SanchoNet docker node 🤠

Current version: node 10.1.1

A simple dockerized Cardano node setup, for SanchoNet testing.

Accompanied by a few helpful scripts for cardano-cli to interact with the node and SanchoNet.

Prerequisites

Docker

Install docker desktop for your operating system.

• https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/

If you are using Apple silicon (M1, M2, M3 processor) make sure you have Rosetta enabled via Docker desktop settings.

Visual Studio Code

Install VSCode so we can more easily navigate directories, and inspect files.

• https://code.visualstudio.com/

Mac Specific Prerequisites

1. xcode tools.

xcode-select --install

2. Rosetta.

softwareupdate --install-rosetta

Windows Specific Prerequisites

Windows Subsystem for Linux.

How to Install WSL on Windows

Setup Guide

1. Clone this repository.

You may want to make a nice folder/directory for this first.

git clone https://github.com/Ryun1/sancho-docker-node.git

2. Open sancho-docker-node from within Visual Studio Code.

Open Visual Studio Code and then go File > Open Folder selecting sancho-docker-node folder.

3. Open a terminal in Visual Studio Code.

Open a terminal inside of VSCode.

4. Update script permissions.

Inside the terminal console, give scripts execute file permissions.

Windows users will have to run this first, to access the wsl environment.

wsl

Run the following command.

chmod +x ./start-docker.sh ./stop-docker.sh ./scripts/*

Note: Make sure your terminal shows the correct directory sancho-docker-node.

Basic Usage

Note: Before any usage ensure you have docker desktop open and running.

Start node

We have a script that:

• pulls the latest SanchoNet node configs
• pulls the Cardano node docker image
• builds and runs the Cardano node image
• pushes the node logs to the terminal

In your terminal execute:

./start-docker.sh

If you want to stop the logs (but the node is still running) you can press control + c.

This should look something like:

Note: The first time you do this the node will take a long time to synchronize to the network.

Check node is running

1. Open a new terminal

Press the plus at the top right of your terminal window.

And then click on the new terminal.

2. Query tip of node.

Run the node query tip script.

Windows users will have to run this first, to access the wsl environment.

wsl

In your second terminal execute:

./scripts/node-query-tip.sh

For a fully synced node the terminal should return, with syncProgress of 100.00.

{
    "block": 1185368,
    "epoch": 277,
    "era": "Conway",
    "hash": "13d654899faabb50522f7f608e8d627acaaa8206347c913b0e74754538754eb5",
    "slot": 24011698,
    "slotInEpoch": 78898,
    "slotsToEpochEnd": 7502,
    "syncProgress": "100.00"
}

For a un-fully synced node the terminal should return, with syncProgress of less than 100.00. You will have to wait till fully synced node before being able to interact with the network.

{
    "block": 14646,
    "epoch": 3,
    "era": "Babbage",
    "hash": "d72cb1cfb7f7eb9d457d48c0d3e165170565eb371f8f5c7cb3d6d212be97c797",
    "slot": 292713,
    "slotInEpoch": 33513,
    "slotsToEpochEnd": 52887,
    "syncProgress": "1.22"
}

Stop node

This script will stop your Cardano node, remember to run this when you are done using your node.

In your second terminal execute:

./stop-docker.sh

Doing Stuff

Now you have a node you can actually ✨do fun stuff✨

Setup keys and get tAda

1. Generate keys, addresses and a DRep ID.

We have a script that:

• randomly generates a set of payment, stake and DRep keys
• from keys, creates addresses and a DRep ID

In a terminal execute:

./scripts/generate-keys.sh

This will create you a keys directory with some fun things inside, looks like this:

2. Get some tAda.

Get yourself some test ada, so you can pay for transaction fees.

Open your new address from ./keys/payment.addr.

Go to the SanchoNet faucet and request some tAda sent to your new address.

Run Scripts

Check out the scripts folder and see what you'd like to do.

I will give an example of what you could do.

Make sure you have a node running for these.

Become a DRep, delegate to self and vote.

##### 1. Register as a DRep.

./scripts/drep/register.sh

2. Register your stake key (needed before delegating).

./scripts/stake/key-register.sh

3. Delegate your tAda's voting rights to yourself.

./scripts/drep/delegate-to-self.sh

Common Error Messages

Docker desktop application not open

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///Users/XXXX/.docker/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?

Fix: Open docker desktop