For existing network, it is copied over.
• ./databases: the location where the mongo data is stored for the different database instances.
• ./docker: the generated docker-compose.yml, mongo init scripts and server basic bash scripts.
• ./explorers: the generated explorer configuration.
• ./wallets: the generated wallet configuration.
• ./reports: the location of the generated reports.

Note: The target folder should not be manually modified. This tool may override any file in the target folder when doing upgrades. Any custom configuration should be provided via a custom preset. Check out the custom preset guides!

Requirements

• Node 12.0.0+
• Docker 18.3.0+
• Docker Compose 1.25.0+

Check your user can run docker without sudo:

docker run hello-world

If you see an error like:

Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at unix:///var/run/docker.sock

Please follow this guide.

Installation

It's recommended to run the commands from en empty working dir.

The network configuration, data and docker files will be created inside the target folder ('./target') by default.

mkdir my-networks
cd my-networks

Once in the working dir:

$ npm install -g symbol-bootstrap
$ symbol-bootstrap COMMAND
running command...
$ symbol-bootstrap (-v|--version|version)
symbol-bootstrap/1.1.2-network-202111261018 linux-x64 node-v12.22.1
$ symbol-bootstrap --help [COMMAND]
USAGE
  $ symbol-bootstrap COMMAND
...

Validate your environment by running:

symbol-bootstrap verify

The general usage would be:

symbol-bootstrap config -p testnet -a dual
symbol-bootstrap compose
symbol-bootstrap run

You can aggregate all these commands with this one liner:

symbol-bootstrap start -p testnet -a dual

If you need to start fresh, you many need to sudo remove the target folder (docker volumes dirs may be created using sudo). Example:

sudo rm -rf ./target

Examples

Network presets and assemblies can be combined to generate different types of nodes. Some examples:

• $ symbol-bootstrap start -p mainnet -a dual -c customPreset.yml
• $ symbol-bootstrap start -p testnet -a peer -c customPreset.yml
• $ symbol-bootstrap start -p testnet -a demo -c customPreset.yml
• $ symbol-bootstrap start -p dualCurrency -a multinode -c customPreset.yml
• $ symbol-bootstrap start -p dualCurrency -a demo -c customPreset.yml
• $ symbol-bootstrap start -p dualCurrency -a dual -c customPreset.yml
• $ symbol-bootstrap start -p singleCurrency -a multinode -c customPreset.yml
• $ symbol-bootstrap start -p singleCurrency -a demo -c customPreset.yml

Although some combinations can be done, they may not be really useful. Examples are running mainnet and testnet combined the demo or multinode assemblies.

A custom network preset file can also be provided. This is useful when you have your own custom Symbol network, and you want other nodes to join. For this case, you provide your own networkPreset.yml and nemesis feed folder. The node admin can then run:

• $ symbol-bootstrap start -p customNetworkPreset.yml -a dual -c customNodePreset.yml

Wizard

If this is your first time creating a node, it's recommended to use the Wizard. Just follow the instructions:

symbol-bootstrap wizard

E2E Testing support

One use case of this CLI is client E2E testing support. If you are coding a Symbol client, you (Travis or Jenkins) can run e2e tests like:

symbol-bootstrap start -p dualCurrency -a dual -c my_custom_preset.yml --detached --healthCheck
YOUR TEST (e.g: npm run test, gradle test, selenium etc.)
symbol-bootstrap stop

--detached starts the server waiting until it is up (by polling the network http://localhost:3000/node/health). The command will fail if the components are not up in 30 seconds.

You can also provide your own custom preset (-c) if you want your e2e test to start with a specific state (specific balances addresses, mosaics, namespaces, generation hash seed, etc.)

Node client E2E via CLI:

The CLI can also be used as npm project (dev) dependency (npm install --save-dev symbol-bootstrap). Then you can integrate the network to your npm test cycle. Your package.json can look like this:

"devDependencies": {
    ....
    "symbol-bootstrap": "0.0.x",
    ....
}

scripts": {
...
    "clean-network": "symbol-bootstrap clean",
    "run-network": "symbol-bootstrap start -p dualCurrency -a dual -c my_custom_preset.yml --detached --healthCheck",
    "run-stop": "symbol-bootstrap stop",
    "integration-test": "....some mocha/jest/etc tests running against localhost:3000 network....",
    "e2e": "npm run clean-network && npm run run-network && npm run integration-test && npm run stop-network",
...
}

Then, you, Jenkins, Travis or your CI tool can run;

npm run e2e

Node client E2E via API:

Alternatively, you can use the BootstrapService facade to programmatically start and stop a server.

Example:

import {BootstrapService, StartParams, Preset} from 'symbol-bootstrap';
import {expect} from '@oclif/test';

it('Bootstrap e2e test', async () => {
    const service = new BootstrapService();
    const config: StartParams = {
        preset: Preset.bootstrap,
        reset: true,
        healthCheck: true,
        timeout: 60000 * 5,
        target: 'target/bootstrap-test',
        detached: true,
        user: 'current',
    };
    try {
        await service.stop(config);
        const configResult = await service.start(config);
        expect(configResult.presetData).not.null;
        expect(configResult.addresses).not.null;
        // Here you can write unit tests against a http://localhost:3000 network
    } finally {
        await service.stop(config);
    }
});

It's recommended to reuse the same server for multiple tests by using beforeAll, afterAll kind of statements.

Development

If you want to contribute to this tool, clone this repo and run:

npm install -g

Then, symbol-bootstrap runs from the source code. You can now try your features after changing the code.

Pull Requests are appreciated! Please follow the contributing guidelines.

Note: cloning this repo is only for people that want to tune the tool in a way it cannot be configured. If this is your case, please provide a feature request. General users should install this tool like any other node module.

Commands

Command Topics

• symbol-bootstrap autocomplete - display autocomplete installation instructions
• symbol-bootstrap clean - It removes the target folder deleting the generated configuration and data
• symbol-bootstrap compose - It generates the docker-compose.yml file from the configured network.
• symbol-bootstrap config - Command used to set up the configuration files and the nemesis block for the current network
• symbol-bootstrap decrypt - It decrypts a yml file using the provided password. The source file can be a custom preset file, a preset.yml file or an addresses.yml.
• symbol-bootstrap encrypt - It encrypts a yml file using the provided password. The source files would be a custom preset file, a preset.yml file or an addresses.yml.
• symbol-bootstrap healthCheck - It checks if the services created with docker compose are up and running.
• symbol-bootstrap help - display help for symbol-bootstrap
• symbol-bootstrap link - It announces VRF and Voting Link transactions to the network for each node with 'Peer' or 'Voting' roles. This command finalizes the node registration to an existing network.
• symbol-bootstrap modifyMultisig - Create or modify a multisig account
• symbol-bootstrap pack - It configures and packages your node into a zip file that can be uploaded to the final node machine.
• symbol-bootstrap report - it generates reStructuredText (.rst) reports describing the configuration of each node.
• symbol-bootstrap resetData - It removes the data keeping the generated configuration, certificates, keys and block 1.
• symbol-bootstrap run - It boots the network via docker using the generated docker-compose.yml file and configuration. The config and compose methods/commands need to be called before this method. This is just a wrapper for the docker-compose up bash call.
• symbol-bootstrap start - Single command that aggregates config, compose and run in one line!
• symbol-bootstrap stop - It stops the docker-compose network if running (symbol-bootstrap started with --detached). This is just a wrapper for the docker-compose down bash call.
• symbol-bootstrap updateVotingKeys - It updates the voting files containing the voting keys when required.
• symbol-bootstrap verify - It tests the installed software in the current computer reporting if there is any missing dependency, invalid version, or software related issue.
• symbol-bootstrap wizard - An utility command that will help you configuring node!