This can be used as a private testnet for namecoin core, and is to be included in a docker container.
It has been inspired by freewil's work here https://github.com/freewil/bitcoin-testnet-box and based on a fork of william26's namecoin-testnet-box.
There are two nodes for the moment, both in regtest mode. This means you can generate blocks for your testnet on-the-fly.
There's a script that should build the docker image, assuming you have all the docker dependencies installed and running correctly:
./quickstart
If that fails, you may need to check your docker install or go through the instructions below.
Following basic docker.io build procedures:
docker build -t brandonrobertz/namecoin-testnet-box .
The image will be build and tagged with brandonrobertz/namecoin-testnet-box.
Then you can get a shell in the container with:
docker run -p 18001:18001 -p 18011:18011 -t -i brandonrobertz/namecoin-testnet-box /bin/bash
You can replace brandonrobertz/namecoin-testnet-box with anything you want. A common
naming scheme is [SYSTEM USERNAME]/[PROJECT NAME].
Once you are inside the docker container, you can start and interact with the testnet using make:
make start
make getinfo
make generate BLOCKS=101
Note that make commands don't work outside of the container.
Pull requests are welcome for those who wish to improve this or find bugs.