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Blockchain-For-EHR-Management-Medishield

A decentralized system for managing electronic health records using blockchain and IPFS.

Requirements

Instructions to install all required dependencies are given below.

Ganache

1. Ganache is a personalized blockchain for Ethereum development. It can be used to run tests, execute commands, and inspect states while controlling how the chain operates.
2. Go to Ganache homepage and download.

IPFS

1. Go to go-ipfs and install go ipfs. Using IPFS through the command-line allows you to do everything that IPFS Desktop can do, but at a more granular level since you can specify which commands to run.

Metamask

1. Metamask is a browser extension available for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Brave Browser.
2. Go to the this link and add Metamask to your browser.

Node js

1. Node.js is designed to build scalable network applications.
2. Go to the this link and install node js.

Getting the DApp running

Configuration

1. Ganache

• Open Ganache and click on settings in the top right corner.
• Under Server tab:
  • Set Hostname to 127.0.0.1 -lo
  • Set Port Number to 8545
  • Enable Automine
• Under Accounts & Keys tab:
  • Enable Autogenerate HD Mnemonic

2. Metamask