QuantisNet Sentinel

An all-powerful toolset for QuantisNet.

Sentinel is an autonomous agent for persisting, processing and automating Quantis Network governance objects and tasks.

Sentinel is implemented as a Python application that binds to a local version 2.1.2 quantisnetd instance on each QuantisNet v2.1.2 masternode.

This guide covers installing Sentinel onto an existing v2.1.2 Masternode in Ubuntu 14.04 / 16.04.

Installation - Linux

1. Install Prerequisites

Make sure Python version 2.7.x or above is installed:

python --version

Update system packages and ensure virtualenv is installed:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get -y install python-virtualenv
$ sudo apt-get install virtualenv

Make sure the local QuantisNet daemon running is at least version 20.102 (2010200)

$ quantisnet-cli getinfo | grep version

2. Install Sentinel

Clone the Sentinel repo and install Python dependencies.

$ git clone https://github.com/QuantisDev/sentinel && cd sentinel
$ virtualenv ./venv
$ ./venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set up Cron

Set up a crontab entry to call Sentinel every minute:

$ crontab -e

In the crontab editor, add the lines below, replacing '/home/YOURUSERNAME/sentinel' to the path where you cloned sentinel to:

* * * * * cd /home/YOURUSERNAME/sentinel && ./venv/bin/python bin/sentinel.py >/dev/null 2>&1

4. Test the Configuration

Test the config by runnings all tests from the sentinel folder you cloned into

$ ./venv/bin/py.test ./test

With all tests passing and crontab setup, Sentinel will stay in sync with energid and the installation is complete

Configuration

Path to the quantisnet.conf file can be specified in sentinel.conf:

quantisnet_conf=/path/to/quantisnet.conf

Troubleshooting

To view debug output, set the SENTINEL_DEBUG environment variable to anything non-zero, then run the script manually:

$ SENTINEL_DEBUG=1 ./venv/bin/python bin/sentinel.py

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Installation - Windows

1. Downloading

Download [quansentinel.zip] located in this release, and extract the contents to a folder on your PC.

2. Configuration

Open sentinel.conf and adjust the line:

quantisnet_conf=C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\QuantisNetCore\quantisnet.conf

To point to your QuantisNetCore directory.

3. Check Wallet Config

Open quantisnet.conf and make sure it has at least:

rpcpassword=somepass server=1 rpcport=13332 rpcconnect=127.0.0.1

Restart QuantisNet-QT and wait for it to sync.

4. Running

Run quansentinel

Press 1.

License

Released under the MIT license, under the same terms as QuantisNet itself. See LICENSE for more info.