In this sample we will employ the Kubernetes Test Network to illustrate a scenario of building, running, and debugging chaincode on a development workstation.
While this guide targets the Java asset-transfer-basic sample, the approach may be applied to any sample and chaincode implementation language.
When debugging chaincode as a service, the chaincode process is launched on the local system, binding to a port on the host's network interface. In this mode the developer has complete flexibility in determining how and where the process runs - it can be launched as a native binary from a CLI, attached to an active debugging session from an IDE, as a Docker container, or even behind a reverse network proxy for diagnosing issues in a remote / cloud-based Fabric network.
export PATH=${PWD}/test-network-k8s:$PATH
cd asset-transfer-basic/chaincode-java
network kind
network cluster init
network up
network channel create
network chaincode deploy asset-transfer-basic ${PWD}
network chaincode metadata asset-transfer-basic
network chaincode invoke asset-transfer-basic '{"Args":["InitLedger"]}'
network chaincode query asset-transfer-basic '{"Args":["ReadAsset","asset1"]}' | jq
network down
network up
network channel create
# Build the chaincode docker image
docker build -t fabric-samples/asset-transfer-basic/chaincode-java .
# Load the docker image directly to the KIND control plane.
# (Alternately, build/tag/push the image to a remote container registry, e.g. localhost:5000 or ghcr.io)
kind load docker-image fabric-samples/asset-transfer-basic/chaincode-java
# Assemble the chaincode package archive
network chaincode package asset-transfer-basic asset-transfer-basic $PWD/build/asset-transfer.tgz
# Determine the ID for the chaincode package
CORE_CHAINCODE_ID_NAME=$(network chaincode id $PWD/build/asset-transfer.tgz)
# Launch the chaincode in k8s as Deployment + Service
network chaincode launch asset-transfer-basic $CORE_CHAINCODE_ID_NAME fabric-samples/asset-transfer-basic/chaincode-java
# Complete the chaincode lifecycle
network chaincode install $PWD/build/asset-transfer.tgz
network chaincode approve asset-transfer-basic $CORE_CHAINCODE_ID_NAME
network chaincode commit asset-transfer-basic
# execute the smart contract by name
network chaincode metadata asset-transfer-basic
network chaincode invoke asset-transfer-basic '{"Args":["InitLedger"]}'
network chaincode query asset-transfer-basic '{"Args":["ReadAsset","asset1"]}'
kubectl -n test-network logs -f deployment/org1peer1-ccaas-asset-transfer-basic
./gradlew shadowJar
or
docker build -t fabric-samples/asset-transfer-basic/chaincode-java .
By instructing the peer to connect to chaincode at the Docker host alias host.docker.internal
, pods running in
Kubernetes will access the local process via a special loopback interface established by KIND.
Set the "address" attribute in the package connection.json descriptor and assemble the chaincode package:
export TEST_NETWORK_CHAINCODE_ADDRESS=host.docker.internal:9999
network cc package basic_1.0 asset-transfer-debug $PWD/build/asset-transfer-debug.tgz
NOTE: The Docker host alias host.docker.internal
is not yet supported for Linux.
In Linux environments, as a workaround, you should specify the IP address of the host directly instead of host.docker.internal
:
export TEST_NETWORK_CHAINCODE_ADDRESS=<YOUR_HOST_IP_ADDRESS>:9999
network cc package basic_1.0 asset-transfer-debug $PWD/build/asset-transfer-debug.tgz
When chaincode is launched locally, it must declare the package ID in the environment as if the process had been managed by the peer's chaincode lifecycle manager. Calculate the package ID and start the chaincode, binding to port 9999 on the local system:
export CHAINCODE_SERVER_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0:9999
export CORE_CHAINCODE_ID_NAME=$(network chaincode id $PWD/build/asset-transfer-debug.tgz)
java -jar build/libs/chaincode.jar
Or using the editor/debugger/IDE of your choice, create a launch target for ContractMain.main()
, specifying the
environment as above.
Or launch the chaincode in a Docker container, binding to port 9999 on the host system:
docker run \
--rm \
--name basic_1.0 \
-p 9999:9999 \
-e CHAINCODE_SERVER_ADDRESS \
-e CORE_CHAINCODE_ID_NAME \
fabric-samples/asset-transfer-basic/chaincode-java
After the contract main has launched, install, approve, commit, and invoke the chaincode:
# Complete the chaincode lifecycle
network cc activate asset-transfer-debug $PWD/build/asset-transfer-debug.tgz
# execute the smart contract by name
network cc metadata asset-transfer-debug
network cc invoke asset-transfer-debug '{"Args":["InitLedger"]}'
network cc query asset-transfer-debug '{"Args":["ReadAsset","asset1"]}'
network down
or
network unkind