Building Your First Network

Note

The Build your first network (BYFN) tutorial has been deprecated. If you are getting started with Hyperledger Fabric and would like to deploy a basic network, see Using the Fabric test network. If you are deploying Fabric in production, see the guide for Deploying a production network.

The build your first network (BYFN) scenario provisions a sample Hyperledger Fabric network consisting of two organizations, each maintaining two peer nodes. It also will deploy a Raft ordering service by default.

Install prerequisites

Before we begin, if you haven’t already done so, you may wish to check that you have all the Prerequisites installed on the platform(s) on which you’ll be developing blockchain applications and/or operating Hyperledger Fabric.

You will also need to Install Samples, Binaries, and Docker Images. You will notice that there are a number of samples included in the fabric-samples repository. We will be using the first-network sample. Let’s open that sub-directory now.

cd fabric-samples/first-network

Note

The supplied commands in this documentation MUST be run from your first-network sub-directory of the fabric-samples repository clone. If you elect to run the commands from a different location, the various provided scripts will be unable to find the binaries.

Want to run it now?

We provide a fully annotated script — byfn.sh — that leverages these Docker images to quickly bootstrap a Hyperledger Fabric network that by default is comprised of four peers representing two different organizations, and a Raft ordering service. It will also launch a container to run a scripted execution that will join peers to a channel, deploy a chaincode and drive execution of transactions against the deployed chaincode.

Here’s the help text for the byfn.sh script:

Usage:
byfn.sh <mode> [-c <channel name>] [-t <timeout>] [-d <delay>] [-f <docker-compose-file>] [-s <dbtype>] [-l <language>] [-o <consensus-type>] [-i <imagetag>] [-v]"
  <mode> - one of 'up', 'down', 'restart', 'generate' or 'upgrade'"
    - 'up' - bring up the network with docker-compose up"
    - 'down' - clear the network with docker-compose down"
    - 'restart' - restart the network"
    - 'generate' - generate required certificates and genesis block"
    - 'upgrade'  - upgrade the network from version 1.3.x to 1.4.0"
  -c <channel name> - channel name to use (defaults to \"mychannel\")"
  -t <timeout> - CLI timeout duration in seconds (defaults to 10)"
  -d <delay> - delay duration in seconds (defaults to 3)"
  -f <docker-compose-file> - specify which docker-compose file use (defaults to docker-compose-cli.yaml)"
  -s <dbtype> - the database backend to use: goleveldb (default) or couchdb"
  -l <language> - the chaincode language: golang (default), javascript, or java"
  -a - launch certificate authorities (no certificate authorities are launched by default)
  -n - do not deploy chaincode (abstore chaincode is deployed by default)
  -i <imagetag> - the tag to be used to launch the network (defaults to \"latest\")"
  -v - verbose mode"
byfn.sh -h (print this message)"

Typically, one would first generate the required certificates and
genesis block, then bring up the network. e.g.:"

  byfn.sh generate -c mychannel"
  byfn.sh up -c mychannel -s couchdb"
  byfn.sh up -c mychannel -s couchdb -i 1.4.0"
  byfn.sh up -l javascript"
  byfn.sh down -c mychannel"
  byfn.sh upgrade -c mychannel"

Taking all defaults:"
      byfn.sh generate"
      byfn.sh up"
      byfn.sh down"

If you choose not to supply a flag, the script will use default values.

Generate Network Artifacts

Ready to give it a go? Okay then! Execute the following command:

./byfn.sh generate

You will see a brief description as to what will occur, along with a yes/no command line prompt. Respond with a y or hit the return key to execute the described action.

Generating certs and genesis block for channel 'mychannel' with CLI timeout of '10' seconds and CLI delay of '3' seconds
Continue? [Y/n] y
proceeding ...
/Users/xxx/dev/fabric-samples/bin/cryptogen

##########################################################
##### Generate certificates using cryptogen tool #########
##########################################################
org1.example.com
2017-06-12 21:01:37.334 EDT [bccsp] GetDefault -> WARN 001 Before using BCCSP, please call InitFactories(). Falling back to bootBCCSP.
...

/Users/xxx/dev/fabric-samples/bin/configtxgen
##########################################################
#########  Generating Orderer Genesis block ##############
##########################################################
2017-06-12 21:01:37.558 EDT [common/configtx/tool] main -> INFO 001 Loading configuration
2017-06-12 21:01:37.562 EDT [msp] getMspConfig -> INFO 002 intermediate certs folder not found at [/Users/xxx/dev/byfn/crypto-config/ordererOrganizations/example.com/msp/intermediatecerts]. Skipping.: [stat /Users/xxx/dev/byfn/crypto-config/ordererOrganizations/example.com/msp/intermediatecerts: no such file or directory]
...
2017-06-12 21:01:37.588 EDT [common/configtx/tool] doOutputBlock -> INFO 00b Generating genesis block
2017-06-12 21:01:37.590 EDT [common/configtx/tool] doOutputBlock -> INFO 00c Writing genesis block

#################################################################
### Generating channel configuration transaction 'channel.tx' ###
#################################################################
2017-06-12 21:01:37.634 EDT [common/configtx/tool] main -> INFO 001 Loading configuration
2017-06-12 21:01:37.644 EDT [common/configtx/tool] doOutputChannelCreateTx -> INFO 002 Generating new channel configtx
2017-06-12 21:01:37.645 EDT [common/configtx/tool] doOutputChannelCreateTx -> INFO 003 Writing new channel tx

#################################################################
#######    Generating anchor peer update for Org1MSP   ##########
#################################################################
2017-06-12 21:01:37.674 EDT [common/configtx/tool] main -> INFO 001 Loading configuration
2017-06-12 21:01:37.678 EDT [common/configtx/tool] doOutputAnchorPeersUpdate -> INFO 002 Generating anchor peer update
2017-06-12 21:01:37.679 EDT [common/configtx/tool] doOutputAnchorPeersUpdate -> INFO 003 Writing anchor peer update

#################################################################
#######    Generating anchor peer update for Org2MSP   ##########
#################################################################
2017-06-12 21:01:37.700 EDT [common/configtx/tool] main -> INFO 001 Loading configuration
2017-06-12 21:01:37.704 EDT [common/configtx/tool] doOutputAnchorPeersUpdate -> INFO 002 Generating anchor peer update
2017-06-12 21:01:37.704 EDT [common/configtx/tool] doOutputAnchorPeersUpdate -> INFO 003 Writing anchor peer update

This first step generates all of the certificates and keys for our various network entities, the genesis block used to bootstrap the ordering service, and a collection of configuration transactions required to configure a Channel.

Bring Up the Network

Next, you can bring the network up with one of the following commands:

./byfn.sh up

The above command will compile Go chaincode images and spin up the corresponding containers. Go is the default chaincode language, however there is also support for Node.js and Java chaincode. If you’d like to run through this tutorial with node chaincode, pass the following command instead:

# we use the -l flag to specify the chaincode language
# forgoing the -l flag will default to "golang"

./byfn.sh up -l javascript

Note

For more information on the Node.js shim, please refer to its documentation.

Note

For more information on the Java shim, please refer to its documentation.

Тo make the sample run with Java chaincode, you have to specify -l java as follows:

./byfn.sh up -l java

Note

Do not run both of these commands. Only one language can be tried unless you bring down and recreate the network between.

You will be prompted as to whether you wish to continue or abort. Respond with a y or hit the return key:

Starting for channel 'mychannel' with CLI timeout of '10' seconds and CLI delay of '3' seconds
Continue? [Y/n]
proceeding ...
Creating network "net_byfn" with the default driver
Creating peer0.org1.example.com
Creating peer1.org1.example.com
Creating peer0.org2.example.com
Creating orderer.example.com
Creating peer1.org2.example.com
Creating cli


 ____    _____      _      ____    _____
/ ___|  |_   _|    / \    |  _ \  |_   _|
\___ \    | |     / _ \   | |_) |   | |
 ___) |   | |    / ___ \  |  _ <    | |
|____/    |_|   /_/   \_\ |_| \_\   |_|

Channel name : mychannel
Creating channel...

The logs will continue from there. This will launch all of the containers, and then drive a complete end-to-end application scenario. Upon successful completion, it should report the following in your terminal window:

Query Result: 90
2017-05-16 17:08:15.158 UTC [main] main -> INFO 008 Exiting.....
===================== Query successful on peer1.org2 on channel 'mychannel' =====================

===================== All GOOD, BYFN execution completed =====================


 _____   _   _   ____
| ____| | \ | | |  _ \
|  _|   |  \| | | | | |
| |___  | |\  | | |_| |
|_____| |_| \_| |____/

You can scroll through these logs to see the various transactions. If you don’t get this result, then jump down to the Troubleshooting section and let’s see whether we can help you discover what went wrong.

Bring Down the Network

Finally, let’s bring it all down so we can explore the network setup one step at a time. The following will kill your containers, remove the crypto material and four artifacts, and delete the chaincode images from your Docker Registry:

./byfn.sh down

Once again, you will be prompted to continue, respond with a y or hit the return key:

Stopping with channel 'mychannel' and CLI timeout of '10'
Continue? [Y/n] y
proceeding ...
WARNING: The CHANNEL_NAME variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.
WARNING: The TIMEOUT variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.
Removing network net_byfn
468aaa6201ed
...
Untagged: dev-peer1.org2.example.com-mycc-1.0:latest
Deleted: sha256:ed3230614e64e1c83e510c0c282e982d2b06d148b1c498bbdcc429e2b2531e91
...

If you’d like to learn more about the underlying tooling and bootstrap mechanics, continue reading. In these next sections we’ll walk through the various steps and requirements to build a fully-functional Hyperledger Fabric network.

Note

The manual steps outlined below assume that the FABRIC_LOGGING_SPEC in the cli container is set to DEBUG. You can set this by modifying the docker-compose-cli.yaml file in the first-network directory. e.g.

cli:
  container_name: cli
  image: hyperledger/fabric-tools:$IMAGE_TAG
  tty: true
  stdin_open: true
  environment:
    - GOPATH=/opt/gopath
    - CORE_VM_ENDPOINT=unix:///host/var/run/docker.sock
    - FABRIC_LOGGING_SPEC=DEBUG
    #- FABRIC_LOGGING_SPEC=INFO

Crypto Generator

We will use the cryptogen tool to generate the cryptographic material (x509 certs and signing keys) for our various network entities. These certificates are representative of identities, and they allow for sign/verify authentication to take place as our entities communicate and transact.

How does it work?

Cryptogen consumes a file — crypto-config.yaml — that contains the network topology and allows us to generate a set of certificates and keys for both the Organizations and the components that belong to those Organizations. Each Organization is provisioned a unique root certificate (ca-cert) that binds specific components (peers and orderers) to that Org. By assigning each Organization a unique CA certificate, we are mimicking a typical network where a participating Member would use its own Certificate Authority. Transactions and communications within Hyperledger Fabric are signed by an entity’s private key (keystore), and then verified by means of a public key (signcerts).

You will notice a count variable within this file. We use this to specify the number of peers per Organization; in our case there are two peers per Org. We won’t delve into the minutiae of x.509 certificates and public key infrastructure right now. If you’re interested, you can peruse these topics on your own time.

After we run the cryptogen tool, the generated certificates and keys will be saved to a folder titled crypto-config. Note that the crypto-config.yaml file lists five orderers as being tied to the orderer organization. While the cryptogen tool will create certificates for all five of these orderers. These orderers will be used in a etcdraft ordering service implementation and be used to create the system channel and mychannel.

Configuration Transaction Generator

The configtxgen tool is used to create four configuration artifacts:

  • orderer genesis block,
  • channel configuration transaction,
  • and two anchor peer transactions - one for each Peer Org.

Please see configtxgen for a complete description of this tool’s functionality.

The orderer block is the Genesis Block for the ordering service, and the channel configuration transaction file is broadcast to the orderer at Channel creation time. The anchor peer transactions, as the name might suggest, specify each Org’s Anchor Peer on this channel.

How does it work?

Configtxgen consumes a file - configtx.yaml - that contains the definitions for the sample network. There are three members - one Orderer Org (OrdererOrg) and two Peer Orgs (Org1 & Org2) each managing and maintaining two peer nodes. This file also specifies a consortium - SampleConsortium - consisting of our two Peer Orgs. Pay specific attention to the “Profiles” section at the bottom of this file. You will notice that we have several unique profiles. A few are worth noting:

  • SampleMultiNodeEtcdRaft: generates the genesis block for a Raft ordering service. Only used if you issue the -o flag and specify etcdraft.
  • TwoOrgsChannel: generates the genesis block for our channel, mychannel.

These headers are important, as we will pass them in as arguments when we create our artifacts.

Note

Notice that our SampleConsortium is defined in the system-level profile and then referenced by our channel-level profile. Channels exist within the purview of a consortium, and all consortia must be defined in the scope of the network at large.

This file also contains two additional specifications that are worth noting. Firstly, we specify the anchor peers for each Peer Org (peer0.org1.example.com & peer0.org2.example.com). Secondly, we point to the location of the MSP directory for each member, in turn allowing us to store the root certificates for each Org in the orderer genesis block. This is a critical concept. Now any network entity communicating with the ordering service can have its digital signature verified.

Run the tools

You can manually generate the certificates/keys and the various configuration artifacts using the configtxgen and cryptogen commands. Alternately, you could try to adapt the byfn.sh script to accomplish your objectives.

Manually generate the artifacts

You can refer to the generateCerts function in the byfn.sh script for the commands necessary to generate the certificates that will be used for your network configuration as defined in the crypto-config.yaml file. However, for the sake of convenience, we will also provide a reference here.

First let’s run the cryptogen tool. Our binary is in the bin directory, so we need to provide the relative path to where the tool resides.

../bin/cryptogen generate --config=./crypto-config.yaml

You should see the following in your terminal:

org1.example.com
org2.example.com

The certs and keys (i.e. the MSP material) will be output into a directory - crypto-config - at the root of the first-network directory.

Next, we need to tell the configtxgen tool where to look for the configtx.yaml file that it needs to ingest. We will tell it look in our present working directory:

export FABRIC_CFG_PATH=$PWD

Then, we’ll invoke the configtxgen tool to create the orderer genesis block:

../bin/configtxgen -profile SampleMultiNodeEtcdRaft -channelID byfn-sys-channel -outputBlock ./channel-artifacts/genesis.block

Note

The orderer genesis block and the subsequent artifacts we are about to create will be output into the channel-artifacts directory at the root of the first-network directory. The channelID in the above command is the name of the system channel.

Create a Channel Configuration Transaction

Next, we need to create the channel transaction artifact. Be sure to replace $CHANNEL_NAME or set CHANNEL_NAME as an environment variable that can be used throughout these instructions:

# The channel.tx artifact contains the definitions for our sample channel

export CHANNEL_NAME=mychannel  && ../bin/configtxgen -profile TwoOrgsChannel -outputCreateChannelTx ./channel-artifacts/channel.tx -channelID $CHANNEL_NAME

Note that the TwoOrgsChannel profile will use the ordering service configuration you specified when creating the genesis block for the network.

You should see an output similar to the following in your terminal:

2017-10-26 19:24:05.324 EDT [common/tools/configtxgen] main -> INFO 001 Loading configuration
2017-10-26 19:24:05.329 EDT [common/tools/configtxgen] doOutputChannelCreateTx -> INFO 002 Generating new channel configtx
2017-10-26 19:24:05.329 EDT [common/tools/configtxgen] doOutputChannelCreateTx -> INFO 003 Writing new channel tx

Next, we will define the anchor peer for Org1 on the channel that we are constructing. Again, be sure to replace $CHANNEL_NAME or set the environment variable for the following commands. The terminal output will mimic that of the channel transaction artifact:

../bin/configtxgen -profile TwoOrgsChannel -outputAnchorPeersUpdate ./channel-artifacts/Org1MSPanchors.tx -channelID $CHANNEL_NAME -asOrg Org1MSP

Now, we will define the anchor peer for Org2 on the same channel:

../bin/configtxgen -profile TwoOrgsChannel -outputAnchorPeersUpdate ./channel-artifacts/Org2MSPanchors.tx -channelID $CHANNEL_NAME -asOrg Org2MSP

Start the network

Note

If you ran the byfn.sh example above previously, be sure that you have brought down the test network before you proceed (see Bring Down the Network).

We will leverage a script to spin up our network. The docker-compose file references the images that we have previously downloaded, and bootstraps the orderer with our previously generated genesis.block.

We want to go through the commands manually in order to expose the syntax and functionality of each call.

First let’s start our network:

docker-compose -f docker-compose-cli.yaml -f docker-compose-etcdraft2.yaml up -d

If you want to see the realtime logs for your network, then do not supply the -d flag. If you let the logs stream, then you will need to open a second terminal to execute the CLI calls.

Create & Join Channel

Recall that we created the channel configuration transaction using the configtxgen tool in the Create a Channel Configuration Transaction section, above. You can repeat that process to create additional channel configuration transactions, using the same or different profiles in the configtx.yaml that you pass to the configtxgen tool. Then you can repeat the process defined in this section to establish those other channels in your network.

We will enter the CLI container using the docker exec command:

docker exec -it cli bash

If successful you should see the following:

bash-5.0#

For the following CLI commands against peer0.org1.example.com to work, we need to preface our commands with the four environment variables given below. These variables for peer0.org1.example.com are baked into the CLI container, therefore we can operate without passing them. HOWEVER, if you want to send calls to other peers or the orderer, keep the CLI container defaults targeting peer0.org1.example.com, but override the environment variables as seen in the example below when you make any CLI calls:

# Environment variables for PEER0

CORE_PEER_MSPCONFIGPATH=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/users/Admin@org1.example.com/msp
CORE_PEER_ADDRESS=peer0.org1.example.com:7051
CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID="Org1MSP"
CORE_PEER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/peers/peer0.org1.example.com/tls/ca.crt

Next, we are going to pass in the generated channel configuration transaction artifact that we created in the Create a Channel Configuration Transaction section (we called it channel.tx) to the orderer as part of the create channel request.

We specify our channel name with the -c flag and our channel configuration transaction with the -f flag. In this case it is channel.tx, however you can mount your own configuration transaction with a different name. Once again we will set the CHANNEL_NAME environment variable within our CLI container so that we don’t have to explicitly pass this argument. Channel names must be all lower case, less than 250 characters long and match the regular expression [a-z][a-z0-9.-]*.

export CHANNEL_NAME=mychannel

# the channel.tx file is mounted in the channel-artifacts directory within your CLI container
# as a result, we pass the full path for the file
# we also pass the path for the orderer ca-cert in order to verify the TLS handshake
# be sure to export or replace the $CHANNEL_NAME variable appropriately

peer channel create -o orderer.example.com:7050 -c $CHANNEL_NAME -f ./channel-artifacts/channel.tx --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem

Note

Notice the --cafile that we pass as part of this command. It is the local path to the orderer’s root cert, allowing us to verify the TLS handshake.

This command returns a genesis block - <CHANNEL_NAME.block> - which we will use to join the channel. It contains the configuration information specified in channel.tx If you have not made any modifications to the default channel name, then the command will return you a proto titled mychannel.block.

Note

You will remain in the CLI container for the remainder of these manual commands. You must also remember to preface all commands with the corresponding environment variables when targeting a peer other than peer0.org1.example.com.

Now let’s join peer0.org1.example.com to the channel.

# By default, this joins ``peer0.org1.example.com`` only
# the <CHANNEL_NAME.block> was returned by the previous command
# if you have not modified the channel name, you will join with mychannel.block
# if you have created a different channel name, then pass in the appropriately named block

 peer channel join -b mychannel.block

You can make other peers join the channel as necessary by making appropriate changes in the four environment variables we used in the Create & Join Channel section, above.

Rather than join every peer, we will simply join peer0.org2.example.com so that we can properly update the anchor peer definitions in our channel. Since we are overriding the default environment variables baked into the CLI container, this full command will be the following:

CORE_PEER_MSPCONFIGPATH=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/users/Admin@org2.example.com/msp CORE_PEER_ADDRESS=peer0.org2.example.com:9051 CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID="Org2MSP" CORE_PEER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/peers/peer0.org2.example.com/tls/ca.crt peer channel join -b mychannel.block

Alternatively, you could choose to set these environment variables individually rather than passing in the entire string. Once they’ve been set, you simply need to issue the peer channel join command again and the CLI container will act on behalf of peer0.org2.example.com.

Update the anchor peers

The following commands are channel updates and they will propagate to the definition of the channel. In essence, we adding additional configuration information on top of the channel’s genesis block. Note that we are not modifying the genesis block, but simply adding deltas into the chain that will define the anchor peers.

Update the channel definition to define the anchor peer for Org1 as peer0.org1.example.com:

peer channel update -o orderer.example.com:7050 -c $CHANNEL_NAME -f ./channel-artifacts/Org1MSPanchors.tx --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem

Now update the channel definition to define the anchor peer for Org2 as peer0.org2.example.com. Identically to the peer channel join command for the Org2 peer, we will need to preface this call with the appropriate environment variables.

CORE_PEER_MSPCONFIGPATH=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/users/Admin@org2.example.com/msp CORE_PEER_ADDRESS=peer0.org2.example.com:9051 CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID="Org2MSP" CORE_PEER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/peers/peer0.org2.example.com/tls/ca.crt peer channel update -o orderer.example.com:7050 -c $CHANNEL_NAME -f ./channel-artifacts/Org2MSPanchors.tx --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem

Install and define a chaincode

Note

We will utilize a simple existing chaincode. To learn how to write your own chaincode, see the Chaincode for Developers tutorial.

Note

These instructions use the Fabric chaincode lifecycle introduced in the v2.0 release. If you would like to use the previous lifecycle to install and instantiate a chaincode, visit the v1.4 version of the Building your first network tutorial.

Applications interact with the blockchain ledger through chaincode. Therefore we need to install a chaincode on every peer that will execute and endorse our transactions. However, before we can interact with our chaincode, the members of the channel need to agree on a chaincode definition that establishes chaincode governance.

We need to package the chaincode before it can be installed on our peers. For each package you create, you need to provide a chaincode package label as a description of the chaincode. Use the following commands to package a sample Go, Node.js or Java chaincode.

Go

# before packaging Go chaincode, vendoring Go dependencies is required like the following commands.
cd /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric-samples/chaincode/abstore/go
GO111MODULE=on go mod vendor
cd -

# this packages a Go chaincode.
# make note of the --lang flag to indicate "golang" chaincode
# for Go chaincode --path takes the relative path from $GOPATH/src
# The --label flag is used to create the package label
peer lifecycle chaincode package mycc.tar.gz --path github.com/hyperledger/fabric-samples/chaincode/abstore/go/ --lang golang --label mycc_1

Node.js

# this packages a Node.js chaincode
# make note of the --lang flag to indicate "node" chaincode
# for node chaincode --path takes the absolute path to the Node.js chaincode
# The --label flag is used to create the package label
peer lifecycle chaincode package mycc.tar.gz --path /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric-samples/chaincode/abstore/javascript/ --lang node --label mycc_1

Java

# this packages a java chaincode
# make note of the --lang flag to indicate "java" chaincode
# for java chaincode --path takes the absolute path to the Java chaincode
# The --label flag is used to create the package label
peer lifecycle chaincode package mycc.tar.gz --path /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric-samples/chaincode/abstore/java/ --lang java --label mycc_1

Each of the above commands will create a chaincode package named mycc.tar.gz, which we can use to install the chaincode on our peers. Issue the following command to install the package on peer0 of Org1.

# this command installs a chaincode package on your peer
peer lifecycle chaincode install mycc.tar.gz

A successful install command will return a chaincode package identifier. You should see output similar to the following:

2019-03-13 13:48:53.691 UTC [cli.lifecycle.chaincode] submitInstallProposal -> INFO 001 Installed remotely: response:<status:200 payload:"\nEmycc_1:3a8c52d70c36313cfebbaf09d8616e7a6318ababa01c7cbe40603c373bcfe173" >
2019-03-13 13:48:53.691 UTC [cli.lifecycle.chaincode] submitInstallProposal -> INFO 002 Chaincode code package identifier: mycc_1:3a8c52d70c36313cfebbaf09d8616e7a6318ababa01c7cbe40603c373bcfe173

You can also find the chaincode package identifier by querying your peer for information about the packages you have installed.

# this returns the details of the chaincode packages installed on your peers
peer lifecycle chaincode queryinstalled

The command above will return the same package identifier as the install command. You should see output similar to the following:

Get installed chaincodes on peer:
Package ID: mycc_1:3a8c52d70c36313cfebbaf09d8616e7a6318ababa01c7cbe40603c373bcfe173, Label: mycc_1

We are going to need the package ID for future commands, so let’s go ahead and save it as an environment variable. Paste the package ID returned by the peer lifecycle chaincode queryinstalled command into the command below. The package ID may not be the same for all users, so you need to complete this step using the package ID returned from your console.

# Save the package ID as an environment variable.

CC_PACKAGE_ID=mycc_1:3a8c52d70c36313cfebbaf09d8616e7a6318ababa01c7cbe40603c373bcfe173

The endorsement policy of mycc will be set to require endorsements from a peer in both Org1 and Org2. Therefore, we also need to install the chaincode on a peer in Org2.

Modify the following four environment variables to issue the install command as Org2:

# Environment variables for PEER0 in Org2

CORE_PEER_MSPCONFIGPATH=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/users/Admin@org2.example.com/msp
CORE_PEER_ADDRESS=peer0.org2.example.com:9051
CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID="Org2MSP"
CORE_PEER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/peers/peer0.org2.example.com/tls/ca.crt

Now install the chaincode package onto peer0 of Org2. The following command will install the chaincode and return same identifier as the install command we issued as Org1.

# this installs a chaincode package on your peer
peer lifecycle chaincode install mycc.tar.gz

After you install the package, you need to approve a chaincode definition for your organization. The chaincode definition includes the important parameters of chaincode governance, including the chaincode name and version. The definition also includes the package identifier used to associate the chaincode package installed on your peers with a chaincode definition approved by your organization.

Because we set the environment variables to operate as Org2, we can use the following command to approve a definition of the mycc chaincode for Org2. The approval is distributed to peers within each organization, so the command does not need to target every peer within an organization.

# this approves a chaincode definition for your org
# make note of the --package-id flag that provides the package ID
# use the --init-required flag to request the ``Init`` function be invoked to initialize the chaincode
peer lifecycle chaincode approveformyorg --channelID $CHANNEL_NAME --name mycc --version 1.0 --init-required --package-id $CC_PACKAGE_ID --sequence 1 --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem

We could have provided a --signature-policy or --channel-config-policy argument to the command above to set the chaincode endorsement policy. The endorsement policy specifies how many peers belonging to different channel members need to validate a transaction against a given chaincode. Because we did not set a policy, the definition of mycc will use the default endorsement policy, which requires that a transaction be endorsed by a majority of channel members present when the transaction is submitted. This implies that if new organizations are added to or removed from the channel, the endorsement policy is updated automatically to require more or fewer endorsements. In this tutorial, the default policy will require an endorsement from a peer belonging to Org1 AND Org2 (i.e. two endorsements). See the Endorsement policies documentation for more details on policy implementation.

All organizations need to agree on the definition before they can use the chaincode. Modify the following four environment variables to operate as Org1:

# Environment variables for PEER0

CORE_PEER_MSPCONFIGPATH=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/users/Admin@org1.example.com/msp
CORE_PEER_ADDRESS=peer0.org1.example.com:7051
CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID="Org1MSP"
CORE_PEER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/peers/peer0.org1.example.com/tls/ca.crt

You can now approve a definition for the mycc chaincode as Org1. Chaincode is approved at the organization level. You can issue the command once even if you have multiple peers.

# this defines a chaincode for your org
# make note of the --package-id flag that provides the package ID
# use the --init-required flag to request the Init function be invoked to initialize the chaincode
peer lifecycle chaincode approveformyorg --channelID $CHANNEL_NAME --name mycc --version 1.0 --init-required --package-id $CC_PACKAGE_ID --sequence 1 --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem

Once a sufficient number of channel members have approved a chaincode definition, one member can commit the definition to the channel. By default a majority of channel members need to approve a definition before it can be committed. It is possible to check whether the chaincode definition is ready to be committed and view the current approvals by organization by issuing the following query:

# the flags used for this command are identical to those used for approveformyorg
# except for --package-id which is not required since it is not stored as part of
# the definition
peer lifecycle chaincode checkcommitreadiness --channelID $CHANNEL_NAME --name mycc --version 1.0 --init-required --sequence 1 --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem --output json

The command will produce as output a JSON map showing if the organizations in the channel have approved the chaincode definition provided in the checkcommitreadiness command. In this case, given that both organizations have approved, we obtain:

{
        "Approvals": {
                "Org1MSP": true,
                "Org2MSP": true
        }
}

Since both channel members have approved the definition, we can now commit it to the channel using the following command. You can issue this command as either Org1 or Org2. Note that the transaction targets peers in Org1 and Org2 to collect endorsements.

# this commits the chaincode definition to the channel
peer lifecycle chaincode commit -o orderer.example.com:7050 --channelID $CHANNEL_NAME --name mycc --version 1.0 --sequence 1 --init-required --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem --peerAddresses peer0.org1.example.com:7051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/peers/peer0.org1.example.com/tls/ca.crt --peerAddresses peer0.org2.example.com:9051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/peers/peer0.org2.example.com/tls/ca.crt

Invoking the chaincode

After a chaincode definition has been committed to a channel, we are ready to invoke the chaincode and start interacting with the ledger. We requested the execution of the Init function in the chaincode definition using the --init-required flag. As a result, we need to pass the --isInit flag to its first invocation and supply the arguments to the Init function. Issue the following command to initialize the chaincode and put the initial data on the ledger.

# be sure to set the -C and -n flags appropriately
# use the --isInit flag if you are invoking an Init function
peer chaincode invoke -o orderer.example.com:7050 --isInit --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem -C $CHANNEL_NAME -n mycc --peerAddresses peer0.org1.example.com:7051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/peers/peer0.org1.example.com/tls/ca.crt --peerAddresses peer0.org2.example.com:9051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/peers/peer0.org2.example.com/tls/ca.crt -c '{"Args":["Init","a","100","b","100"]}' --waitForEvent

The first invoke will start the chaincode container. We may need to wait for the container to start. Node.js images will take longer.

Query

Let’s query the chaincode to make sure that the container was properly started and the state DB was populated. The syntax for query is as follows:

# be sure to set the -C and -n flags appropriately

peer chaincode query -C $CHANNEL_NAME -n mycc -c '{"Args":["query","a"]}'

Invoke

Now let’s move 10 from a to b. This transaction will cut a new block and update the state DB. The syntax for invoke is as follows:

# be sure to set the -C and -n flags appropriately
peer chaincode invoke -o orderer.example.com:7050 --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem -C $CHANNEL_NAME -n mycc --peerAddresses peer0.org1.example.com:7051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/peers/peer0.org1.example.com/tls/ca.crt --peerAddresses peer0.org2.example.com:9051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/peers/peer0.org2.example.com/tls/ca.crt -c '{"Args":["invoke","a","b","10"]}' --waitForEvent

Query

Let’s confirm that our previous invocation executed properly. We initialized the key a with a value of 100 and just removed 10 with our previous invocation. Therefore, a query against a should return 90. The syntax for query is as follows.

# be sure to set the -C and -n flags appropriately

peer chaincode query -C $CHANNEL_NAME -n mycc -c '{"Args":["query","a"]}'

We should see the following:

Query Result: 90

Install the chaincode on an additional peer

If you want additional peers to interact with the ledger, then you will need to join them to the channel and install the same chaincode package on the peers. You only need to approve the chaincode definition once from your organization. A chaincode container will be launched for each peer as soon as they try to interact with that specific chaincode. Again, be cognizant of the fact that the Node.js images will be slower to build and start upon the first invoke.

We will install the chaincode on a third peer, peer1 in Org2. Modify the following four environment variables to issue the install command against peer1 in Org2:

# Environment variables for PEER1 in Org2

CORE_PEER_MSPCONFIGPATH=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/users/Admin@org2.example.com/msp
CORE_PEER_ADDRESS=peer1.org2.example.com:10051
CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID="Org2MSP"
CORE_PEER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/peers/peer1.org2.example.com/tls/ca.crt

Now install the mycc package on peer1 of Org2:

# this command installs a chaincode package on your peer
peer lifecycle chaincode install mycc.tar.gz

Query

Let’s confirm that we can issue the query to Peer1 in Org2. We initialized the key a with a value of 100 and just removed 10 with our previous invocation. Therefore, a query against a should still return 90.

Peer1 in Org2 must first join the channel before it can respond to queries. The channel can be joined by issuing the following command:

CORE_PEER_MSPCONFIGPATH=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/users/Admin@org2.example.com/msp CORE_PEER_ADDRESS=peer1.org2.example.com:10051 CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID="Org2MSP" CORE_PEER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/peers/peer1.org2.example.com/tls/ca.crt peer channel join -b mychannel.block

After the join command returns, the query can be issued. The syntax for query is as follows.

# be sure to set the -C and -n flags appropriately

peer chaincode query -C $CHANNEL_NAME -n mycc -c '{"Args":["query","a"]}'

We should see the following:

Query Result: 90

If you received an error, it may be because it takes a few seconds for the peer to join and catch up to the current blockchain height. You may re-query as needed. Feel free to perform additional invokes as well.

What’s happening behind the scenes?

Note

These steps describe the scenario in which script.sh is run by ‘./byfn.sh up’. Clean your network with ./byfn.sh down and ensure this command is active. Then use the same docker-compose prompt to launch your network again

  • A script - script.sh - is baked inside the CLI container. The script drives the createChannel command against the supplied channel name and uses the channel.tx file for channel configuration.
  • The output of createChannel is a genesis block - <your_channel_name>.block - which gets stored on the peers’ file systems and contains the channel configuration specified from channel.tx.
  • The joinChannel command is exercised for all four peers, which takes as input the previously generated genesis block. This command instructs the peers to join <your_channel_name> and create a chain starting with <your_channel_name>.block.
  • Now we have a channel consisting of four peers, and two organizations. This is our TwoOrgsChannel profile.
  • peer0.org1.example.com and peer1.org1.example.com belong to Org1; peer0.org2.example.com and peer1.org2.example.com belong to Org2
  • These relationships are defined through the crypto-config.yaml and the MSP path is specified in our docker compose.
  • The anchor peers for Org1MSP (peer0.org1.example.com) and Org2MSP (peer0.org2.example.com) are then updated. We do this by passing the Org1MSPanchors.tx and Org2MSPanchors.tx artifacts to the ordering service along with the name of our channel.
  • A chaincode - abstore - is packaged and installed on peer0.org1.example.com and peer0.org2.example.com
  • The chaincode is then separately approved by Org1 and Org2, and then committed on the channel. Since an endorsement policy was not specified, the channel’s default endorsement policy of a majority of organizations will get utilized, meaning that any transaction must be endorsed by a peer tied to Org1 and Org2.
  • The chaincode Init is then called which starts the container for the target peer, and initializes the key value pairs associated with the chaincode. The initial values for this example are [“a”,”100” “b”,”200”]. This first invoke results in a container by the name of dev-peer0.org2.example.com-mycc-1.0 starting.
  • A query against the value of “a” is issued to peer0.org2.example.com. A container for Org2 peer0 by the name of dev-peer0.org2.example.com-mycc-1.0 was started when the chaincode was initialized. The result of the query is returned. No write operations have occurred, so a query against “a” will still return a value of “100”.
  • An invoke is sent to peer0.org1.example.com and peer0.org2.example.com to move “10” from “a” to “b”
  • A query is sent to peer0.org2.example.com for the value of “a”. A value of 90 is returned, correctly reflecting the previous transaction during which the value for key “a” was modified by 10.
  • The chaincode - abstore - is installed on peer1.org2.example.com
  • A query is sent to peer1.org2.example.com for the value of “a”. This starts a third chaincode container by the name of dev-peer1.org2.example.com-mycc-1.0. A value of 90 is returned, correctly reflecting the previous transaction during which the value for key “a” was modified by 10.

What does this demonstrate?

Chaincode MUST be installed on a peer in order for it to successfully perform read/write operations against the ledger. Furthermore, a chaincode container is not started for a peer until an init or traditional transaction - read/write - is performed against that chaincode (e.g. query for the value of “a”). The transaction causes the container to start. Also, all peers in a channel maintain an exact copy of the ledger which comprises the blockchain to store the immutable, sequenced record in blocks, as well as a state database to maintain a snapshot of the current state. This includes those peers that do not have chaincode installed on them (like peer1.org1.example.com in the above example) . Finally, the chaincode is accessible after it is installed (like peer1.org2.example.com in the above example) because its definition has already been committed on the channel.

How do I see these transactions?

Check the logs for the CLI Docker container.

docker logs -f cli

You should see the following output:

2017-05-16 17:08:01.366 UTC [msp] GetLocalMSP -> DEBU 004 Returning existing local MSP
2017-05-16 17:08:01.366 UTC [msp] GetDefaultSigningIdentity -> DEBU 005 Obtaining default signing identity
2017-05-16 17:08:01.366 UTC [msp/identity] Sign -> DEBU 006 Sign: plaintext: 0AB1070A6708031A0C08F1E3ECC80510...6D7963631A0A0A0571756572790A0161
2017-05-16 17:08:01.367 UTC [msp/identity] Sign -> DEBU 007 Sign: digest: E61DB37F4E8B0D32C9FE10E3936BA9B8CD278FAA1F3320B08712164248285C54
Query Result: 90
2017-05-16 17:08:15.158 UTC [main] main -> INFO 008 Exiting.....
===================== Query successful on peer1.org2 on channel 'mychannel' =====================

===================== All GOOD, BYFN execution completed =====================


 _____   _   _   ____
| ____| | \ | | |  _ \
|  _|   |  \| | | | | |
| |___  | |\  | | |_| |
|_____| |_| \_| |____/

You can scroll through these logs to see the various transactions.

How can I see the chaincode logs?

You can inspect the individual chaincode containers to see the separate transactions executed against each container. Use the following command to find the list of running containers to find your chaincode containers:

$ docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                                                                                                                                                                 COMMAND                  CREATED              STATUS              PORTS                                NAMES
7aa7d9e199f5        dev-peer1.org2.example.com-mycc_1-27ef99cb3cbd1b545063f018f3670eddc0d54f40b2660b8f853ad2854c49a0d8-2eba360c66609a3ba78327c2c86bc3abf041c78f5a35553191a1acf1efdd5a0d   "chaincode -peer.add…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute                                        dev-peer1.org2.example.com-mycc_1-27ef99cb3cbd1b545063f018f3670eddc0d54f40b2660b8f853ad2854c49a0d8
82ce129c0fe6        dev-peer0.org2.example.com-mycc_1-27ef99cb3cbd1b545063f018f3670eddc0d54f40b2660b8f853ad2854c49a0d8-1297906045aa77086daba21aba47e8eef359f9498b7cb2b010dff3e2a354565a   "chaincode -peer.add…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute                                        dev-peer0.org2.example.com-mycc_1-27ef99cb3cbd1b545063f018f3670eddc0d54f40b2660b8f853ad2854c49a0d8
eaef1a8f7acf        dev-peer0.org1.example.com-mycc_1-27ef99cb3cbd1b545063f018f3670eddc0d54f40b2660b8f853ad2854c49a0d8-00d8dbefd85a4aeb9428b7df95df9744be1325b2a60900ac7a81796e67e4280a   "chaincode -peer.add…"   2 minutes ago        Up 2 minutes                                             dev-peer0.org1.example.com-mycc_1-27ef99cb3cbd1b545063f018f3670eddc0d54f40b2660b8f853ad2854c49a0d8
da403175b785        hyperledger/fabric-tools:latest                                                                                                                                       "/bin/bash"              4 minutes ago        Up 4 minutes                                             cli
c62a8d03818f        hyperledger/fabric-peer:latest                                                                                                                                        "peer node start"        4 minutes ago        Up 4 minutes        7051/tcp, 0.0.0.0:9051->9051/tcp     peer0.org2.example.com
06593c4f3e53        hyperledger/fabric-peer:latest                                                                                                                                        "peer node start"        4 minutes ago        Up 4 minutes        0.0.0.0:7051->7051/tcp               peer0.org1.example.com
4ddc928ebffe        hyperledger/fabric-orderer:latest                                                                                                                                     "orderer"                4 minutes ago        Up 4 minutes        0.0.0.0:7050->7050/tcp               orderer.example.com
6d79e95ec059        hyperledger/fabric-peer:latest                                                                                                                                        "peer node start"        4 minutes ago        Up 4 minutes        7051/tcp, 0.0.0.0:10051->10051/tcp   peer1.org2.example.com
6aad6b40fd30        hyperledger/fabric-peer:latest                                                                                                                                        "peer node start"        4 minutes ago        Up 4 minutes        7051/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8051->8051/tcp     peer1.org1.example.com

The chaincode containers are the images starting with dev-peer. You can then use the container ID to find the logs from each chaincode container.

$ docker logs 7aa7d9e199f5
ABstore Init
Aval = 100, Bval = 100
ABstore Invoke
Aval = 90, Bval = 110

$ docker logs eaef1a8f7acf
ABstore Init
Aval = 100, Bval = 100
ABstore Invoke
Query Response:{"Name":"a","Amount":"100"}
ABstore Invoke
Aval = 90, Bval = 110
ABstore Invoke
Query Response:{"Name":"a","Amount":"90"}

You can also see the peer logs to view chaincode invoke messages and block commit messages:

$ docker logs peer0.org1.example.com

Understanding the Docker Compose topology

The BYFN sample offers us two flavors of Docker Compose files, both of which are extended from the docker-compose-base.yaml (located in the base folder). Our first flavor, docker-compose-cli.yaml, provides us with a CLI container, along with an orderer, four peers. We use this file for the entirety of the instructions on this page.

Note

the remainder of this section covers a docker-compose file designed for the SDK. Refer to the Node SDK repo for details on running these tests.

The second flavor, docker-compose-e2e.yaml, is constructed to run end-to-end tests using the Node.js SDK. Aside from functioning with the SDK, its primary differentiation is that there are containers for the fabric-ca servers. As a result, we are able to send REST calls to the organizational CAs for user registration and enrollment.

If you want to use the docker-compose-e2e.yaml without first running the byfn.sh script, then we will need to make four slight modifications. We need to point to the private keys for our Organization’s CA’s. You can locate these values in your crypto-config folder. For example, to locate the private key for Org1 we would follow this path - crypto-config/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/ca/. The private key is a long hash value followed by _sk. The path for Org2 would be - crypto-config/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/ca/.

In the docker-compose-e2e.yaml update the FABRIC_CA_SERVER_TLS_KEYFILE variable for ca0 and ca1. You also need to edit the path that is provided in the command to start the ca server. You are providing the same private key twice for each CA container.

Using CouchDB

The state database can be switched from the default (goleveldb) to CouchDB. The same chaincode functions are available with CouchDB, however, there is the added ability to perform rich and complex queries against the state database data content contingent upon the chaincode data being modeled as JSON.

To use CouchDB instead of the default database (goleveldb), follow the same procedures outlined earlier for generating the artifacts, except when starting the network pass docker-compose-couch.yaml as well:

docker-compose -f docker-compose-cli.yaml -f docker-compose-couch.yaml -f docker-compose-etcdraft2.yaml up -d

abstore should now work using CouchDB underneath.

Note

If you choose to implement mapping of the fabric-couchdb container port to a host port, please make sure you are aware of the security implications. Mapping of the port in a development environment makes the CouchDB REST API available, and allows the visualization of the database via the CouchDB web interface (Fauxton). Production environments would likely refrain from implementing port mapping in order to restrict outside access to the CouchDB containers.

You can use abstore chaincode against the CouchDB state database using the steps outlined above, however in order to exercise the CouchDB query capabilities you will need to use a chaincode that has data modeled as JSON. The sample chaincode marbles02 has been written to demostrate the queries you can issue from your chaincode if you are using a CouchDB database. You can locate the marbles02 chaincode in the fabric/examples/chaincode/go directory.

We will follow the same process to create and join the channel as outlined in the Create & Join Channel section above. Once you have joined your peer(s) to the channel, use the following steps to interact with the marbles02 chaincode:

  • Package and install the chaincode on peer0.org1.example.com:
# before packaging Go chaincode, vendoring dependencies is required.
cd /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric-samples/chaincode/marbles02/go
GO111MODULE=on go mod vendor
cd -

# package and install the Go chaincode
peer lifecycle chaincode package marbles.tar.gz --path github.com/hyperledger/fabric-samples/chaincode/marbles02/go/ --lang golang --label marbles_1
peer lifecycle chaincode install marbles.tar.gz

The install command will return a chaincode packageID that you will use to approve a chaincode definition.

2019-04-08 20:10:32.568 UTC [cli.lifecycle.chaincode] submitInstallProposal -> INFO 001 Installed remotely: response:<status:200 payload:"\nJmarbles_1:cfb623954827aef3f35868764991cc7571b445a45cfd3325f7002f14156d61ae\022\tmarbles_1" >
2019-04-08 20:10:32.568 UTC [cli.lifecycle.chaincode] submitInstallProposal -> INFO 002 Chaincode code package identifier: marbles_1:cfb623954827aef3f35868764991cc7571b445a45cfd3325f7002f14156d61ae
  • Save the packageID as an environment variable so you can pass it to future commands:

    CC_PACKAGE_ID=marbles_1:3a8c52d70c36313cfebbaf09d8616e7a6318ababa01c7cbe40603c373bcfe173
    
  • Approve a chaincode definition as Org1:

# be sure to modify the $CHANNEL_NAME variable accordingly for the command

peer lifecycle chaincode approveformyorg --channelID $CHANNEL_NAME --name marbles --version 1.0 --package-id $CC_PACKAGE_ID --sequence 1 --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem
  • Install the chaincode on peer0.org2.example.com:
CORE_PEER_MSPCONFIGPATH=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/users/Admin@org2.example.com/msp
CORE_PEER_ADDRESS=peer0.org2.example.com:9051
CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID="Org2MSP"
CORE_PEER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/peers/peer0.org2.example.com/tls/ca.crt
peer lifecycle chaincode install marbles.tar.gz
  • Approve a chaincode definition as Org2, and then commit the definition to the channel:
# be sure to modify the $CHANNEL_NAME variable accordingly for the command

peer lifecycle chaincode approveformyorg --channelID $CHANNEL_NAME --name marbles --version 1.0 --package-id $CC_PACKAGE_ID --sequence 1 --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem
peer lifecycle chaincode commit -o orderer.example.com:7050 --channelID $CHANNEL_NAME --name marbles --version 1.0 --sequence 1 --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem --peerAddresses peer0.org1.example.com:7051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/peers/peer0.org1.example.com/tls/ca.crt --peerAddresses peer0.org2.example.com:9051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/peers/peer0.org2.example.com/tls/ca.crt
  • We can now create some marbles. The first invoke of the chaincode will start the chaincode container. You may need to wait for the container to start.
# be sure to modify the $CHANNEL_NAME variable accordingly

peer chaincode invoke -o orderer.example.com:7050 --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem -C $CHANNEL_NAME -n marbles --peerAddresses peer0.org1.example.com:7051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/peers/peer0.org1.example.com/tls/ca.crt --peerAddresses peer0.org2.example.com:9051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/peers/peer0.org2.example.com/tls/ca.crt -c '{"Args":["initMarble","marble1","blue","35","tom"]}'

Once the container has started, you can issue additional commands to create some marbles and move them around:

# be sure to modify the $CHANNEL_NAME variable accordingly

peer chaincode invoke -o orderer.example.com:7050 --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem -C $CHANNEL_NAME -n marbles --peerAddresses peer0.org1.example.com:7051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/peers/peer0.org1.example.com/tls/ca.crt --peerAddresses peer0.org2.example.com:9051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/peers/peer0.org2.example.com/tls/ca.crt -c '{"Args":["initMarble","marble2","red","50","tom"]}'
peer chaincode invoke -o orderer.example.com:7050 --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem -C $CHANNEL_NAME -n marbles --peerAddresses peer0.org1.example.com:7051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/peers/peer0.org1.example.com/tls/ca.crt --peerAddresses peer0.org2.example.com:9051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/peers/peer0.org2.example.com/tls/ca.crt -c '{"Args":["initMarble","marble3","blue","70","tom"]}'
peer chaincode invoke -o orderer.example.com:7050 --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem -C $CHANNEL_NAME -n marbles --peerAddresses peer0.org1.example.com:7051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/peers/peer0.org1.example.com/tls/ca.crt --peerAddresses peer0.org2.example.com:9051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/peers/peer0.org2.example.com/tls/ca.crt -c '{"Args":["transferMarble","marble2","jerry"]}'
peer chaincode invoke -o orderer.example.com:7050 --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem -C $CHANNEL_NAME -n marbles --peerAddresses peer0.org1.example.com:7051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/peers/peer0.org1.example.com/tls/ca.crt --peerAddresses peer0.org2.example.com:9051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/peers/peer0.org2.example.com/tls/ca.crt -c '{"Args":["transferMarblesBasedOnColor","blue","jerry"]}'
peer chaincode invoke -o orderer.example.com:7050 --tls --cafile /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/msp/tlscacerts/tlsca.example.com-cert.pem -C $CHANNEL_NAME -n marbles --peerAddresses peer0.org1.example.com:7051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/peers/peer0.org1.example.com/tls/ca.crt --peerAddresses peer0.org2.example.com:9051 --tlsRootCertFiles /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/crypto/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/peers/peer0.org2.example.com/tls/ca.crt -c '{"Args":["delete","marble1"]}'
  • If you chose to map the CouchDB ports in docker-compose, you can now view the state database through the CouchDB web interface (Fauxton) by opening a browser and navigating to the following URL:

    http://localhost:5984/_utils

You should see a database named mychannel (or your unique channel name) and the documents inside it.

Note

For the below commands, be sure to update the $CHANNEL_NAME variable appropriately.

You can run regular queries from the CLI (e.g. reading marble2):

peer chaincode query -C $CHANNEL_NAME -n marbles -c '{"Args":["readMarble","marble2"]}'

The output should display the details of marble2:

Query Result: {"color":"red","docType":"marble","name":"marble2","owner":"jerry","size":50}

You can retrieve the history of a specific marble - e.g. marble1:

peer chaincode query -C $CHANNEL_NAME -n marbles -c '{"Args":["getHistoryForMarble","marble1"]}'

The output should display the transactions on marble1:

Query Result: [{"TxId":"1c3d3caf124c89f91a4c0f353723ac736c58155325f02890adebaa15e16e6464", "Value":{"docType":"marble","name":"marble1","color":"blue","size":35,"owner":"tom"}},{"TxId":"755d55c281889eaeebf405586f9e25d71d36eb3d35420af833a20a2f53a3eefd", "Value":{"docType":"marble","name":"marble1","color":"blue","size":35,"owner":"jerry"}},{"TxId":"819451032d813dde6247f85e56a89262555e04f14788ee33e28b232eef36d98f", "Value":}]

You can also perform rich queries on the data content, such as querying marble fields by owner jerry:

peer chaincode query -C $CHANNEL_NAME -n marbles -c '{"Args":["queryMarblesByOwner","jerry"]}'

The output should display the two marbles owned by jerry:

Query Result: [{"Key":"marble2", "Record":{"color":"red","docType":"marble","name":"marble2","owner":"jerry","size":50}},{"Key":"marble3", "Record":{"color":"blue","docType":"marble","name":"marble3","owner":"jerry","size":70}}]

Why CouchDB

CouchDB is a kind of NoSQL solution. It is a document-oriented database where document fields are stored as key-value maps. Fields can be either a simple key-value pair, list, or map. In addition to keyed/composite-key/key-range queries which are supported by LevelDB, CouchDB also supports full data rich queries capability, such as non-key queries against the whole blockchain data, since its data content is stored in JSON format and fully queryable. Therefore, CouchDB can meet chaincode, auditing, reporting requirements for many use cases that not supported by LevelDB.

CouchDB can also enhance the security for compliance and data protection in the blockchain. As it is able to implement field-level security through the filtering and masking of individual attributes within a transaction, and only authorizing the read-only permission if needed.

A Note on Data Persistence

If data persistence is desired on the peer container or the CouchDB container, one option is to mount a directory in the docker-host into a relevant directory in the container. For example, you may add the following two lines in the peer container specification in the docker-compose-base.yaml file:

volumes:
 - /var/hyperledger/peer0:/var/hyperledger/production

For the CouchDB container, you may add the following two lines in the CouchDB container specification:

volumes:
 - /var/hyperledger/couchdb0:/opt/couchdb/data

Troubleshooting

  • Always start your network fresh. Use the following command to remove artifacts, crypto, containers and chaincode images:

    ./byfn.sh down
    

    Note

    You will see errors if you do not remove old containers and images.

  • If you see Docker errors, first check your docker version (Prerequisites), and then try restarting your Docker process. Problems with Docker are oftentimes not immediately recognizable. For example, you may see errors resulting from an inability to access crypto material mounted within a container.

    If they persist remove your images and start from scratch:

    docker rm -f $(docker ps -aq)
    docker rmi -f $(docker images -q)
    
  • If you see errors on your create, approve, commit, invoke or query commands, make sure you have properly updated the channel name and chaincode name. There are placeholder values in the supplied sample commands.

  • If you see the below error:

    Error: Error endorsing chaincode: rpc error: code = 2 desc = Error installing chaincode code mycc:1.0(chaincode /var/hyperledger/production/chaincodes/mycc.1.0 exits)
    

    You likely have chaincode images (e.g. dev-peer1.org2.example.com-mycc-1.0 or dev-peer0.org1.example.com-mycc-1.0) from prior runs. Remove them and try again.

    docker rmi -f $(docker images | grep dev-peer[0-9] | awk '{print $3}')
    
  • If you see something similar to the following:

    Error connecting: rpc error: code = 14 desc = grpc: RPC failed fast due to transport failure
    Error: rpc error: code = 14 desc = grpc: RPC failed fast due to transport failure
    

    Make sure you are running your network against the “1.0.0” images that have been retagged as “latest”.

  • If you see the below error:

    [configtx/tool/localconfig] Load -> CRIT 002 Error reading configuration: Unsupported Config Type ""
    panic: Error reading configuration: Unsupported Config Type ""
    

    Then you did not set the FABRIC_CFG_PATH environment variable properly. The configtxgen tool needs this variable in order to locate the configtx.yaml. Go back and execute an export FABRIC_CFG_PATH=$PWD, then recreate your channel artifacts.

  • To cleanup the network, use the down option:

    ./byfn.sh down
    
  • If you see an error stating that you still have “active endpoints”, then prune your Docker networks. This will wipe your previous networks and start you with a fresh environment:

    docker network prune
    

    You will see the following message:

    WARNING! This will remove all networks not used by at least one container.
    Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N]
    

    Select y.

  • If you see an error similar to the following:

    /bin/bash: ./scripts/script.sh: /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
    

    Ensure that the file in question (script.sh in this example) is encoded in the Unix format. This was most likely caused by not setting core.autocrlf to false in your Git configuration (see Windows extras). There are several ways of fixing this. If you have access to the vim editor for instance, open the file:

    vim ./fabric-samples/first-network/scripts/script.sh
    

    Then change its format by executing the following vim command:

    :set ff=unix
    

Note

If you continue to see errors, share your logs on the fabric-questions channel on Hyperledger Rocket Chat or on StackOverflow.