This rproject demonstrates how Hyperledger Fabric can be used to record transfers of files transferred across the IPFS network. It is based upon the hlf-ldap repository for authenticating user accounts. At a high level, a user, once enrolled in the Fabric CA, can initiate a file transfer using IPFS to another user on the system. The details of the transfer, including originator, recipient, file name and IPFS entry, are recorded in the Fabric chaincode. The intention is that this information could be examined in future by a hypothetical auditor.
Note that this basic configuration uses pre-generated certificates and key material, and also has predefined transactions to initialize a channel named "mychannel".
To (re)build the webApp docker image, run docker-compose build.
To start the network, run start.sh.
To stop it, run stop.sh
To completely remove the network on your system, run teardown.sh.
To enrol the initial Admin user in the CA, run enrolAdmin.sh.
To add a new user to the LDAP server, run addUser.sh <firstname> <lastname>. This will create a user with the username <firstname><lastname>. Enter a password for the user when prompted. You can then enrol this user in the CA using enrolUser.sh <username> <password>.
Add new users to the LDAP server using the addUser.sh script as above.
To register a new user to the CA, Click on "Sign in", then "I need to create an account", and enter the credentials provided to the addUser script.
Intended to provide a user logon interface which will then allow authenticated interaction with the blockchain.
At present, the user can log on using an account that has been created using the addUser.sh followed by one of the enrolUser scripts.
The I need to create an account route enrols a previously created LDAP user into the HLF network.
After logging in, provided the account has been successfully registered with Fabric, the user should see lists of all transfers that have been initiated by them, and all transfers that have them as them as the recipient. A simple web form allows the user to upload a file to IPFS and specify a recipient.
Complete work on getting 'open' buttons to work. Fix updating of lists after committing a new file. Display file name and received status. Encrypt files using PGP or similar before saving to IPFS
The fileTransfer chaincode requires the use of 3rd party go components. This requires the code to be vendored before being instantiated on the Fabric network. I used the following steps, based on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mlUaJbFHcM.
cd /home/davidcarrington/go/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/ cp -r ~/git/hlf-ldap/chaincode/fileTransfer . cd fileTransfer/ govendor init govendor fetch github.com/google/uuid govendor add +external cd .. cp -r fileTransfer ~/git/hlf-ldap/chaincode/ cd ~/git/hlf-ldap/chaincode/ go build cd fileTransfer/ go build rm fileTransfer
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David Carrington (dmcarrington@googlemail.com)