connect-to-cluster.md

How to connect to cluster

1. Make sure you’ve follow the instructions to build from source using Nix
2. Make sure you’re on latest cardano-sl-X.X branch
3. To build a script that will contain everything needed to connect to mainnet: $ nix-build release.nix -A connect.mainnetWallet -o connect-to-mainnet
4. Alternatively you can connect to different environments and different executables by building the scripts:

• Explorer node with mainnet: $ nix-build release.nix -A connect.mainnetExplorer -o connect-explorer-to-mainnet
• Wallet to staging: $ nix-build release.nix -A connect.stagingWallet -o connect-explorer-to-mainnet
• Explorer to staging: $ nix-build release.nix -A connect.stagingExplorer -o connect-explorer-to-mainnet

3. A runtime state folder will be automatically created relative to your current working directory, but you can override it using $ export CARDANO_STATE_DIR=~/wallet-state
4. Run the script: $ ./connect-to-mainnet Or run ./connect-explorer-to-mainnet if you might want to connect anything listed in 4.