demo-cluster.md

How to launch a local demo cluster with nix

1. Make sure nix is installed and IOHK binary cache is configured [nix setup] (https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-sl/blob/develop/docs/how-to/build-cardano-sl-and-daedalus-from-source-code.md#nix-build-mode-recommended)
2. To generate a script that will launch the demo cluster run nix-build -A demoCluster -o launch_demo_cluster
3. To generate a script that will launch demo cluster suitable for Daedalus development, run nix-build -A demoClusterDaedalusDev -o launch_demo_cluster
4. To launch cluster, run ./launch_demo_cluster
5. To stop, hit ctrl-c and it will terminate all the nodes.
6. A state-demo state folder will be automatically created relative to your current working directory.

• Logs will be found in state-demo/logs
• TLS certs/keys will be found in state-demo/tls
• 11 genesis wallets will be pre-loaded with 37 million Ada each