ipld-eth-server/README.md

Vulcanize DB

Dependencies

• Go 1.9+
• Postgres 10
• Ethereum Node
  • Go Ethereum (1.8+)
  • Parity 1.8.11+

Installation

go get github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb

Setting up the Databases

1. Install Postgres

2. Create a superuser for yourself and make sure psql --list works without prompting for a password.

3. createdb vulcanize_private

4. cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb

5. Import the schema: psql vulcanize_private < db/schema.sql

   or run the migrations: make migrate HOST_NAME=localhost NAME=vulcanize_public PORT=5432

   • See below for configuring additional environments

IPC File Paths

The default location for Ethereum is:

• $HOME/Library/Ethereum for Mac
• $HOME/.ethereum for Ubuntu
• $GOPATH/src/gihub.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/test_data_dir/geth.ipc for private node.

Note the location of the ipc file is printed to the console when you start geth. It is needed to for configuration

Start syncing with postgres

1. Start geth node (if fast syncing wait for geth to finsh initial sync)

2. In a separate terminal start vulcanize_db

   • vulcanizedb sync --config <config.toml> --starting-block-number <block-number>
   • see ./environments for example config

Running the Tests

Unit Tests

1. go test ./pkg/...

Integration Test

1. Setup a test database and import the schema:

   createdb vulcanize_private

   psql vulcanize_private < db/schema.sql

2. go test ./... to run all tests.