Ansible role that will install, configure and runs [Besu](https://www.hyperledger.org/projects/besu): an enterprise Java Ethereum Client
### Table of Contents
- [Supported Platforms](#supported-platforms)
- [Dependencies](#dependencies)
- [Role Variables](#role-variables)
- [Example Playbook](#example-playbook)
- [License](#license)
- [Author Information](#author-information)
### Supported Platforms
```
* MacOS
* Debian
* Ubuntu
* Redhat(CentOS/Fedora)
* Amazon
```
### Dependencies
* JDK 11 or greater
### Role Variables:
All variables which can be overridden are stored in [defaults/main.yml](defaults/main.yml) file. By and large these variables are configuration options. Please refer to the Besu [docs](https://besu.hyperledger.org/en/stable/) for more information
| `besu_version` | ___unset___ | __REQUIRED__ if `besu_build_from_source` is false. Version of Besu to install and run. All available versions are listed on our Besu [solutions](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/releases) page |
| `besu_git_repo` | https://github.com/hyperledger/besu.git | The URL to use when cloning besu sources. Only necessary when `besu_build_from_source` is `true`. |
| `besu_git_commit` | master | The git commit to use when building Besu from source. Can be a branchname, commit hash, or anything that's legal to be used as an argument to `git checkout`. Only used if `besu_build_from_source` is `true`. |
| `besu_download_url` | https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/{{ besu_version }}/besu-{{ besu_version }}.tar.gz | The download tar.gz file used. You can use this if you need to retrieve besu from a custom location such as an internal repository. |
| `besu_node_private_key_file` | "" | Path for node private key, if supplied. This needs to include the node key file name and path like so `/home/me/me_node/myPrivateKey`. If not supplied Besu will create one automatically |
| `besu_network` | mainnet | The network that this node will join. Other values are 'ropsten', 'rinkeby', 'goerli', 'classic', 'mordor', 'kotti', 'dev' and 'custom' |
| `besu_required_blocks` | [] | Requires a peer with the specified block number to have the specified hash when connecting, or Besu rejects that peer |
| `besu_engine_jwt_secret` | ___unset___ | Path to the shared secret file used to authenticate consensus clients when using the Engine JSON-RPC API (both HTTP and WebSocket). Contents of file could be set with `besu_engine_jwt_secret_content` and must be at least 32 hex-encoded bytes, not begin with 0x, otherwise a random value if automatically set, but only if a secret does not already exist on disk. If not specified, by default Besu creates an ephemeral secret in the data dir, that is deleted on exit. |
| `besu_engine_jwt_secret_content` | _random value_ | Only available if `besu_engine_jwt_secret` specified, the file is populated with this value, that must be at least 32 hex-encoded bytes and not begin with 0x, and should be encrypted with [Ansible Vault](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/vault.html#encrypting-individual-variables-with-ansible-vault). |
| `besu_engine_rpc_port` | ___unset___ | The listening port for the Engine API calls (ENGINE, ETH) for JSON-RPC over HTTP and WebSocket. The besu default is 8551 |
| `besu_rpc_http_api` | ["ADMIN","DEBUG","NET","ETH","MINER","WEB3"] | Comma-separated APIs to enable on the HTTP JSON-RPC channel. When you use this option, the `besu_rpc_http_enabled` option must also be enabled |
| `besu_rpc_ws_api` | ["NET", "ETH", "WEB3"] | Comma-separated APIs to enable on the HTTP JSON-RPC channel. When you use this option, the `besu_rpc_ws_enabled` option must also be enabled |
| `besu_metrics_host` | 0.0.0.0 | Specifies the host on which Prometheus accesses Besu metrics. The metrics server respects the `besu_whitelist` option |
| `besu_metrics_port` | 9545 | Specifies the port on which Prometheus accesses Besu metrics |
| `besu_bootnodes` | [] | List of comma-separated enode URLs for P2P discovery bootstrap. When connecting to MainNet or public testnets, the default is a predefined list of enode URLs |
| `besu_host_whitelist` | `["*"]` | Comma-separated list of hostnames to allow access to the JSON-RPC API. By default, access from localhost and 127.0.0.1 is accepted. |
| `besu_permissions_accounts_config_file` | ___unset___ | Path to the [local accounts permissioning file](http://besu.hyperledger.org/en/stable/HowTo/Limit-Access/Local-Permissioning/#permissions-configuration-file) |
| `besu_permissions_nodes_config_file` | ___unset___ | Path to the [local nodes permissioning file](http://besu.hyperledger.org/en/stable/HowTo/Limit-Access/Local-Permissioning/#permissions-configuration-file) |
| `besu_permissions_accounts_contract_address` | ___unset___ | The contract address for onchain accounts permissioning |
| `besu_permissions_nodes_contract_address` | ___unset___ | The contract address for onchain nodes permissioning |
| `besu_privacy_marker_tx_signing_key_file` | "" | Path of the private key file used to sign Privacy Marker Transactions. If you do not specify this option, Besu signs each transaction with a different randomly generated key. |
| `besu_xdns_enabled` | "false" | DNS support with a trusted DNS provider in private networks because of limitations where IP addresses can change. For example, when using Kubernetes pods |