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Hyperledger Cookbook

By : Xun (Brian) Wu, Chuanfeng Zhang, Zhibin (Andrew) Zhang
Book Image

Hyperledger Cookbook

By: Xun (Brian) Wu, Chuanfeng Zhang, Zhibin (Andrew) Zhang

Overview of this book

Hyperledger is an open-source project and creates private blockchain applications for a range of domains. This book will be your desk reference as you explore common and not-so-common challenges faced while building blockchain networks using Hyperledger services. We'll work through all Hyperledger platform modules to understand their services and features and build end-to-end blockchain applications using various frameworks and tools supported by Hyperledger. This book's independent, recipe-based approach (packed with real-world examples) will familiarize you with the blockchain development cycle. From modeling a business network to integrating with various tools, you will cover it all. We'll cover common and not-so-common challenges faced in the blockchain life cycle. Later, we'll delve into how we can interact with the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain, covering all the principles you need to master, such as chaincode, smart contracts, and much more. We'll also address the scalability and security issues currently faced in blockchain development. By the end of this book, you will be able to implement each recipe to plan, design, and create a full-fledged, private, decentralized application to meet organizational needs.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Installing Hyperledger Explorer and setting up the database

With all of the pre-requisites installed, we are now ready to install Hyperledger Explorer.

How to do it...

Execute the following steps to set up your database and Hyperledger Explorer:

  1. Run the following command from your home directory. This will clone the latest version of Hyperledger Explorer from GitHub to your system. To make sure we get v0.3.8, do a version checkout in case there is a newer release:
$ git clone https://github.com/hyperledger/blockchain-explorer.git
$ git checkout release-3.8
$ cd blockchain-explorer

  1. Set up the PostgreSQL database. Navigate to Hyperledger Explorer's app directory and make a back-up copy of the original explorer configuration...