kaicoin-explorer

Blockchain explorer of Kaicoin

I. Ingredients

1. Node.JS - base web framework: - https://nodejs.org/
2. Fastify - faster web: - https://www.fastify.io/ - https://www.npmjs.com/package/fastify
3. RethinkDB - for Realtime NoSQL database: - https://www.rethinkdb.com/ - https://www.npmjs.com/package/rethinkdb
4. node-schedule - to syncronize data with the blockchain blocks: - https://github.com/node-schedule/node-schedule - https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-schedule
5. Socket.io - to apply realtime data changes to UI: - https://socket.io/ - https://www.npmjs.com/package/socket.io
6. Multichain API - easy to explore blockchain on Node.JS environment - https://tilkal.github.io/multichain-api/ - https://www.npmjs.com/package/multichain-api

II. Installation on Ubuntu (v16 recommended)

1. Nodejs & Forever install // Nodejs 8.x stable (latest 10.x) - sudo apt-get update - curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash - - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs - sudo npm i -g forever
2. Rethink DB install (refer to this: https://rethinkdb.com/docs/install/ubuntu/) - source /etc/lsb-release && echo "deb http://download.rethinkdb.com/apt $DISTRIB_CODENAME main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rethinkdb.list - wget -qO- https://download.rethinkdb.com/apt/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add - - sudo apt-get update - sudo apt-get -y install rethinkdb
3. Multichain install (refer to this: https://www.multichain.com/download-install/) - wget https://www.multichain.com/download/multichain-1.0.4.tar.gz - tar -xvzf multichain-1.0.4.tar.gz - cd multichain-1.0.4 - mv multichaind multichain-cli multichain-util /usr/local/bin (to make easily accessible on the command line)
4. Upload files via SFTP/FTP - sudo chown ubuntu -R {explorer-path} 5 Register service on boot start up (upload to /etc/init.d/kaicoin-explorer.sh and run script below) - sudo update-rc.d kaicoin-explorer-startup.sh defaults - sudo service kaicoin-explorer-startup.sh start
5. Reboot to apply package update - sudo apt-get update - sudo reboot
6. Check all precess are right - ps -ef | grep multichain - ps -ef | grep rethinkdb - ps -ef | grep nodejs