Hardhat Ignition Usage Examples

This repository offers a variety of examples demonstrating how to use Ignition.

Getting Started

To set up the repository, clone it to your local machine and then run the following command:

npm install

Structuring Ignition Modules

Ignition deployments rely on a modular approach. Each module specifies one or more related actions that Ignition will execute to deploy a set of contracts.

Included Examples

The following examples are part of this repository. It's recommended to go through them sequentially for better understanding:

• Basic Contract Deployments

  • contracts/BasicDeployments.sol
  • ignition/BasicDeploymentsModule.js
  • test/BasicDeployments.js

• Deployment with Initialization

  • contracts/DeploymentPlusInitialization.sol
  • ignition/DeploymentPlusInitializationModule.js
  • test/DeploymentPlusInitialization.js

• Factory-Deployed Contract

  • contracts/ContractFactory.sol
  • ignition/ContractFactoryModule.js
  • test/ContractFactory.js

• Contract Using a Library

  • contracts/ContractWithLibrary.sol
  • ignition/ContractWithLibraryModule.js
  • test/ContractWithLibrary.js

• Contract Capable of Receiving ETH

  • contracts/ReceivesEth.sol
  • ignition/ReceivesEthModule.js
  • test/ReceivesEth.js

• Using submodules

  • ignition/SubmodulesExampleModule.js

Deploying Modules

You can individually deploy each module by running the following command:

npx hardhat deploy ./ignition/<module_name>.js

Note: Deployments made using Hardhat Network's in-process version will not be stored persistently.

To persist your deployment data, utilize a separate network instance. For example, run npx hardhat node in one terminal, and execute deployments with --network localhost in another.

Testing

Ignition modules are compatible with Hardhat tests.

To execute Hardhat tests using Ignition, run:

npm run test

Learn more about Ignition

To learn more about how to use Ignition, please read the docs/ section in its repository.

Support channels

If you want need help using Ignition, you can join #hardhat-ignition our Discord server.