hlf-operator

README

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id: getting-started title: Getting started

Hyperledger Fabric Operator

Features

• Create certificates authorities (CA)
• Create peers
• Create ordering services
• Create resources without manual provisioning of cryptographic material
• Domain routing with SNI using Istio
• Run chaincode as external chaincode in Kubernetes
• Support Hyperledger Fabric 2.3+
• Managed genesis for Ordering services
• E2E testing including the execution of chaincodes in KIND

Roadmap

• More parametrization on the Peer
• More parametrization on the Fabric CA
• More parametrization on the Fabric Ordering services

Ideas for the future

• Install chaincode in peer using Custom Resource Definitions
• Manage channel configuration using Custom Resource Definitions

Getting started

Requirements

• Fabric CA client
• YQ binary to replace values in YAML (for the getting started)
• KubeCTL
• Kubernetes 1.15+
• Istio

Install Istio

kubectl apply -f ./hack/istio-operator/crds/*
helm template ./hack/istio-operator/ \
  --set hub=docker.io/istio \
  --set tag=1.8.0 \
  --set operatorNamespace=istio-operator \
  --set watchedNamespaces=istio-system | kubectl apply -f -

kubectl create ns istio-system
kubectl apply -n istio-system -f ./hack/istio-operator.yaml

Installing the operator

helm install hlf-operator ./chart/hlf-operator

Installing the Kubectl HLF Plugin

kubectl krew install hlf 

Deploy a Peer Organization

Deploying a Certificate Authority

kubectl hlf ca create --storage-class=standard --capacity=2Gi --name=org1-ca \
    --enroll-id=enroll --enroll-pw=enrollpw  
kubectl wait --timeout=180s --for=condition=Running fabriccas.hlf.kungfusoftware.es --all

# register user for the peers
kubectl hlf ca register --name=org1-ca --user=peer --secret=peerpw --type=peer \
 --enroll-id enroll --enroll-secret=enrollpw --mspid Org1MSP

Deploying a peer

kubectl hlf peer create --storage-class=standard --enroll-id=peer --mspid=Org1MSP \
       --enroll-pw=peerpw --capacity=5Gi --name=org1-peer0 --ca-name=org1-ca.default
kubectl wait --timeout=180s --for=condition=Running fabricpeers.hlf.kungfusoftware.es --all

Deploying an Ordering Service

Deploying a certificate authority

kubectl hlf ca create --storage-class=standard --capacity=2Gi --name=ord-ca \
    --enroll-id=enroll --enroll-pw=enrollpw
kubectl wait --timeout=180s --for=condition=Running fabriccas.hlf.kungfusoftware.es --all
kubectl hlf ca register --name=ord-ca --user=orderer --secret=ordererpw \
    --type=orderer --enroll-id enroll --enroll-secret=enrollpw --mspid=OrdererMSP

Deploying the Ordering service

kubectl hlf ordservice create  --storage-class=standard --enroll-id=orderer --mspid=OrdererMSP \
    --enroll-pw=ordererpw --capacity=2Gi --name=ordservice --ca-name=ord-ca.default \
    --system-channel testchainid --num-orderers=1
kubectl wait --timeout=180s --for=condition=Running fabricorderingservices.hlf.kungfusoftware.es --all

Preparing a connection string for the ordering service

kubectl hlf inspect --output ordservice.yaml -o OrdererMSP
kubectl hlf ca register --name=ord-ca --user=admin --secret=adminpw \
    --type=admin --enroll-id enroll --enroll-secret=enrollpw --mspid=Ord2MSP

kubectl hlf ca enroll --name=ord-ca --user=admin --secret=adminpw --mspid Ord2MSP \
        --ca-name ca  --output admin-ordservice.yaml 

IMPORTANT!!: Add user from admin-ordservice.yaml to ordservice.yaml if not, following commands will not work

Create a consortium

kubectl hlf consortiums create --name=Default --system-channel-id="testchainid" \
    --config=ordservice.yaml --orderer-org=ordservice.default --user=admin \
    -p=org1-peer0.default

Preparing a connection string for the peer

kubectl hlf ca register --name=org1-ca --user=admin --secret=adminpw --type=admin \
 --enroll-id enroll --enroll-secret=enrollpw --mspid Org1MSP  

kubectl hlf ca enroll --name=org1-ca --user=admin --secret=adminpw --mspid Org1MSP \
        --ca-name ca  --output peer-org1.yaml

kubectl hlf inspect --output org1.yaml -o Org1MSP -o OrdererMSP

IMPORTANT!!: Add user from peer-org1.yaml to org1.yaml if not, following commands will not work

Create a channel

kubectl hlf channel create --name=ch1 --config=org1.yaml \
    --admin-org=org1-peer0.default --user=admin \
    -p=org1-peer0.default --ordering-service=ordservice.default \
    --consortium=Default

Add anchor peer

kubectl hlf channel addanchorpeer --channel=ch1 --config=org1.yaml \
    --user=admin --peer=org1-peer0.default 

Join channel

kubectl hlf channel join --name=ch1 --config=org1.yaml \
    --user=admin -p=org1-peer0.default

See ledger height

In case of error, you may need to add the following to the org1.yaml configuration file:

channels:
  _default:
    peers:
      "org1-peer0.default":
          endorsingPeer: true
          chaincodeQuery: true
          ledgerQuery: true
          eventSource: true

kubectl hlf channel top --channel=ch1 --config=org1.yaml \
    --user=admin -p=org1-peer0.default

Install a chaincode

kubectl hlf chaincode install --path=./fixtures/chaincodes/fabcar/go \
    --config=org1.yaml --language=golang --label=fabcar --user=admin --peer=org1-peer0.default

# this can take 3-4 minutes

Query chaincodes installed

kubectl hlf chaincode queryinstalled --config=org1.yaml --user=admin --peer=org1-peer0.default

Approve chaincode

kubectl hlf chaincode approveformyorg --config=org1.yaml --user=admin --peer=org1-peer0.default \
    --package-id=fabcar:db8d009f7e2e9fa4a40ddfd6b7e603d3177b126d18cdbeabcf8481f9a6de519f \
    --version "1.0" --sequence 1 --name=fabcar \
    --policy="OR('Org1MSP.member')" --channel=ch1

Commit chaincode

kubectl hlf chaincode commit --config=org1.yaml --user=admin --peer=org1-peer0.default \
    --version "1.0" --sequence 1 --name=fabcar \
    --policy="OR('Org1MSP.member')" --channel=ch1

Invoke a transaction in the ledger

kubectl hlf chaincode invoke --config=org1.yaml \
    --user=admin --peer=org1-peer0.default \
    --chaincode=fabcar --channel=ch1 \
    --fcn=initLedger -a '[]'

Query the ledger

kubectl hlf chaincode query --config=org1.yaml \
    --user=admin --peer=org1-peer0.default \
    --chaincode=fabcar --channel=ch1 \
    --fcn=QueryAllCars -a '[]'

At this point, you should have:

• Ordering service with 3 nodes and a CA
• Peer organization with a peer and a CA
• A channel ch1
• A chaincode install in peer0
• A chaincode approved and committed

If something went wrong or didn't work, please, open an issue.

Cleanup the environment

kubectl delete fabricorderingservices.hlf.kungfusoftware.es --all-namespaces --all
kubectl delete fabricpeers.hlf.kungfusoftware.es --all-namespaces --all
kubectl delete fabriccas.hlf.kungfusoftware.es --all-namespaces --all