The scripts can create a clique or Istanbul private network which is launched using tmux.

Pre-requsites

NodeJS and Geth (Istanbul version)

Instructions

Install the required packages by:

npm install

Clone Instabul and build geth by:

cd path/to/istanbul/
make all

New Istanbul (IBFT) network:

./poaoribftnetwork.sh path/to/istanbul/build/bin [number of nodes] istanbul

This will create a poaoribftnetwork directory in the current directory as well as launching a tmux session called poaoribft_network, you can attach to it by:

tmux attach -s poaoribft_network

The tmux session has multiple windows one for each node and one for a boot node. The poaoribftnetwork directory for a 2 node private network will look like the following:

poaoribftnetwork
|-- boot.key
|-- config.toml
|-- genesis.json
|-- newextradata.txt
|-- node1
|   |-- geth
|   |-- geth.ipc
|   |-- keystore
|   `-- node.key
|-- node2
|   |-- geth
|   |-- geth.ipc
|   |-- keystore
|   `-- node.key
`-- passwd.txt

New Clique (PoA) network:

./poaoribftnetwork.sh path/to/istanbul/build/bin [number of nodes] clique

Launch an existing Istanbul or Clique

Please ensure you are in the parent directory of poaoribftnetwork, then run:

./poaoribftnetwork.sh path/to/istanbul/build/bin