Astracore Node

An AstraCore full node for building applications and services with Node.js. This node is extensible and can be configured to run additional services.

Getting Started

1. Install nvm https://github.com/creationix/nvm

   nvm i v6
   nvm use v6

2. Install mongo https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/

3. Install astra-bitcore https://github.com/AstraCore/astra-bitcore - with ZMQ !

   # with ZMQ
   sudo apt-get install libzmq3-dev 

4. Install astracore-node

   npm i https://github.com/AstraCore/astracore-node.git#master
   
   $(npm bin)/astracore-node create mynode
   
   cd mynode
   

5. Edit astracore-node.json

   {
     "network": "livenet",
     "port": 3001,
     "services": [
       "astrad",
       "web"
     ],
     "servicesConfig": {
       "astrad": {
         "spawn": {
           "datadir": "/home/user/.astra",
           "exec": "/home/user/astra-bitcore/src/astrad"
         }
       }
     }
   }

6. Edit astra.conf

   server=1
   whitelist=127.0.0.1
   txindex=1
   addressindex=1
   timestampindex=1
   spentindex=1
   zmqpubrawtx=tcp://127.0.0.1:28332
   zmqpubhashblock=tcp://127.0.0.1:28332
   rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
   rpcuser=user
   rpcpassword=password
   rpcport=9888
   reindex=1
   gen=0
   addrindex=1
   logevents=1
   

7. Run Node

   $(npm bin)/astracore-node start
   

Add-on Services

There are several add-on services available to extend the functionality of Astracore:

• ASTRA Insight API
• ASTRA Explorer

Contributing

License