testnet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconic-faucet/README.md

# laconic-faucet

Instructions for running the laconic faucet server

## Prerequisites

* Minimum hardware requirements:

  ```bash
  RAM: 8-16GB
  Disk space: 200GB
  CPU: 2 cores
  ```

## Setup

* Clone the stack repo:

  ```bash
  laconic-so fetch-stack git.vdb.to/cerc-io/laconic-testnet-faucet
  ```

* Clone the laconic-faucet:

  ```bash
  laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/testnet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconic-faucet setup-repositories
  ```

* Build the container image:

  ```bash
  laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/testnet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconic-faucet build-containers
  ```

  This should create the `cerc/laconic-faucet` image locally

## Create a deployment

* Create a spec file for the deployment:

  ```bash
  laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/testnet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconic-faucet deploy init --output laconic-faucet-spec.yml
  ```

* Edit `network` in the spec file to map container ports to host ports as required:

  ```bash
  network:
    ports:
      laconic-faucet:
        - '3000:3000'
  ```

* Create a deployment from the spec file:

  ```bash
  laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/testnet-laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/laconic-faucet deploy create --spec-file laconic-faucet-spec.yml --deployment-dir laconic-faucet-deployment
  ```

<!-- * Copy over the published testnet genesis file (`.json`) to data directory in deployment (`testnet-laconicd-deployment/data/laconicd-data/tmp`):

  ```bash
  # Example
  mkdir -p testnet-laconicd-deployment/data/laconicd-data/tmp
  cp genesis.json testnet-laconicd-deployment/data/laconicd-data/tmp/genesis.json
  ``` -->

## Configuration

* Inside the `laconic-faucet-deployment` deployment directory, open `config.env` file and set following env variables:

  ```bash
  CERC_FAUCET_KEY=
  ```

## Start the deployment
* To start the deployment:

  ```bash
  laconic-so deployment --dir laconic-faucet-deployment start
  ```

## Check status

* To list down and monitor the running container:

  ```bash
  # With status
  docker ps

  # Check logs for a container
  docker logs -f <CONTAINER_ID>
  ```

* Request tokens from the testnet faucet for your account if required

  ```bash
  curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/faucet \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"address": "<laconicd_address>"}'
  ```

## Clean up

* Stop the `laconic-faucet` service running in the background:

  ```bash
  # Stop the docker containe
  laconic-so deployment --dir laconic-faucet-deployment stop
  ```

* To stop the service and also delete data:

  ```bash
  # Stop the docker containers
  laconic-so deployment --dir laconic-faucet-deployment stop --delete-volumes

  # Remove deployment directory (deployment will have to be recreated for a re-run)
  rm -r laconic-faucet-deployment
  ```