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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)

Configuring Hyperledger Explorer with Fabric

With Hyperledger Explorer installed, we can now configure the explorer to connect to a blockchain network.

Getting ready

In order to demonstrate how Hyperledger Explorer works, we need a working blockchain network, which in this case is Hyperledger Fabric. We will utilize the first-network scripts that should have been installed if you installed all of the pre-requisites for Fabric:

  1. To start with, go to the first-network directory, which can be found in the Fabric installation:
$ cd fabric-samples/first-network
  1. We will build a Fabric network with four peers, two organizations, one order node, and one channel. Execute the following command to generate the genesis block and all...