Producing Node Setup
Overview
This section describes how to set up a producing node within the network. A producing node, as its name implies, is a node that is configured to produce blocks in a Wire-based blockchain. This functionality if provided through the producer_plugin as well as other Nodeop Plugins.
For an example configuration of a producing node's config.ini, refer to wire-cli repo.
Prerequisites
- Install the Wire software before starting this section.
- Know how to pass Nodeop options to enable or disable functionality.
- These instructions assume you want to launch a producing node on a network with deployed system contracts.
Steps
Step 1. Register your account as a producer
In order for your account to be eligible as a producer, you will need to register the account as a producer:
clio system regproducer accountname1 SYS1234534...sdhuds http://producer.site Antarctica
Step 2. Set Producer Name
Set the producer-name option in config.ini to your account, as follows:
# config.ini:
# ID of producer controlled by this node (e.g. inita; may specify multiple times) (sysio::producer_plugin)
producer-name = youraccount
Step 3. Set the Producer's signature-provider
You will need to set the private key for your producer. The public key should have an authority for the producer account defined above.
signature-provider is defined with a 3-field tuple:
public-key- A valid public key in form of a string.provider-spec- It's a string formatted like<provider-type>:<data>provider-type- KEY or KIOD
Step 3.1: Using a Key
# config.ini:
signature-provider = PUBLIC_SIGNING_KEY=KEY:PRIVATE_SIGNING_KEY
//Example
//signature-provider SYS6MRyAjQq8ud7hVNYcfnVPJqcVpscN5So8BhtHuGYqET5GDW5CV=KEY:5KQwrPbwdL6PhXujxW37FSSQZ1JiwsST4cqQzDeyXtP79zkvFD3
Step 3.2: Using Kiod
You can also use kiod instead of keys.
# config.ini:
signature-provider = KIOD:<data>
//Example
//SYS6MRyAjQq8ud7hVNYcfnVPJqcVpscN5So8BhtHuGYqET5GDW5CV=KIOD:https://127.0.0.1:88888
Step 4: Define a peers list
# config.ini:
# Default p2p port is 9876
p2p-peer-address = 123.255.78.9:9876
Step 5: Load the Required Plugins
In your config.ini, confirm the following plugins are loading or append them if necessary.
# config.ini:
plugin = sysio::chain_plugin
plugin = sysio::producer_plugin