Bootnode for RHChain

Requirments

Tested with

• Ubuntu 16.04
• macOS Sierra
• Geth 1.7

Install

1. Download and install Bootnode tool

   • On Ubuntu 16.04

     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends software-properties-common
     add-apt-repository -y ppa:ethereum/ethereum
     apt-get update
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends bootnode
     

   • On macOS Sierra (via Homebrew)

     brew update
     brew upgrade
     brew tap ethereum/ethereum
     

     Update ethereum.rb file at /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/ethereum/homebrew-ethereum Add line bin.install 'build/bin/bootnode' in

     def install
         ENV["GOROOT"] = "#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/go/libexec"
         [...]
     end

     Then

     brew install ethereum

2. Create binaries folder

mkdir bin

3. Link bootnode to binaries folder

ln -s /usr/bin/bootnode ./bin

4. Generate bootnode private key (bootnode.priv)

./bin/bootnode -v5 -verbosity 9 -genkey "bootnode.priv"

5. Create bootnode public key file (bootnode.pub)

./bin/bootnode -v5 -nodekey bootnode.priv -writeaddress > bootnode.pub

Start

./start.sh