Run a Private Tangle
This guide explains how you can run your own private tangle. Private tangles are targetted at developers wanting to test their solutions in a private network environment.
Requirements
- A recent release of Docker enterprise or community edition. You can find installation instructions in the official Docker documentation.
- Docker Compose CLI plugin.
Download the latest release
Once you have completed all the installation requirements, you can download the latest release by running:
mkdir private_tangle
cd private_tangle
curl -L -O "https://github.com/iotaledger/hornet/releases/download/v2.0.0-rc.6/HORNET-2.0.0-rc.6-private_tangle.tar.gz"
tar -zxf HORNET-2.0.0-rc.6-private_tangle.tar.gz
Bootstrap your network
To bootstrap the network you should run:
./bootstrap.sh
Run your network
To run the private tangle you should run:
./run.sh
This will start the private tangle using a coordinator node and second node.
You can use ./run.sh 3 or ./run.sh 4 to start the private tangle with additional nodes instead.
Start the coordinator in case of failure
The inx-coordinator container always starts together with the other containers if you execute the ./run.sh command.
It may happen that the node startup takes longer than expected due to bigger databases or slow host machines. In that case the inx-coordinator container shuts down and won't be restarted automatically for security reasons.
If you want to restart the inx-coordinator separately, run the following command:
docker compose start inx-coordinator
Access your network
All the information required to access the private tangle is contained inside the README.md.