Boyar + Strelets

Management layer that provisions virtual chains for ORBS blockchain. Works together with Polygon.

Architecture and workflows implemented are described in relevant parts of ORBS spec.

Changelog

Breaking changes in v1.10.0

orchestrator is now mandatory part of the config. If this section is not found in the config, Boyar will treat it as invalid and can revert to bootstrap flow (if boostrap-reset-timeout option was used).

Breaking changes in v1.0.0

Services has become mandatory part of the config.

v0.17.0

Staring from version 0.17.0, Boyar only works with Docker version higher than 19.03.

Building

Building in Docker:

./docker-build.sh

Alternative faster build:

export GOOS=linux
./build-binaries.sh

Tips

To remove all containers: docker rm -f $(docker ps -aq)

Testing

./build-binaries.sh && ./test.e2e.sh

In case you ever need to regenerate the SSL certificate:

openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 10000 -nodes

CLI options

--log path to log file, otherwise will log to stdout

--status path to status file

--metrics path to metrics file

--config-url path to Boyar configuration

--ethereum-endpoint HTTP endpoint for the Ethereum node

--topology-contract-address legacy parameter, will be removed later

--keys path to address/private key pair in json format (example in e2e-config/node1/keys.json)

--polling-interval how often to poll for configuration in daemon mode (in seconds) (default 60)

--orchestrator-options allows to override orchestrator section of boyar JSON config. Takes JSON object as a parameter.

--show-configuration show configuration for evaluation and exit

--show-status print status in json format and exit

--max-reload-time-delay introduces jitter to reloading configuration to make network more stable, only works in daemon mode (duration: 1s, 1m, 1h, etc)

--timeout timeout for provisioning all virtual chains (duration: 1s, 1m, 1h, etc)

--auto-update enables boyar binary auto update (default false)

--shutdown-after-update the process shuts down after automatic update is performed and DOES NOT restart; recommended to be used with an external process manager (default false)

--bootstrap-reset-timeout if the process is unable to receive valid configuration within a limited timeframe (duration: 1s, 1m, 1h, etc), it will exit with an error; recommended to be used with an external process manager (default: 30m)

--version show version, git commit and Docker API version

SSL options

--ssl-certificate path to SSL certificate

--ssl-private-key path to SSL private key

If both these parameters are present, the node will also start service SSL traffic.

Running as a daemon

boyar --config-url https://s3.amazonaws.com/boyar-bootstrap-test/boyar/config.json \
    --keys ./e2e-config/node3/keys.json \
    --daemonize

It is recommended to run Boyar together with some kind of process manager (for example, Supervisord). If autoupdate is enabled, it becomes crucial if you enable --shutdown-after-update feature for seamless automatic updates.

Print configuration and exit

boyar --config-url https://s3.amazonaws.com/boyar-bootstrap-test/boyar/config.json \
    --keys ./e2e-config/node3/keys.json \
    --ethereum-endpoint http://localhost:7545 \
    --topology-contract-address 0x409aa7d40dfcfa3725d722a720ff1ba147df4bec \
    --show-configuration

Boyar config

{
  "network": [ // network topology, usually taken from Ethereum
    {
      "address":"dfc06c5be24a67adee80b35ab4f147bb1a35c55ff85eda69f40ef827bddec173",
      "ip":"192.168.1.14"
    }
  ],
  "orchestrator": { // orchestrator options (right now only Docker Swarm is supported)
    "storage-driver": "local", // storage driver for docker
    "storage-mount-type": "bind", // mounts to /var/efs
    "storage-options": { // parameters passed to storage driver (optional)
      "maxRetries": "10"
    },
    "max-reload-time-delay": "1m", // optional
    "ExecutableImage": { // optional
      "Url": "https://github.com/orbs-network/boyarin/releases/download/v1.8.0/boyar-v1.8.0.bin",
      "Sha256": "0d7df92307b95ff7e2923dd7509e3b5bac23deb491b5c08d522b11ac08d78e02"
    }
  },
  "chains": [
    {
      "Id":         42, // vchain id passed to the binary inside the container (mandatory, unique)
      "InternalPort":   4400, // gossip port passed to the binary inside the container (mandatory, unique)
      "ExternalPort": 4400, // gossip port passed to the binary inside the container (mandatory, unique)
      "Disabled": false, // (optional)
      "PurgeData": false, // destroys all data related to the chain (logs, cache, status, blocks), only works with EFS (optional)
      "DockerConfig": {
        "ContainerNamePrefix": "orbs-network",
        "Image":  "orbsnetwork/node", // Docker image
        "Tag":    "v1.1.0", // Docker tag
        "Pull":   true, // Pull new Docker image during provisioning
        "Resources": { // Docker limits (optional)
          "Limits": { // maximum available values (optional)
            "Memory": 1024, // in Mb
            "CPUs": 1 // in shares, 1 being 100% of a single CPU
          },
          "Reservations": { // reserved resources (optional)
            "Memory": 512,
            "CPUs": 0.5
          }
        },
        "Volumes": { // volume size settings (optional)
          "Blocks": 5, // in Gb
          "Logs": 1 // in Gb
        }
      },
      "Config": { // configuration passed to the binary inside the container
        "active-consensus-algo": 2
      }
    }
  ],
  "services": { // list of auxilary services (mandatory)
    "signer": {
      "Port": 7777,
      "DockerConfig": {
        "ContainerNamePrefix": "signer",
        "Image":  "orbsnetwork/orbs-network-signer",
        "Tag":    "v1.1.0",
        "Pull":   true,
        "Resources": {
          "Limits": {
            "Memory": 1024,
            "CPUs": 1
          },
          "Reservations": {
            "Memory": 512,
            "CPUs": 0.5
          }
        }
      },
      "Config": { // configuration passed to the binary inside the container
        "api": "v1"
      }
    },
    "service-name": {
      "InternalPort": 8080,
      "ExternalPort": 2000,
      "InjectNodePrivateKey": false, // should pass private key as a file; **never** set it to true, default false (optional)
      "ExecutablePath": "/opt/orbs/service", // default (optional)
      "AllowAccessToSigner": false, // should be able communicate with the signer service, default false (optional)
      "AllowAccessToServices": true, // should be able to communicate with other services, default true (optional)
      "MountNodeLogs": false, // mounts all service and vchain logs inside the container, default false (optional)
      "Disabled": false, // (optional)
      "PurgeData": false, // destroys all data related to the service (logs, cache, status), only works with EFS (optional)
      "DockerConfig": {
        "Image": "orbsnetwork/service-name",
        "Tag": "latest",
        "Pull": false
      },
      "Config": {
      }
    }
  }
}

Build and Release

Prerequisites

• go1.13 or later must be installed
• Access to this repository

Prepare

• .version file should be updated
• commit and push all changes to git. During build we rely on the commit hash.
• These instructions are for target env of linux/amd64. For other os/arch, set GOOS and GOARCH accordingly

Build

GOARCH=amd64 GOOS=linux ./build-binaries.sh

Release

• Create a new release in this repository
• Attach all files found in _bin folder as attachments to the new release
• In order to deploy the new version on existing and new Orbs nodes, a new version of Management Service must be deployed referencing the new versions binary and checksum files. see here for more details.