Quorum Hibernate

• Introduction
• Features
• Build and Run
  • Pre-Requisites
  • Build
  • Run
  • Docker
• Configuration
• Deployment/Usage
• Architecture
• Sample Configurations
• Demo

Introduction

In large networks it is likely that some nodes do not receive or initiate transactions for extended periods of time. These nodes incur a potentially unwanted infrastructure cost.

Node Hibernate provides a solution to this problem by monitoring a node's API traffic and stopping (hibernating) the node if it has not had any API activity for a significant period of time.

Features

• Monitors a linked Ethereum Client and Privacy Manager for inactivity.
  • Supported Ethereum Clients: GoQuorum and Besu.
  • Supported Privacy Managers: Tessera.
  • Supported consensus
    • GoQuorum: Istanbul BFT, Raft and Clique
    • Besu: Clique
• Acts as a proxy for the Ethereum Client and Privacy Manager.
• Hibernates the linked Ethereum Client and Privacy Manager if the period of inactivity exceeds a configurable limit.
• Restarts (wakes up) the Ethereum Client and Privacy Manager when new transaction or API requests are received.
• Does not require the entire network to be using Node Managers.
• Periodically wakes up the node (configurable) to allow it to sync with the network and ensure it does not fall too far behind.
• 1-way and 2-way (mutual) TLS supported on all of Node Hibernator's servers, clients, and proxies.

Build and Run

Pre-Requisites

golang 1.15+

Build

go install

Run

node-hibernator --config path/to/config.json --verbosity 3

Flag	Description
--config	Path to .json or .toml configuration file
--verbosity	Logging level (0 = ERROR, 1 = WARN, 2 = INFO, 3 = DEBUG)

Docker

Alternatively the quorumengineering/node-hibernator Docker image can be used, for example:

docker run \
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
    -p 8081:8081 -p 9091:9091 -p 9391:9391 \
    --mount type=bind,source=/path/to/nh.json,target=/config.json --mount type=bind,source=/path/to/peers.json,target=/peers.json \
    quorumengineering/node-hibernator:latest -config /config.json

Note: -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock allows the Node Hibernator container to start/stop Ethereum Client/Privacy Manager containers.

Configuration

See docs/config.md for a full description of all configuration options.

Deployment/Usage

See docs/deployment.md for details on adding and using Node Hibernator in networks.

Architecture

See docs/architecture.md for an overview of the processes used by Node Hibernator and common errors.

Sample Configurations

See docs/samples for sample configuration files for various network types.

Demo

See demo for a Docker Compose demo network that can be used for initial experimentation with Node Hibernator.