Ansible Role: Besu

Description

Ansible role that will install, configure and runs Besu: an enterprise Java Ethereum Client

Table of Contents

• Supported Platforms
• Dependencies
• Role Variables
• Example Playbook
• License
• 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 file. By and large these variables are configuration options. Please refer to the Besu docs for more information

Name	Default Value	Description
besu_version	unset	REQUIRED Version of Besu to install and run. All available versions are listed on our Besu solutions page
besu_user	besu	Besu user
besu_group	besu	Besu group
besu_download_url	https://bintray.com/hyperledger-org/besu-repo/download_file?file_path=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_install_dir	/opt/besu	Path to install to
besu_config_dir	/etc/besu	Path for default configuration
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_data_dir	/opt/besu/data	Path for data directory
besu_log_dir	/var/log/besu	Path for logs
besu_profile_file	/etc/profile.d/besu-path.sh	Path to allow loading Besu into the system PATH
besu_managed_service	true	Enables a systemd service (or launchd if on Darwin)
besu_launchd_dir	/Library/LaunchAgents	The default launchd directory
besu_systemd_dir	/etc/systemd/system/	The default systemd directory
besu_systemd_state	restarted	The default option for the systemd service state
besu_host_ip	""	The host IP that Besu uses for the P2P network. This specifies the host on which P2P listens
besu_default_ip	"{{ default(ansible_host) | default('127.0.0.1') }}"	The fallback default for besu_host_ip
besu_network	mainnet	The network that this node will join. Other values are 'ropsten', 'rinkeby', 'goerli', 'dev' and 'custom'
besu_genesis_path	unset	The path to the genesis file, only valid when besu_network is custom
besu_sync_mode	FAST	Specifies the synchronization mode. Other values are 'FULL'
besu_log_level	INFO	The log level to use. Other log levels are 'OFF', 'FATAL', 'WARN', 'INFO', 'DEBUG', 'TRACE', 'ALL'
besu_p2p_port	30303	Specifies the P2P listening ports (UDP and TCP). Ports must be exposed appropriately
besu_rpc_http_enabled	true	Enabled the HTTP JSON-RPC service
besu_rpc_http_host	0.0.0.0	Specifies the host on which HTTP JSON-RPC listens
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_enabled	true	Enabled the WebSockets service
besu_rpc_ws_host	0.0.0.0	Specifies the host on which WebSockets listens
besu_rpc_ws_port	8546	Specifies Websockets JSON-RPC listening port (TCP). Port must be exposed appropriately
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_cmdline_args	""	Command line args that are passed in as overrides
besu_env_opts	""	Environmental variable BESU_OPTS that gets passed to the JVM. eg: -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005

Example Playbook

1. Default setup: Install the role from galaxy

ansible-galaxy install pegasyseng.hyperledger_besu

Create a requirements.yml with the following: Replace x.y.z below with the version you would like to use from the Besu solutions page

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  force_handlers: True

  roles:
  - role: pegasyseng.hyperledger_besu
    vars:
      besu_version: x.y.z

Run with ansible-playbook:

ansible-playbook -v /path/to/requirements.yml

2. Install via github

ansible-galaxy install git+https://github.com/pegasyseng/ansible-role-besu.git

Create a requirements.yml with the following: Replace x.y.z below with the version you would like to use from the Besu solutions page

---
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  force_handlers: True

  roles:
  - role: ansible-role-besu
    vars:
      besu_version: x.y.z

Run with ansible-playbook:

ansible-playbook -v /path/to/requirements.yml

License

Apache

Author Information

PegaSysEng, 2019