eBlocXplore

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Run

docker-compose up

This will build the React application, run a NodeJS web server, an ethereum node on private ebloc network and a MongoDB instance. You can check the app on localhost

Development

• Install MongoDB

• Install geth

• Navigate into downloaded folder and do: npm install

• Setup your environment variables (Easiest way is to use .env file: cp .env.example .env )

Start geth client:

• bin/start-geth.sh
• This will start geth client (initialize if not already) on your with given network configuration. It uses NETWORK_NAME environment variable in .env file. Network name can be one of main (default ethereum blockchain), ebloc-poa (our educational school network) and local (for test purposes). If local, client will start mining automatically.
• After geth instance started to run, blockchain will be stored in blockchain/{NETWORK_NAME}

Start MongoDB

Start NodeJS server:

• Run npm run debug:server.

• This will start to fetch transactions from geth client in chunks (200 blocks per time) and store the key informations of transactions into database. It will check new blocks every minute once synchronization is complete.

Start webpack dev server

• Run npm run debug:client

• This will run webpack and serve React application on 8080