hermez-node/cli/node

node cli

This is the main cli for the node

Go version

The hermez-node has been tested with go version 1.14

Usage

NAME:
   hermez-node - A new cli application

USAGE:
   node [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
   v0.1.0-6-gd8a50c5

COMMANDS:
   version    Show the application version
   importkey  Import ethereum private key
   genbjj     Generate a new BabyJubJub key
   wipesql    Wipe the SQL DB (HistoryDB and L2DB) and the StateDBs, leaving the DB in a clean state
   run        Run the hermez-node in the indicated mode
   serveapi   Serve the API only
   discard    Discard blocks up to a specified block number
   help, h    Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --help, -h     show help (default: false)
   --version, -v  print the version (default: false)

The node has two main modes of running:

• sync: Synchronizer mode. In this mode the node will only synchronize the state of the hermez smart contracts, mainly processing the transactions in the batches.
• coord: Coordinator mode. In this mode, apart from doing all the synchronization work, the node will also act as a coordinator, accepting L2 transactions in the pool, and trying to forge batches when the proper conditions arise.

Configuration

The node requires a single configuration file to run.

You can find a testing working configuration example at cfg.buidler.toml

To read the documentation of each configuration parameter, please check the type Node and type Coordinator at config/config.go. All the sections that are prefixed with Coordinator are only used in coord mode, and don't need to be defined when running the coordinator in sync mode

When running the API in standalone mode, the required configuration is a subset of the node configuration. Please, check the type APIServer at config/config.go to learn about all the parametes.

Notes

• The private key corresponding to the parameter Coordinator.ForgerAddress needs to be imported in the ethereum keystore
• The private key corresponding to the parameter Coordinator.FeeAccount.Address needs to be imported in the ethereum keystore
• The public key corresponding to the parameter Coordinator.FeeAccount.BJJ can be generated with the command genbjj
• There are two sets of debug parameters (Debug for all modes, and Coordinator.Debug for coord mode). Some of these parameters may not be suitable for production.
• The parameter Coordinator.Debug.BatchPath, when set, causes the coordinator to store dumps of a lot of information related to batches in json files. This files can be around 2MB big. If this parameter is set, be careful to monitor the size of the folder to avoid running out of space.
• The node requires a PostgreSQL database. The parameters of the server and database must be set in the PostgreSQL section.
• The node requires a web3 RPC server to work. The node has only been tested with geth and may not work correctly with other ethereum nodes implementations.

Building

All commands assume you are at the cli/node directory.

Building the node requires using the packr utility to bundle the database migrations inside the resulting binary. Install the packr utility with:

cd /tmp && go get -u github.com/gobuffalo/packr/v2/packr2 && cd -

Make sure your $PATH contains $GOPATH/bin, otherwise the packr utility will not be found.

Now build the node executable:

cd ../../db && packr2 && cd -
go build .
cd ../../db && packr2 clean && cd -

The executable is node.

Usage Examples

The following commands assume you have built the node previously. You can also run the following examples by replacing ./node with go run . and executing them in the cli/node directory to build from source and run at the same time.

Run the node in mode synchronizer:

./node run --mode sync --cfg cfg.buidler.toml

Run the node in mode coordinator:

./node run --mode coord --cfg cfg.buidler.toml

Serve the API in standalone mode. This command allows serving the API just with access to the PostgreSQL database that a node is using. Several instances of serveapi can be running at the same time with a single PostgreSQL database:

./node serveapi --mode coord --cfg cfg.buidler.toml

Import an ethereum private key into the keystore:

./node importkey --mode coord --cfg cfg.buidler.toml --privatekey  0x618b35096c477aab18b11a752be619f0023a539bb02dd6c813477a6211916cde

Generate a new BabyJubJub key pair:

./node genbjj

Check the binary version:

./node version

Wipe the entier SQL database (this will destroy all synchronized and pool data):

./node wipesql --mode coord --cfg cfg.buidler.toml 

Discard all synchronized blocks and associated state up to a given block number. This command is useful in case the synchronizer reaches an invalid state and you want to roll back a few blocks and try again (maybe with some fixes in the code).

./node discard --mode coord --cfg cfg.buidler.toml --block 8061330