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Eris DB is Eris' blockchain client. It includes a permissions layer, an implementation of the Ethereum Virtual Machine, and uses Tendermint Consensus. Most functionality is provided by eris chains, exposed through eris-cli, the entry point for the Eris Platform.
See the eris-db documentation for more information.
eris-db is intended to be used by the eris chains command via eris-cli. Available commands such as make | start | stop | logs | inspect | update are used for chain lifecycle management.
Dependency management for eris-db is managed with glide, and you can build eris-db from source by following
- Install go
- Ensure you have
gmpinstalled (sudo apt-get install libgmp3-dev || brew install gmp) - and execute following commands in a terminal:
go get github.com/Masterminds/glide
go get -d github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db
REPO=$($GOPATH/src/github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db)
cd $REPO && glide install
cd $REPO/cmd/eris-db && go install
To run eris-db, just type $ eris-db serve --work-dir <path to chain directory>, where the chain directory needs to contain the configuration files as generated by eris chains make.
This will start the node using the provided folder as working dir. If the path is omitted it defaults to ~/.erisdb
Once the server has started, it will begin syncing up with the network. At that point you may begin using it. The preferred way is through our javascript api, but it is possible to connect directly via HTTP or websocket. The JSON-RPC and web-api reference can be found here.
A commented template config will be written as part of the eris chains make process and can be edited prior to the eris chains start process.
See the eris platform contributing file here.