Hexcom is the client library which can be used to communicate with the hexcloud backend.

VCPKG

vcpkg install grpc --triplet x64-windows

vcpkg install protobuf --triplet x64-windows

vcpkg install boost --triplet x64-windows

Compile

Windows

Make sure your toolchain is configured for 64 bit builds.

Dependencies

Install dependencies with vcpkg manager:

`vcpkg install grpc --triplet x64-windows`

vcpkg install protobuf --triplet x64-windows

vcpkg install boost --triplet x64-windows

Ninja (Optional but recommended)

Ninja dramatically accelerates building c++ programs.

The easiest way to install Ninja is with Chocolatey the package manager for Windows. After installing Chocolatey run this command in Powershell (run as Administrator):

choco install ninja

Run CMake like this to enable Ninja:

cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
      -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="cl.exe"
      -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="cl.exe"
      -DBOOST_ROOT=C:/local/boost_1_69_0    

gRPC

In case gRPC doesn't compile you possibly have to point to a valid root certificate. To do this set an environment variable pointing to the root certificate included in the project. This roots.pem is a generic certificate file included with most browsers.

GRPC_DEFAULT_SSL_ROOTS_FILE_PATH=C:/Projects/hexcom/roots.pem

install YASM (Optional)

The build is configured with set(OPENSSL_NO_ASM ON) because the 64bit compile fails to compile the assembly code in boringssl. In case you want to enable ASM you will have to install YASM.

Installing Yasm is needed so boringssl dependency can compile. The easiest way to install is with Chocolatey the package manager for Windows. After installing Chocolatey run this command in Powershell (run as Administrator):

choco install yasm    

MacOS

Install tools

Install dependencies with vcpkg manager. vcpkg can be installed with homebrew:

brew install vcpkg

Install dependencies

vcpkg install protobuf cli boost-program-options

CMake flags

cmake -B build -S . -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$HOME/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake

Run

Without encryption on localhost:8080: hexworld_client --nossl With encryption and specific server: hexworld_client --address [address]