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description: Run Pantheon using the official docker image
Running Pantheon from Docker Image
A Docker image is provided to run a Pantheon node in a Docker container.
Use this Docker image to run a single Pantheon node without installing Pantheon.
Prerequisites
To run Pantheon from the Docker image, you must have Docker installed.
Quickstart
To run a Pantheon node in a container connected to the Ethereum mainnet:
docker run pegasyseng/pantheon:latest
docker run pegasyseng/pantheon:0.8.5
!!! note
latest
runs the latest cached version. To pull the latest version, use docker pull pegasyseng/pantheon:latest
.
Command Line Options
!!!note You cannot use the following Pantheon command line options when running Pantheon from the Docker image:
* [`--data-path`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#data-path), see [Data Directory](#data-directory)
* [`--config-file`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#config), see [Custom Configuration File](#custom-configuration-file)
* [`--genesis-file`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#genesis-file), see [Custom Genesis File](#custom-genesis-file).
* [`--node-private-key-file`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#node-private-key-file). When running from the Docker image,
Pantheon always uses the key file in the [data directory](#data-directory).
* Host and port options, see [Exposing Ports](#exposing-ports). Host and port options are:
- [`--rpc-http-host`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#rpc-http-host) and [`--rpc-http-port`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#rpc-http-port)
- [`--metrics-host`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#metrics-host) and [`--metrics-port`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#metrics-port)
- [`--metrics-push-host`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#metrics-push-host) and [`--metrics-push-port`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#metrics-push-port)
- [`--p2p-host`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#p2p-host) and [`--p2p-port`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#p2p-port)
- [`--rpc-ws-host`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#rpc-ws-host) and [`--rpc-ws-port`](../Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax.md#rpc-ws-port)
All other [Pantheon command line options](/Reference/Pantheon-CLI-Syntax) work in the same way as when Pantheon is installed locally.
Data Directory
Specify a Docker volume for the data directory. This is the equivalent of specifying the --data-path
option.
To run Pantheon specifying a volume for the data directory:
docker run --mount type=bind,source=/<pantheondata-path>,target=/var/lib/pantheon pegasyseng/pantheon:latest
Where <pantheondata-path>
is the volume to which the data is saved.
Custom Configuration File
Specify a custom configuration file to provide a file containing key/value pairs for command line options. This is the equivalent of specifying the --config-file
option.
To run Pantheon specifying a custom configuration file:
docker run --mount type=bind,source=/<path/myconf.toml>,target=/etc/pantheon/pantheon.conf pegasyseng/pantheon:latest
Where myconf.toml
is your custom configuration file and path
is the absolute path to the file.
!!!example
bash docker run --mount type=bind,source=/Users/username/pantheon/myconf.toml,target=/etc/pantheon/pantheon.conf pegasyseng/pantheon:latest
Custom Genesis File
Specify a custom genesis file to configure the blockchain. This is equivalent to specifying the --genesis-file
option.
To run Pantheon specifying a custom genesis file:
docker run --mount type=bind,source=</path/mygenesis.json>,target=/etc/pantheon/genesis.json pegasyseng/pantheon:latest
Where mygenesis.json
is your custom configuration file and path
is the absolute path to the file.
!!!example
bash docker run --mount type=bind,source=/Users/username/pantheon/mygenesis.json,target=/etc/pantheon/genesis.json pegasyseng/pantheon:latest
Exposing Ports
Expose ports for P2P peer discovery, metrics, and HTTP and WebSockets JSON-RPC. This is required to use the
defaults ports or specify different ports (the equivalent of specifying the --rpc-http-port
,
--p2p-port
, --rpc-ws-port
,
--metrics-port
, and --metrics-push-port
options).
To run Pantheon exposing local ports for access:
$ docker run -p <localportJSON-RPC>:8545 -p <localportWS>:8546 -p <localportP2P>:30303 pegasyseng/pantheon:latest --rpc-http-enabled --rpc-ws-enabled
!!!example
To enable RPC calls to http://127.0.0.1:8545 and P2P discovery on http://127.0.0.1:13001:
bash docker run -p 8545:8545 -p 13001:30303 pegasyseng/pantheon:latest --rpc-http-enabled
Starting Pantheon
Run a Node on Ethereum Mainnet
To run a node on the Ethereum mainnet:
docker run -p 30303:30303 --mount type=bind,source=/<myvolume/pantheon>,target=/var/lib/pantheon pegasyseng/pantheon:latest
To run a node on mainnet with the HTTP JSON-RPC service enabled:
docker run -p 8545:8545 -p 30303:30303 --mount type=bind,source=/<myvolume/pantheon>,target=/var/lib/pantheon pegasyseng/pantheon:latest --rpc-http-enabled
Run a Node on Ropsten Testnet
To run a node on Ropsten:
docker run -p 30303:30303 --mount type=bind,source=/<myvolume/pantheon/ropsten>,target=/var/lib/pantheon --network=ropsten
Run a Node on Rinkeby Testnet
To run a node on Rinkeby:
docker run -p 30303:30303 --mount type=bind,source=/<myvolume/pantheon/rinkeby>,target=/var/lib/pantheon pegasyseng/pantheon:latest --network=rinkeby
Run a Node for Testing
To run a node that mines blocks at a rate suitable for testing purposes with WebSockets enabled:
docker run -p 8546:8546 --mount type=bind,source=/<myvolume/pantheon/testnode>,target=/var/lib/pantheon pegasyseng/pantheon:latest --miner-enabled --miner-coinbase fe3b557e8fb62b89f4916b721be55ceb828dbd73 --rpc-http-cors-origins="all" --rpc-ws-enabled --network=dev
Stopping Pantheon and Cleaning up Resources
When you're done running nodes, you can shut down the node container without deleting resources. Alternatively, you can delete the container (after stopping it) and its associated volume. Run docker container ls
and docker volume ls
to obtain the container and volume names. Then run the following commands:
To stop a container:
docker stop <container-name>
To delete a container:
docker rm <container-name>
To delete a container volume (optional):
docker volume rm <volume-name>