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Advanced Configuration

You can configure the different components of the test network to use non-default parameter values for various settings (such as host names or port numbers). Here is a list of configurations you can tweak, classified by the DLT type.

Corda

Relay

To run the relay on a different port from the default (9081), do the following:

  • Navigate to the weaver/core/relay folder in your clone of the Cacti repository.
  • Update the port field in config/Corda_Relay.toml.
  • To ensure that the relay of network1 can communicate with this relay, update the port field in the relays.Corda_Relay section in config/Fabric_Relay.toml with the same value.
  • To ensure that the relay of network2 can communicate with this relay, update the port field in the relays.Corda_Relay section in config/Fabric_Relay2.toml with the same value.
  • (You can update host names in similar locations, by adjusting the hostname field.)
  • When you attempt a Fabric to Corda interoperation flow, use the new host name or port (instead of localhost:9081).

Driver

To run the driver on a different port from the default (9099), do the following:

  • Navigate to the weaver/core/drivers/corda-driver folder in your clone of the Cacti repository.
  • Set the environment variable DRIVER_PORT appropriately while running the executable as follows: 
    DRIVER_PORT=<port> ./build/install/corda-driver/bin/corda-driver

To ensure that the relay can connect to this driver:

  • Navigate to the weaver/core/relay folder in your clone of the Cacti repository.
  • Update the port field in the drivers.Corda section in config/Corda_Relay.toml with the same value.

Network

Notes
In our sample setup, all the Corda nodes must be running on the same machine (localhost or some other) for seamless communication.

To change the ports the Corda nodes are listening on, do the following:

  • Navigate to the weaver/tests/network-setups/corda folder in your clone of the Cacti repository.
  • Update the exposed ports in docker-compose.yml (defaults are 10003 for the notary container and 10006 for the partya container).
  • Navigate to the weaver/samples/corda/corda-simple-application folder in your clone of the Cacti repository.
  • Update the CORDA_HOST (default is localhost) and CORDA_PORT (default is 10006) environment variables on your host machine to reflect the above update, or run the client bootstrapping script as follows: 
    CORDA_HOST=<hostname> CORDA_PORT=<port> make initialise-vault
  • When you attempt a Fabric to Corda interoperation flow, use the new host name and port values as in the following example (network1 requesting Corda_Network): 
    ./bin/fabric-cli interop --local-network=network1 --requesting-org=org1.network1.com localhost:9081/Corda_Network/<CORDA_HOST>:<CORDA_PORT>#com.cordaSimpleApplication.flow.GetStateByKey:H`

Client Application

The config files used to initialise the network's verification policies, access control policies, and security group info, contain the address (host name and port) of the Corda node.

To update the address of the Corda node, do the following:

  • Navigate to the weaver/samples/corda/corda-simple-application folder in your clone of the Cacti repository.
  • Edit the rules --> resource field in line 7 in clients/src/main/resources/config/FabricNetworkAccessControlPolicy.json by replacing localhost:10006 with <CORDA_HOST>:<CORDA_PORT> as specified in the previous section.

Fabric

Relay

To run the relay on a different port from the default (9080 for network1 and 9083 for network2), do the following:

  • Navigate to the weaver/core/relay folder in your clone of the Cacti repository.
  • Update the port field in config/Fabric_Relay.toml (for network1) or config/Fabric_Relay2.toml (for network2).
  • To ensure Fabric-Fabric relay communication, update the foreign relay port in the port field in the relays.Fabric_Relay section in either of the above files.
  • To ensure that the Corda network's relay can communicate with this relay, update the port field in the relays.Fabric_Relay section in config/Corda_Relay.toml.
  • (You can update host names in similar locations, by adjusting the hostname field.)
  • When you attempt a Fabric to Fabric or Corda to Fabric interoperation flow, use the new host name or port (instead of localhost:9081 or localhost:9083).
  • Navigate to the weaver/core/drivers/fabric-driver folder in your clone of the Cacti repository.
  • Update the RELAY_ENDPOINT variable in .env or specify RELAY_ENDPOINT=<hostname>:<port> in the command line while running the driver using npm run dev.
  • Navigate to the weaver/samples/fabric/fabric-cli folder in your clone of the Cacti repository.
  • Update the relayEndpoint variables appropriately.

Driver

The fabric-driver configuration can be controlled by environment variables either set in .env in the weaver/core/drivers/fabric-driver folder (or a copy if you created one) in your clone of the Cacti repository or passed in the command line when you run npm run dev to start the driver. The relevant variables you can control when you make any change to the setup are:

  • CONNECTION_PROFILE: this is the path to the connection profile. If you make changes to the network or use a different one, create a new connection profile and point to it using this variable.
  • RELAY_ENDPOINT: this is the endpoint of the relay (hostname and port), and you can adjust it as described in the previous section; this is where the relay will be listening for incoming requests and from where the relay will channel foreign requests as well.
  • DRIVER_ENDPOINT: this is the hostname and port the driver itself will bind to, and you can change it from the default (localhost:9090 for network1 and localhost:9095 for network2) as per your need

Fabric CLI

You can adjust settings for fabric-cli in the .env and config.json (in the weaver/samples/fabric/fabric-cli folder in your clone of the Cacti repository) as described earlier.

Important environment variables (in .env) are:

  • DEFAULT_CHANNEL: this is the name of the channel the CLI will interact with. If you build a new channel or network, update the channel name here.
  • DEFAULT_CHAINCODE: this is the name of the interoperaton chaincode the CLI will submit transactions and queries to for policy and security group bootstrapping. If you wish to test with a modified interoperation chaincode with a different name, update this value.
  • MEMBER_CREDENTIAL_FOLDER: as described earlier, this is an absolute path that points to policies and security group info associated with foreign networks. You can adjust this info for the existing three networks or add credentials for another network you wish to test interoperation flows with.
  • LOCAL: this is a boolean, indicating whether the network to connect to is running on (and as) localhost
  • DEFAULT_APPLICATION_CHAINCODE: this is the name of the application chaincode which maintains information that can be shared (with proof) with other networks upon request using interoperation. You may write and deploy your own chaincode and use its name here instead of the default simplestate.
  • CONFIG_PATH: this points to the JSON file containing the configurations of all the Fabric networks that need to be configured using the fabric-cli.

The config.json (which can have a different name as long as you add the right reference to .env and configure fabric-cli suitably) has the following structure (it can have any number of networks specified):

{
  "network1": {
    "connProfilePath": "",
    "relayEndpoint": ""
  },
  "network2": {
    "connProfilePath": "",
    "relayEndpoint": ""
  }
}
  • connProfilePath: absolute path of the network's connection profile
  • relayEndpoint: hostname and port of the particular network's relay (make sure you sync this with any changes made to that relay's configuration)