parachain-launch

• Introduction
• Options
• Preparation
• Local Usage
• Start relaychain and parachain
• Additional Docker Commands

Introduction

parachain-launch is a script that generates a docker compose file allowing you to launch a testnet of multiple blockchain nodes.

Options

The following options are supported by the generate script.

Option	Description	Required	Default
--config	Path to config file.	No	./config.yml
--output	Path to output dir.	No	./output
--yes	Overwrite generated files?	No	false

Preparation

1. Download the peaq-network-node
2. Checkout to the parachain_dev branch in the peaq-network-node
3. Follow the peaq-node-builder to build the peaq-node's binary
4. Build the docker images on the peaq-network-node folder.

cd ../peaq-network-node
docker build -f scripts/Dockerfile.parachain-launch -t peaq_para_node .

Local Usage

1. Install dependency:

yarn install

2. Build project

yarn build

3. Use the config.parachain.yml file and edit as necessary.

4. Run the service from within the local directory:

./bin/parachain-launch generate --config=/path/to/config.parachain.yml [--yes] [--output=/path/to/output]

./bin/parachain-launch generate --config=config.parachain.yml --output=yoyo

This will generate the docker files a folder called output in your current working directory or in the directory provided to the --output option.

Start relaychain and parachain

To start the nodes, navigate to the output folder that you generated the scripts in and build the docker container:

cd ./output # OR custom output directory

docker compose up -d --build

NOTE:

1. If you regenerate the output directory, you will need to rebuild the docker images.
2. Please use Polkadot/apps to connect the relay/parachain chain.

Additional Docker Commands

List all of the containers:

docker ps -a

Track container logs:

docker logs -f [container_id/container_name]

Stop all of the containers:

docker compose stop

Remove all of the containers:

docker compose rm

Remove all of the containers and volumes (This will wipe any existing chain data):

docker compose down -v

How to run the forked chain

1. Use git submodule update --init --recursive to download the fork-off-substrate
2. Go to the fork-off-substrate to install the library by cd fork-off-substrate; npm install
3. Setup all parameter needed in forked.generated.sh
4. Copy the peaq-node bianry to your FORK_FOLDER If your want to forked the parachain which ran the runtime upgraded already, please remember to use the correct binary and docker image which are the same as the runtime upgrade. For example, our Krest network's runtime ugprade version is based on the krest-v0.0.3, then your binary/docker image should be also based on the krest-v0.0.3
5. Execute the scripts sh forked.generated.sh, it'll launch the forked parchain automatically However, please double-check the log carefully

FORKED_CONFIG_FILE="config.parachain.agung.forked.yml" \
RPC_ENDPOINT="https://rpcpc1-qa.agung.peaq.network" \
DOCKER_COMPOSE_FOLDER="yoyo" \
FORK_FOLDER="/home/jaypan/Work/peaq/fork-test/fork-binary/peaq-dev-v06042023" \
sh -e -x forked.generated.sh

FORKED_CONFIG_FILE="config.parachain.krest.forked.yml" \
RPC_ENDPOINT="https://erpc-krest.peaq.network" \
DOCKER_COMPOSE_FOLDER="yoyo" \
FORK_FOLDER="/home/jaypan/Work/peaq/fork-test/fork-binary/krest-v0.0.3" \
sh -e -x forked.generated.sh