Important recent update notes - temporary note

There are many participant fields that have been renamed to be more consistent with the rest of the package. The following fields have been renamed:

EL Flags

el_client_type -> el_type
el_client_image -> el_image
el_client_log_level -> el_log_level
el_client_volume_size -> el_volume_size

CL Flags

cl_client_type -> cl_type
cl_client_image -> cl_image
cl_client_volume_size -> cl_volume_size
cl_client_log_level -> cl_log_level
beacon_extra_params -> cl_extra_params
beacon_extra_labels -> cl_extra_labels
bn_min_cpu -> cl_min_cpu
bn_max_cpu -> cl_max_cpu
bn_min_mem -> cl_min_mem
bn_max_mem -> cl_max_mem
use_separate_validator_client -> use_separate_vc

Validator flags

validator_client_type -> vc_type
validator_tolerations -> vc_tolerations
validator_client_image -> vc_image
validator_extra_params -> vc_extra_params
validator_extra_labels -> vc_extra_labels
v_min_cpu -> vc_min_cpu
v_max_cpu -> vc_max_cpu
v_min_mem -> vc_min_mem
v_max_mem -> vc_max_mem

Global flags

global_client_log_level -> global_log_level
mev_type: full -> mev_type: flashbots # new rename as of 3 May 2024

To help you with the transition, we have added a script that will automatically update your yaml file to the new format. You can run the following command to update your network_params.yaml file:

./rename.sh example.yaml

Ethereum Package

This is a Kurtosis package that will spin up a private Ethereum testnet over Docker or Kubernetes with multi-client support, Flashbot's mev-boost infrastructure for PBS-related testing/validation, and other useful network tools (transaction spammer, monitoring tools, etc). Kurtosis packages are entirely reproducible and composable, so this will work the same way over Docker or Kubernetes, in the cloud or locally on your machine.

You now have the ability to spin up a private Ethereum testnet or public devnet/testnet (e.g. Goerli, Holesky, Sepolia, dencun-devnet-12, verkle-gen-devnet-2 etc) with a single command. This package is designed to be used for testing, validation, and development of Ethereum clients, and is not intended for production use. For more details check network_params.network in the configuration section.

Specifically, this package will:

1. Generate Execution Layer (EL) & Consensus Layer (CL) genesis information using the Ethereum genesis generator.
2. Configure & bootstrap a network of Ethereum nodes of n size using the genesis data generated above
3. Spin up a transaction spammer to send fake transactions to the network
4. Spin up and connect a testnet verifier
5. Spin up a Grafana and Prometheus instance to observe the network
6. Spin up a Blobscan instance to analyze blob transactions (EIP-4844)

Optional features (enabled via flags or parameter files at runtime):

• Block until the Beacon nodes finalize an epoch (i.e. finalized_epoch > 0)
• Spin up & configure parameters for the infrastructure behind Flashbot's implementation of PBS using mev-boost, in either full or mock mode. More details here.
• Spin up & connect the network to a beacon metrics gazer service to collect network-wide participation metrics.
• Spin up and connect a JSON RPC Snooper to the network log responses & requests between the EL engine API and the CL client.
• Specify extra parameters to be passed in for any of the: CL client Beacon, and CL client validator, and/or EL client containers
• Specify the required parameters for the nodes to reach an external block building network
• Generate keystores for each node in parallel

Quickstart

1. Install Docker & start the Docker Daemon if you haven't done so already

2. Install the Kurtosis CLI, or upgrade it to the latest version if it's already installed

3. Run the package with default configurations from the command line:

   kurtosis run --enclave my-testnet github.com/kurtosis-tech/ethereum-package

Run with your own configuration

Kurtosis packages are parameterizable, meaning you can customize your network and its behavior to suit your needs by storing parameters in a file that you can pass in at runtime like so:

kurtosis run --enclave my-testnet github.com/kurtosis-tech/ethereum-package --args-file network_params.yaml

Where network_params.yaml contains the parameters for your network in your home directory.

Run on Kubernetes

Kurtosis packages work the same way over Docker or on Kubernetes. Please visit our Kubernetes docs to learn how to spin up a private testnet on a Kubernetes cluster.

Considerations for Running on a Public Testnet with a Cloud Provider

When running on a public testnet using a cloud provider's Kubernetes cluster, there are a few important factors to consider:

1. State Growth: The growth of the state might be faster than anticipated. This could potentially lead to issues if the default parameters become insufficient over time. It's important to monitor state growth and adjust parameters as necessary.

2. Persistent Storage Speed: Most cloud providers provision their Kubernetes clusters with relatively slow persistent storage by default. This can cause performance issues, particularly with Execution Layer (EL) clients.

3. Network Syncing: The disk speed provided by cloud providers may not be sufficient to sync with networks that have high demands, such as the mainnet. This could lead to syncing issues and delays.

To mitigate these issues, you can use the el_volume_size and cl_volume_size flags to override the default settings locally. This allows you to allocate more storage to the EL and CL clients, which can help accommodate faster state growth and improve syncing performance. However, keep in mind that increasing the volume size may also increase your cloud provider costs. Always monitor your usage and adjust as necessary to balance performance and cost.

For optimal performance, we recommend using a cloud provider that allows you to provision Kubernetes clusters with fast persistent storage or self hosting your own Kubernetes cluster with fast persistent storage.

Shadowforking

In order to enable shadowfork capabilities, you can use the network_params.network flag. The expected value is the name of the network you want to shadowfork followed by -shadowfork. Please note that persistent configuration parameter has to be enabled for shadowforks to work! Current limitation on k8s is it is only working on a single node cluster. For example, to shadowfork the Holesky testnet, you can use the following command:

...
network_params:
  network: "holesky-shadowfork"
persistent: true
...

Shadowforking custom verkle networks

In order to enable shadowfork capabilities for verkle networks, you need to define electra and mention verkle in the network name after shadowfork.

...
network_params:
  electra_fork_epoch: 1
  network: "holesky-shadowfork-verkle"
persistent: true
...

Taints and tolerations

It is possible to run the package on a Kubernetes cluster with taints and tolerations. This is done by adding the tolerations to the tolerations field in the network_params.yaml file. For example:

participants:
  - el_type: reth
    cl_type: teku
global_tolerations:
  - key: "node-role.kubernetes.io/master6"
    value: "true"
    operator: "Equal"
    effect: "NoSchedule"

It is possible to define toleration globally, per participant or per container. The order of precedence is as follows:

1. Container (el_tolerations, cl_tolerations, vc_tolerations)
2. Participant (tolerations)
3. Global (global_tolerations)

This feature is only available for Kubernetes. To learn more about taints and tolerations, please visit the Kubernetes documentation.

Tear down

The testnet will reside in an enclave - an isolated, ephemeral environment. The enclave and its contents (e.g. running containers, files artifacts, etc) will persist until torn down. You can remove an enclave and its contents with:

kurtosis enclave rm -f my-testnet

Management

The Kurtosis CLI can be used to inspect and interact with the network.

For example, if you need shell access, simply run:

kurtosis service shell my-testnet $SERVICE_NAME

And if you need the logs for a service, simply run:

kurtosis service logs my-testnet $SERVICE_NAME

Check out the full list of CLI commands here

Debugging

To grab the genesis files for the network, simply run:

kurtosis files download my-testnet $FILE_NAME $OUTPUT_DIRECTORY

For example, to retrieve the Execution Layer (EL) genesis data, run:

kurtosis files download my-testnet el-genesis-data ~/Downloads

Basic file sharing

Apache is included in the package to allow for basic file sharing. The Apache service is started when additional services are enabled. It will expose the network-configs directory, which might needed if you want to share the network config publicly.

additional_services:
  - apache

Configuration

To configure the package behaviour, you can modify your network_params.yaml file. The full YAML schema that can be passed in is as follows with the defaults provided:

# Specification of the participants in the network
participants:
  # EL(Execution Layer) Specific flags
    # The type of EL client that should be started
    # Valid values are geth, nethermind, erigon, besu, ethereumjs, reth, nimbus-eth1
  - el_type: geth

    # The Docker image that should be used for the EL client; leave blank to use the default for the client type
    # Defaults by client:
    # - geth: ethereum/client-go:latest
    # - erigon: thorax/erigon:devel
    # - nethermind: nethermind/nethermind:latest
    # - besu: hyperledger/besu:develop
    # - reth: ghcr.io/paradigmxyz/reth
    # - ethereumjs: ethpandaops/ethereumjs:master
    # - nimbus-eth1: ethpandaops/nimbus-eth1:master
    el_image: ""

    # The log level string that this participant's EL client should log at
    # If this is emptystring then the global `logLevel` parameter's value will be translated into a string appropriate for the client (e.g. if
    # global `logLevel` = `info` then Geth would receive `3`, Besu would receive `INFO`, etc.)
    # If this is not emptystring, then this value will override the global `logLevel` setting to allow for fine-grained control
    # over a specific participant's logging
    el_log_level: ""

    # A list of optional extra env_vars the el container should spin up with
    el_extra_env_vars: {}

    # A list of optional extra labels the el container should spin up with
    # Example; el_extra_labels: {"ethereum-package.partition": "1"}
    el_extra_labels: {}

    # A list of optional extra params that will be passed to the EL client container for modifying its behaviour
    el_extra_params: []

    # A list of tolerations that will be passed to the EL client container
    # Only works with Kubernetes
    # Example: el_tolerations:
    # - key: "key"
    #   operator: "Equal"
    #   value: "value"
    #   effect: "NoSchedule"
    #   toleration_seconds: 3600
    # Defaults to empty
    el_tolerations: []

    # Persistent storage size for the EL client container (in MB)
    # Defaults to 0, which means that the default size for the client will be used
    # Default values can be found in /src/package_io/constants.star VOLUME_SIZE
    el_volume_size: 0

    # Resource management for el containers
    # CPU is milicores
    # RAM is in MB
    # Defaults are set per client
    el_min_cpu: 0
    el_max_cpu: 0
    el_min_mem: 0
    el_max_mem: 0

  # CL(Consensus Layer) Specific flags
    # The type of CL client that should be started
    # Valid values are nimbus, lighthouse, lodestar, teku, prysm, and grandine
    cl_type: lighthouse

    # The Docker image that should be used for the CL client; leave blank to use the default for the client type
    # Defaults by client:
    # - lighthouse: sigp/lighthouse:latest
    # - teku: consensys/teku:latest
    # - nimbus: statusim/nimbus-eth2:multiarch-latest
    # - prysm: gcr.io/prysmaticlabs/prysm/beacon-chain:latest
    # - lodestar: chainsafe/lodestar:next
    # - grandine: ethpandaops/grandine:develop
    cl_image: ""

    # The log level string that this participant's CL client should log at
    # If this is emptystring then the global `logLevel` parameter's value will be translated into a string appropriate for the client (e.g. if
    # global `logLevel` = `info` then Teku would receive `INFO`, Prysm would receive `info`, etc.)
    # If this is not emptystring, then this value will override the global `logLevel` setting to allow for fine-grained control
    # over a specific participant's logging
    cl_log_level: ""

    # A list of optional extra env_vars the cl container should spin up with
    cl_extra_env_vars: {}

    # A list of optional extra labels that will be passed to the CL client Beacon container.
    # Example; cl_extra_labels: {"ethereum-package.partition": "1"}
    cl_extra_labels: {}

    # A list of optional extra params that will be passed to the CL client Beacon container for modifying its behaviour
    # If the client combines the Beacon & validator nodes (e.g. Teku, Nimbus), then this list will be passed to the combined Beacon-validator node
    cl_extra_params: []

    # A list of tolerations that will be passed to the CL client container
    # Only works with Kubernetes
    # Example: el_tolerations:
    # - key: "key"
    #   operator: "Equal"
    #   value: "value"
    #   effect: "NoSchedule"
    #   toleration_seconds: 3600
    # Defaults to empty
    cl_tolerations: []

    # Persistent storage size for the CL client container (in MB)
    # Defaults to 0, which means that the default size for the client will be used
    # Default values can be found in /src/package_io/constants.star VOLUME_SIZE
    cl_volume_size: 0

    # Resource management for cl containers
    # CPU is milicores
    # RAM is in MB
    # Defaults are set per client
    cl_min_cpu: 0
    cl_max_cpu: 0
    cl_min_mem: 0
    cl_max_mem: 0

    # Whether to use a separate validator client attached to the CL client.
    # Defaults to false for clients that can run both in one process (Teku, Nimbus)
    use_separate_vc: false

  # VC (Validator Client) Specific flags
    # The type of validator client that should be used
    # Valid values are nimbus, lighthouse, lodestar, teku, and prysm
    # ( The prysm validator only works with a prysm CL client )
    # Defaults to matching the chosen CL client (cl_type)
    vc_type: ""

    # The Docker image that should be used for the separate validator client
    # Defaults by client:
    # - lighthouse: sigp/lighthouse:latest
    # - lodestar: chainsafe/lodestar:latest
    # - nimbus: statusim/nimbus-validator-client:multiarch-latest
    # - prysm: gcr.io/prysmaticlabs/prysm/validator:latest
    # - teku: consensys/teku:latest
    vc_image: ""

    # The log level string that this participant's CL client should log at
    # If this is emptystring then the global `logLevel` parameter's value will be translated into a string appropriate for the client (e.g. if
    # global `logLevel` = `info` then Teku would receive `INFO`, Prysm would receive `info`, etc.)
    # If this is not emptystring, then this value will override the global `logLevel` setting to allow for fine-grained control
    # over a specific participant's logging
    vc_log_level: ""

    # A list of optional extra env_vars the vc container should spin up with
    vc_extra_env_vars: {}

    # A list of optional extra labels that will be passed to the CL client validator container.
    # Example; vc_extra_labels: {"ethereum-package.partition": "1"}
    vc_extra_labels: {}

    # A list of optional extra params that will be passed to the CL client validator container for modifying its behaviour
    # If the client combines the Beacon & validator nodes (e.g. Teku, Nimbus), then this list will also be passed to the combined Beacon-validator node
    vc_extra_params: []

    # A list of tolerations that will be passed to the validator container
    # Only works with Kubernetes
    # Example: el_tolerations:
    # - key: "key"
    #   operator: "Equal"
    #   value: "value"
    #   effect: "NoSchedule"
    #   toleration_seconds: 3600
    # Defaults to empty
    vc_tolerations: []

    # Resource management for vc containers
    # CPU is milicores
    # RAM is in MB
    # Defaults are set per client
    vc_min_cpu: 0
    vc_max_cpu: 0
    vc_min_mem: 0
    vc_max_mem: 0

    # Count of the number of validators you want to run for a given participant
    # Default to null, which means that the number of validators will be using the
    # network parameter num_validator_keys_per_node
    validator_count: null

  # Participant specific flags
    # Node selector
    # Only works with Kubernetes
    # Example: node_selectors: { "disktype": "ssd" }
    # Defaults to empty
    node_selectors: {}

    # A list of tolerations that will be passed to the EL/CL/validator containers
    # This is to be used when you don't want to specify the tolerations for each container separately
    # Only works with Kubernetes
    # Example: tolerations:
    # - key: "key"
    #   operator: "Equal"
    #   value: "value"
    #   effect: "NoSchedule"
    #   toleration_seconds: 3600
    # Defaults to empty
    tolerations: []

    # Count of nodes to spin up for this participant
    # Default to 1
    count: 1

    # Snooper can be enabled with the `snooper_enabled` flag per client or globally
    # Defaults null and then set to global snooper default (false)
    snooper_enabled: null

    # Enables Ethereum Metrics Exporter for this participant. Can be set globally.
    # Defaults null and then set to global ethereum_metrics_exporter_enabled (false)
    ethereum_metrics_exporter_enabled: null

    # Enables Xatu Sentry for this participant. Can be set globally.
    # Defaults null and then set to global xatu_sentry_enabled (false)
    xatu_sentry_enabled: null

    # Prometheus additional configuration for a given participant prometheus target.
    # Execution, beacon and validator client targets on prometheus will include this
    # configuration.
    prometheus_config:
      # Scrape interval to be used. Default to 15 seconds
      scrape_interval: 15s
      # Additional labels to be added. Default to empty
      labels: {}

    # Blobber can be enabled with the `blobber_enabled` flag per client or globally
    # Defaults to false
    blobber_enabled: false

    # Blobber extra params can be passed in to the blobber container
    # Defaults to empty
    blobber_extra_params: []

    # A set of parameters the node needs to reach an external block building network
    # If `null` then the builder infrastructure will not be instantiated
    # Example:
    #
    # "relay_endpoints": [
    #  "https:#0xdeadbeefcafa@relay.example.com",
    #  "https:#0xdeadbeefcafb@relay.example.com",
    #  "https:#0xdeadbeefcafc@relay.example.com",
    #  "https:#0xdeadbeefcafd@relay.example.com"
    # ]
    builder_network_params: null

    # Participant flag for keymanager api
    # This will open up http ports to your validator services!
    # Defaults null and then set to default global keymanager_enabled (false)
    keymanager_enabled: null

# Participants matrix creates a participant for each combination of EL, CL and VC clients
# Each EL/CL/VC item can provide the same parameters as a standard participant
participants_matrix: {}
  # el:
  #   - el_type: geth
  #   - el_type: besu
  # cl:
  #   - cl_type: prysm
  #   - cl_type: lighthouse
  # vc:
  #   - vc_type: prysm
  #   - vc_type: lighthouse


# Default configuration parameters for the network
network_params:
  # Network name, used to enable syncing of alternative networks
  # Defaults to "kurtosis"
  # You can sync any public network by setting this to the network name (e.g. "mainnet", "sepolia", "holesky")
  # You can sync any devnet by setting this to the network name (e.g. "dencun-devnet-12", "verkle-gen-devnet-2")
  network: "kurtosis"

  # The network ID of the network.
  network_id: 3151908

  # The address of the staking contract address on the Eth1 chain
  deposit_contract_address: "0x4242424242424242424242424242424242424242"

  # Number of seconds per slot on the Beacon chain
  seconds_per_slot: 12

  # The number of validator keys that each CL validator node should get
  num_validator_keys_per_node: 64

  # This mnemonic will a) be used to create keystores for all the types of validators that we have and b) be used to generate a CL genesis.ssz that has the children
  # validator keys already preregistered as validators
  preregistered_validator_keys_mnemonic: "giant issue aisle success illegal bike spike question tent bar rely arctic volcano long crawl hungry vocal artwork sniff fantasy very lucky have athlete"

  # The number of pre-registered validators for genesis. If 0 or not specified then the value will be calculated from the participants
  preregistered_validator_count: 0

  # How long you want the network to wait before starting up
  genesis_delay: 20

  # Max churn rate for the network introduced by
  # EIP-7514 https:#eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7514
  # Defaults to 8
  max_per_epoch_activation_churn_limit: 8

  # Churn limit quotient for the network
  # Defaults to 65536
  churn_limit_quotient: 65536

  # Ejection balance
  # Defaults to 16ETH
  # 16000000000 gwei
  ejection_balance: 16000000000,

  # ETH1 follow distance
  # Defaults to 2048
  eth1_follow_distance: 2048

  # The number of epochs to wait validators to be able to withdraw
  # Defaults to 256 epochs ~27 hours
  min_validator_withdrawability_delay: 256

  # The period of the shard committee
  # Defaults to 256 epoch ~27 hours
  shard_committee_period: 256

  # The epoch at which the deneb/electra/eip7594(peerdas) forks are set to occur. Note: PeerDAS and Electra clients are currently
  # working on forks. So set either one of the below forks.
  deneb_fork_epoch: 0
  electra_fork_epoch: 100000000
  eip7594_fork_epoch: 100000001

  # The fork version to set if the eip7594 fork is active
  eip7594_fork_version: "0x70000038"

  # Network sync base url for syncing public networks from a custom snapshot (mostly useful for shadowforks)
  # Defaults to "https://ethpandaops-ethereum-node-snapshots.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/
  # If you have a local snapshot, you can set this to the local url:
  # network_snapshot_url_base = "http://10.10.101.21:10000/snapshots/"
  # The snapshots are taken with https://github.com/ethpandaops/snapshotter
  network_sync_base_url: https://ethpandaops-ethereum-node-snapshots.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/

  # The number of data column sidecar subnets used in the gossipsub protocol
  data_column_sidecar_subnet_count: 32
  # Number of DataColumn random samples a node queries per slot
  samples_per_slot: 8
  # Minimum number of subnets an honest node custodies and serves samples from
  custody_requirement: 1
  # Suggested minimum peer count
  target_number_of_peers: 70

  # Preset for the network
  # Default: "mainnet"
  # Options: "mainnet", "minimal"
  # "minimal" preset will spin up a network with minimal preset. This is useful for rapid testing and development.
  # 192 seconds to get to finalized epoch vs 1536 seconds with mainnet defaults
  # Please note that minimal preset requires alternative client images.
  # For an example of minimal preset, please refer to [minimal.yaml](.github/tests/minimal.yaml)
  preset: "mainnet"


# Global parameters for the network

# By default includes
# - A transaction spammer & blob spammer is launched to fake transactions sent to the network
# - Forkmon for EL will be launched
# - A prometheus will be started, coupled with grafana
# - A beacon metrics gazer will be launched
# - A light beacon chain explorer will be launched
# - Default: ["tx_spammer", "blob_spammer", "el_forkmon", "beacon_metrics_gazer", "dora"," "prometheus_grafana"]
additional_services:
  - assertoor
  - broadcaster
  - tx_spammer
  - blob_spammer
  - custom_flood
  - goomy_blob
  - el_forkmon
  - blockscout
  - beacon_metrics_gazer
  - dora
  - full_beaconchain_explorer
  - prometheus_grafana
  - blobscan
  - dugtrio
  - blutgang
  - apache

# Configuration place for transaction spammer - https:#github.com/MariusVanDerWijden/tx-fuzz
tx_spammer_params:
  # A list of optional extra params that will be passed to the TX Spammer container for modifying its behaviour
  tx_spammer_extra_args: []

# Configuration place for goomy the blob spammer - https:#github.com/ethpandaops/goomy-blob
goomy_blob_params:
  # A list of optional params that will be passed to the blob-spammer comamnd for modifying its behaviour
  goomy_blob_args: []

# Configuration place for the assertoor testing tool - https:#github.com/ethpandaops/assertoor
assertoor_params:
  # Assertoor docker image to use
  # Leave blank to use the default image according to your network params
  image: ""

  # Check chain stability
  # This check monitors the chain and succeeds if:
  # - all clients are synced
  # - chain is finalizing for min. 2 epochs
  # - >= 98% correct target votes
  # - >= 80% correct head votes
  # - no reorgs with distance > 2 blocks
  # - no more than 2 reorgs per epoch
  run_stability_check: true

  # Check block propöosals
  # This check monitors the chain and succeeds if:
  # - all client pairs have proposed a block
  run_block_proposal_check: true

  # Run normal transaction test
  # This test generates random EOA transactions and checks inclusion with/from all client pairs
  # This test checks for:
  # - block proposals with transactions from all client pairs
  # - transaction inclusion when submitting via each client pair
  # test is done twice, first with legacy (type 0) transactions, then with dynfee (type 2) transactions
  run_transaction_test: false

  # Run blob transaction test
  # This test generates blob transactions and checks inclusion with/from all client pairs
  # This test checks for:
  # - block proposals with blobs from all client pairs
  # - blob inclusion when submitting via each client pair
  run_blob_transaction_test: false

  # Run all-opcodes transaction test
  # This test generates a transaction that triggers all EVM OPCODES once
  # This test checks for:
  # - all-opcodes transaction success
  run_opcodes_transaction_test: false

  # Run validator lifecycle test (~48h to complete)
  # This test requires exactly 500 active validator keys.
  # The test will cause a temporary chain unfinality when running.
  # This test checks:
  # - Deposit inclusion with/from all client pairs
  # - BLS Change inclusion with/from all client pairs
  # - Voluntary Exit inclusion with/from all client pairs
  # - Attester Slashing inclusion with/from all client pairs
  # - Proposer Slashing inclusion with/from all client pairs
  # all checks are done during finality & unfinality
  run_lifecycle_test: false

  # Run additional tests from external test definitions
  # Entries may be simple strings (link to the test file) or dictionaries with more flexibility
  # eg:
  #   - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethpandaops/assertoor/master/example/tests/block-proposal-check.yaml
  #   - file: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethpandaops/assertoor/master/example/tests/block-proposal-check.yaml"
  #     config:
  #       someCustomTestConfig: "some value"
  tests: []


# If set, the package will block until a finalized epoch has occurred.
wait_for_finalization: false

# The global log level that all clients should log at
# Valid values are "error", "warn", "info", "debug", and "trace"
# This value will be overridden by participant-specific values
global_log_level: "info"

# EngineAPI Snooper global flags for all participants
# Default to false
snooper_enabled: false

# Enables Ethereum Metrics Exporter for all participants
# Defaults to false
ethereum_metrics_exporter_enabled: false

# Parallelizes keystore generation so that each node has keystores being generated in their own container
# This will result in a large number of containers being spun up than normal. We advise users to only enable this on a sufficiently large machine or in the cloud as it can be resource consuming on a single machine.
parallel_keystore_generation: false

# Disable peer scoring to prevent nodes impacted by faults from being permanently ejected from the network
# Default to false
disable_peer_scoring: false

# A list of locators for grafana dashboards to be loaded be the grafana service
grafana_additional_dashboards: []

# Whether the environment should be persistent; this is WIP and is slowly being rolled out accross services
# Note this requires Kurtosis greater than 0.85.49 to work
# Note Erigon, Besu, Teku persistence is not currently supported with docker.
# Defaults to false
persistent: false

# Supports three valeus
# Default: "null" - no mev boost, mev builder, mev flood or relays are spun up
# "mock" - mock-builder & mev-boost are spun up
# "flashbots" - mev-boost, relays, flooder and builder are all spun up, powered by [flashbots](https://github.com/flashbots)
# "mev-rs" - mev-boost, relays and builder are all spun up, powered by [mev-rs](https://github.com/ralexstokes/mev-rs/)
# We have seen instances of multibuilder instances failing to start mev-relay-api with non zero epochs
mev_type: null

# Parameters if MEV is used
mev_params:
  # The image to use for MEV boost relay
  mev_relay_image: flashbots/mev-boost-relay
  # The image to use for the builder
  mev_builder_image: ethpandaops/flashbots-builder:main
  # The image to use for the CL builder
  mev_builder_cl_image: sigp/lighthouse:latest
  # The image to use for mev-boost
  mev_boost_image: flashbots/mev-boost
  # Parameters for MEV Boost. This overrides all arguments of the mev-boost container
  mev_boost_args: []
  # Extra parameters to send to the API
  mev_relay_api_extra_args: []
  # Extra parameters to send to the housekeeper
  mev_relay_housekeeper_extra_args: []
  # Extra parameters to send to the website
  mev_relay_website_extra_args: []
  # Extra parameters to send to the builder
  mev_builder_extra_args: []
  # Prometheus additional configuration for the mev builder participant.
  # Execution, beacon and validator client targets on prometheus will include this configuration.
  mev_builder_prometheus_config:
    # Scrape interval to be used. Default to 15 seconds
    scrape_interval: 15s
    # Additional labels to be added. Default to empty
    labels: {}
  # Image to use for mev-flood
  mev_flood_image: flashbots/mev-flood
  # Extra parameters to send to mev-flood
  mev_flood_extra_args: []
  # Number of seconds between bundles for mev-flood
  mev_flood_seconds_per_bundle: 15
  # Optional parameters to send to the custom_flood script that sends reliable payloads
  custom_flood_params:
    interval_between_transactions: 1

# Enables Xatu Sentry for all participants
# Defaults to false
xatu_sentry_enabled: false

# Xatu Sentry params
xatu_sentry_params:
  # The image to use for Xatu Sentry
  xatu_sentry_image: ethpandaops/xatu:latest
  # GRPC Endpoint of Xatu Server to send events to
  xatu_server_addr: localhost:8080
  # Enables TLS to Xatu Server
  xatu_server_tls: false
  # Headers to add on to Xatu Server requests
  xatu_server_headers: {}
  # Beacon event stream topics to subscribe to
  beacon_subscriptions:
    - attestation
    - block
    - chain_reorg
    - finalized_checkpoint
    - head
    - voluntary_exit
    - contribution_and_proof
    - blob_sidecar

# Apache params
# Apache public port to port forward to local machine
# Default to port None, only set if apache additional service is activated
apache_port: null

# Global tolerations that will be passed to all containers (unless overridden by a more specific toleration)
# Only works with Kubernetes
# Example: tolerations:
# - key: "key"
#   operator: "Equal"
#   value: "value"
#   effect: "NoSchedule"
#   toleration_seconds: 3600
# Defaults to empty
global_tolerations: []

# Global node selector that will be passed to all containers (unless overridden by a more specific node selector)
# Only works with Kubernetes
# Example: global_node_selectors: { "disktype": "ssd" }
# Defaults to empty
global_node_selectors: {}

# Global parameters for keymanager api
# This will open up http ports to your validator services!
# Defaults to false
keymanager_enabled: false

# Global paarameter to set the exit ip address of services and public ports
port_publisher:
  # if you have a service that you want to expose on a specific interfact; set that IP here
  # if you set it to auto it gets the public ip from ident.me and sets it
  # Defaults to constants.PRIVATE_IP_ADDRESS_PLACEHOLDER
  # The default value just means its the IP address of the container in which the service is running
  nat_exit_ip: KURTOSIS_IP_ADDR_PLACEHOLDER
  # The start value gets used as a seed for TCP and UDP discovery ports for el/cl client
  # Defaults to None - no public ports
  public_port_start: None

Example configurations

Verkle configuration example

participants:
  - el_type: geth
    el_image: ethpandaops/geth:<VERKLE_IMAGE>
    elExtraParams:
    - "--override.verkle=<UNIXTIMESTAMP>"
    cl_type: lighthouse
    cl_image: sigp/lighthouse:latest
  - el_type: geth
    el_image: ethpandaops/geth:<VERKLE_IMAGE>
    elExtraParams:
    - "--override.verkle=<UNIXTIMESTAMP>"
    cl_type: lighthouse
    cl_image: sigp/lighthouse:latest
  - el_type: geth
    el_image: ethpandaops/geth:<VERKLE_IMAGE>
    elExtraParams:
    - "--override.verkle=<UNIXTIMESTAMP>"
    cl_type: lighthouse
    cl_image: sigp/lighthouse:latest
network_params:
  deneb_fork_epoch: 0
additional_services: []
wait_for_finalization: false
wait_for_verifications: false
global_log_level: info

A 3-node Ethereum network with "mock" MEV mode.

Useful for testing mev-boost and the client implementations without adding the complexity of the relay. This can be enabled by a single config command and would deploy the [mock-builder](https://github.com/marioevz/mock-builder), instead of the relay infrastructure.

participants:
  - el_type: geth
    el_image: ''
    cl_type: lighthouse
    cl_image: ''
    count: 2
  - el_type: nethermind
    el_image: ''
    cl_type: teku
    cl_image: ''
    count: 1
  - el_type: besu
    el_image: ''
    cl_type: prysm
    cl_image: ''
    count: 2
mev_type: mock
additional_services: []

A 5-node Ethereum network with three different CL and EL client combinations and mev-boost infrastructure in "full" mode.

participants:
  - el_type: geth
    cl_type: lighthouse
    count: 2
  - el_type: nethermind
    cl_type: teku
  - el_type: besu
    cl_type: prysm
    count: 2
mev_type: flashbots
network_params:
  deneb_fork_epoch: 1
additional_services: []

A 2-node geth/lighthouse network with optional services (Grafana, Prometheus, transaction-spammer, EngineAPI snooper, and a testnet verifier)

participants:
  - el_type: geth
    cl_type: lighthouse
    count: 2
snooper_enabled: true

Beacon Node <> Validator Client compatibility

	Lighthouse VC	Prysm VC	Teku VC	Lodestar VC	Nimbus VC
Lighthouse BN	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅
Prysm BN	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Teku BN	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Lodestar BN	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌
Nimbus BN	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅
Grandine BN	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅

Custom labels for Docker and Kubernetes

There are 4 custom labels that can be used to identify the nodes in the network. These labels are used to identify the nodes in the network and can be used to run chaos tests on specific nodes. An example for these labels are as follows:

Execution Layer (EL) nodes:

  "com.kurtosistech.custom.ethereum-package-client": "geth",
  "com.kurtosistech.custom.ethereum-package-client-image": "ethereum-client-go-latest",
  "com.kurtosistech.custom.ethereum-package-client-type": "execution",
  "com.kurtosistech.custom.ethereum-package-connected-client": "lighthouse",

Consensus Layer (CL) nodes - Beacon:

  "com.kurtosistech.custom.ethereum-package-client": "lighthouse",
  "com.kurtosistech.custom.ethereum-package-client-image": "sigp-lighthouse-latest",
  "com.kurtosistech.custom.ethereum-package-client-type": "beacon",
  "com.kurtosistech.custom.ethereum-package-connected-client": "geth",

Consensus Layer (CL) nodes - Validator:

  "com.kurtosistech.custom.ethereum-package-client": "lighthouse",
  "com.kurtosistech.custom.ethereum-package-client-image": "sigp-lighthouse-latest",
  "com.kurtosistech.custom.ethereum-package-client-type": "validator",
  "com.kurtosistech.custom.ethereum-package-connected-client": "geth",

ethereum-package-client describes which client is running on the node. ethereum-package-client-image describes the image that is used for the client. ethereum-package-client-type describes the type of client that is running on the node (execution,beacon or validator). ethereum-package-connected-client describes the CL/EL client that is connected to the EL/CL client.

Proposer Builder Separation (PBS) emulation

To spin up the network of Ethereum nodes with an external block building network (using Flashbot's mev-boost protocol), simply use:

kurtosis run github.com/kurtosis-tech/ethereum-package '{"mev_type": "full"}'

Starting your network up with "mev_type": "full" will instantiate and connect the following infrastructure to your network:

1. Flashbot's block builder & CL validator + beacon - A modified Geth client that builds blocks. The CL validator and beacon clients are lighthouse clients configured to receive payloads from the relay.
2. mev-relay-api - Services that provide APIs for (a) proposers, (b) block builders, (c) data
3. mev-relay-website - A website to monitor payloads that have been delivered
4. mev-relay-housekeeper - Updates known validators, proposer duties, and more in the background. Only a single instance of this should run.
5. mev-boost - open-source middleware instantiated for each EL/Cl pair in the network, including the builder
6. mev-flood - Deploys UniV2 smart contracts, provisions liquidity on UniV2 pairs, & sends a constant stream of UniV2 swap transactions to the network's public mempool.

Caveats when using "mev_type": "full"

• Validators (64 per node by default, so 128 in the example in this guide) will get registered with the relay automatically after the 1st epoch. This registration process is simply a configuration addition to the mev-boost config - which Kurtosis will automatically take care of as part of the set up. This means that the mev-relay infrastructure only becomes aware of the existence of the validators after the 1st epoch.
• After the 3rd epoch, the mev-relay service will begin to receive execution payloads (eth_sendPayload, which does not contain transaction content) from the mev-builder service (or mock-builder in mock-mev mode).
• Validators will start to receive validated execution payload headers from the mev-relay service (via mev-boost) after the 4th epoch. The validator selects the most valuable header, signs the payload, and returns the signed header to the relay - effectively proposing the payload of transactions to be included in the soon-to-be-proposed block. Once the relay verifies the block proposer's signature, the relay will respond with the full execution payload body (incl. the transaction contents) for the validator to use when proposing a SignedBeaconBlock to the network.

This package also supports a "mev_type": "mock" mode that will only bring up:

1. mock-builder - a server that listens for builder API directives and responds with payloads built using an execution client
2. mev-boost - for every EL/CL pair launched

For more details, including a guide and architecture of the mev-boost infrastructure, go here.

Pre-funded accounts at Genesis

This package comes with seven prefunded keys for testing.

Here's a table of where the keys are used

Account Index	Component Used In	Private Key Used	Public Key Used	Comment
0	Builder	✅		As coinbase
0	mev_custom_flood		✅	As the receiver of balance
1	blob_spammer	✅		As the sender of blobs
3	transaction_spammer	✅		To spam transactions with
4	goomy_blob	✅		As the sender of blobs
6	mev_flood	✅		As the contract owner
7	mev_flood	✅		As the user_key
8	assertoor	✅	✅	As the funding for tests
11	mev_custom_flood	✅		As the sender of balance

Developing On This Package

First, install prerequisites:

1. Install Kurtosis itself

Then, run the dev loop:

1. Make your code changes

2. Rebuild and re-run the package by running the following from the root of the repo:

   kurtosis run . "{}"

   NOTE 1: You can change the value of the second positional argument flag to pass in extra configuration to the package per the "Configuration" section above! NOTE 2: The second positional argument accepts JSON.

To get detailed information about the structure of the package, visit the architecture docs.

When you're happy with your changes:

1. Create a PR
2. Add one of the maintainers of the repo as a "Review Request":
   • parithosh (Ethereum Foundation)
   • barnabasbusa (Ethereum Foundation)
   • pk910 (Ethereum Foundation)
   • samcm (Ethereum Foundation)
   • h4ck3rk3y (Kurtosis)
   • mieubrisse (Kurtosis)
   • leederek (Kurtosis)
3. Once everything works, merge!