Siren

This is an open-source User Interface for the Lighthouse Ethereum Beacon Node and Validator Client.

Documentation

The Lighthouse Book contains information for users and developers. Specifically the Lighthouse UI section of the book.

Building From Source

Requirements

Building from source requires Node v18 and yarn.

Building From Source

The electron app can be built from source by first cloning the repository and entering the directory:

$ git clone https://github.com/sigp/siren.git
$ cd siren

Once cloned, the electron app can be built and ran via the Makefile by:

$ make

alternatively it can be built via:

$ yarn

Once completed successfully the electron app can be run via:

$ yarn dev

Running In The Browser

Docker (Recommended)

Docker is the recommended way to run a webserver that hosts Siren and can be connected to via a web browser. We recommend this method as it established a production-grade web-server to host the application.

docker is required to be installed with the service running.

The docker image can be built and run via the Makefile by running:

$ make docker

Alternatively, to run with Docker, the image needs to be built. From the repository directory run:

$ docker build -t siren .

Then to run the image:

$ docker run --rm -ti --name siren -p 80:80 siren

This will open port 80 and allow your browser to connect. You can choose another local port by modifying the command. For example -p 8000:80 will open port 8000.

To view Siren, simply go to http://localhost in your web browser.

Running a Local Testnet

For development, one can spin up a local lighthouse testnet. This can be used for the UI to connect to and retrieve real-time results from a local testnet.

Requirements

In order to run a local lighthouse network, lighthouse needs to be installed on the system. For detailed instructions see the Lighthouse Book.

Both lighthouse and lcli are required to be installed. This can be done by cloning the Lighthouse repository, entering the cloned repository and running:

$ make
$ make install-lcli

note: you need a version of lcli that includes these changes

ganache is also required to be installed. This can be installed via npm or via the OS. If using npm it can be installed as:

$ npm install ganache --global

Starting the Testnet

To start a local testnet, move into the local-testnet directory. Then run:

./start_local_testnet.sh genesis.json

This will spin up both a validator client and a beacon node. These will run in the background and can be accessed via their local http APIs.

Stopping the Testnet

A running local testnet can be stopped by running:

./stop_local_testnet.sh

Configuring the Testnet

The default settings should be sufficient for a development network useful for testing the UI. However various configurations can be modified by modifying the vars.env file.

Creating a new testnet

The data for a previously run testnet is stored at ./local-testnet/testnet-data (assuming the scripts were run inside the local-testnet directory. Simply removing this directory and its subdirectories will create a new testnet when running these commands again.

Logs and Errors

Logs and errors can be found in the ./local-testnet/testnet-data directory.