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Creating a Permissioned Network

The following steps set up a permissioned network with node and account permissions. The network uses the Clique Proof of Authority consensus protocol.

!!!important A permissioned Ethereum network as described here is not protected against all attack vectors. We recommend applying defense in depth to protect your infrastructure.

Prerequisites

Pantheon

Curl (or similar web service client)

Steps

To create a permissoned network:

Create Folders
Get Node Public Keys
Get Address of Node-1
Create Genesis File
Create Permissions Configuration File
Delete Database Directories
Start First Node as Bootnode
Start Node-2
Start Node-3
Confirm Permissioned Network is Working

1. Create Folders

Each node requires a data directory for the blockchain data. When the node is started, the node key is saved in this directory.

Create directories for your permissioned network, each of the three nodes, and a data directory for each node:

Permissioned-Network/
├── Node-1
│   ├── Node-1-data-path
├── Node-2
│   ├── Node-2-data-path
└── Node-3
    ├── Node-3-data-path

2. Get Node Public Keys

The enode URL of each node is needed for the nodes whitelist.

In the Node-1 directory, use the public-key subcommand to write the node public key to the specified file (publicKeyNode1 in this example):

pantheon --data-path=Node-1-data-path public-key export --to=Node-1-data-path/publicKeyNode1

pantheon --data-path=Node-1-data-path public-key export --to=Node-1-data-path\publicKeyNode1

Your node 1 directory now contains:

├── Node-1
    ├── Node-1-data-path
        ├── database
        ├── key
        ├── publicKeyNode1

The database directory contains the blockchain data.

Repeat this for Node-2 and Node-3 in the Node-2 and Node-3 directories:

pantheon --data-path=Node-2-data-path public-key export --to=Node-2-data-path/publicKeyNode2

pantheon --data-path=Node-3-data-path public-key export --to=Node-3-data-path/publicKeyNode3

pantheon --data-path=Node-2-data-path public-key export --to=Node-2-data-path\publicKeyNode2

pantheon --data-path=Node-3-data-path public-key export --to=Node-3-data-path\publicKeyNode3

3. Get Address of Node-1

In networks using Clique, the address of at least one initial signer must be included in the genesis file. For this network, we will use Node-1 as the initial signer. This requires obtaining the address for Node-1.

To obtain the address for Node-1, do one of the following with the private key in the key file in the Node-1-data-path directory:

Import the private key into MetaMask and click the Copy to clipboard button displayed when hovering over the account name and address.
Use the ethereumjs-util library and node to execute the following where <private key> is replaced by the private key for Node-1 without the 0x prefix.

var ethUtil = require('ethereumjs-util')
const privKey = Buffer.from('<private key>', 'hex')
var address = ethUtil.privateToAddress(privKey).toString('hex')
console.log("Address=" + address)

4. Create Genesis File

The genesis file defines the genesis block of the blockchain (that is, the start of the blockchain). The Clique genesis file includes the address of Node-1 as the initial signer in the extraData field.

All nodes in a network must use the same genesis file.

Copy the following genesis definition to a file called cliqueGenesis.json and save it in the Permissioned-Network directory:

{
  "config":{
    "chainId":1981,
    "constantinoplefixblock": 0,
    "clique":{
      "blockperiodseconds":15,
      "epochlength":30000
    }
  },
  "coinbase":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "difficulty":"0x1",

"extraData":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000<Node 1 Address>0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "gasLimit":"0xa00000",
  "mixHash":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "nonce":"0x0",
  "timestamp":"0x5c51a607",
  "alloc": {
      "fe3b557e8fb62b89f4916b721be55ceb828dbd73": {
        "privateKey": "8f2a55949038a9610f50fb23b5883af3b4ecb3c3bb792cbcefbd1542c692be63",
        "comment": "private key and this comment are ignored.  In a real chain, the private key should NOT be stored",
        "balance": "0xad78ebc5ac6200000"
      },
      "627306090abaB3A6e1400e9345bC60c78a8BEf57": {
        "privateKey": "c87509a1c067bbde78beb793e6fa76530b6382a4c0241e5e4a9ec0a0f44dc0d3",
        "comment": "private key and this comment are ignored.  In a real chain, the private key should NOT be stored",
        "balance": "90000000000000000000000"
      },
      "f17f52151EbEF6C7334FAD080c5704D77216b732": {
        "privateKey": "ae6ae8e5ccbfb04590405997ee2d52d2b330726137b875053c36d94e974d162f",
        "comment": "private key and this comment are ignored.  In a real chain, the private key should NOT be stored",
        "balance": "90000000000000000000000"
      }
   },
  "number":"0x0",
  "gasUsed":"0x0",
  "parentHash":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
}

In extraData, replace <Node 1 Address> with the address for Node-1 excluding the 0x prefix.

!!! example

```json
{
  ...
"extraData":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000b9b81ee349c3807e46bc71aa2632203c5b4620340000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  ...
}
```

!!! warning Do not use the accounts in the genesis file on MainNet or any public network except for testing.

The private keys are displayed which means the accounts are not secure.

5. Create Permissions Configuration File

The permissions configuration file defines the nodes and accounts whitelists.

Copy the following permissions configuration to a file called permissions_config.toml and save a copy in the Node-1-data-path, Node-2-data-path, and Node-3-data-path directories:

!!! example "permissions_config.toml" ```toml accounts-whitelist=["0xfe3b557e8fb62b89f4916b721be55ceb828dbd73", "0x627306090abaB3A6e1400e9345bC60c78a8BEf57"]

nodes-whitelist=["enode://<publicKeyNode1 ex 0x>@127.0.0.1:30303","enode://<publicKeyNode2 ex 0x>@127.0.0.1:30304","enode://<publicKeyNode3 ex 0x>@127.0.0.1:30305"]
```

Replace the public key as indicated for each enode URL with the node public keys.

The permissions configuration file includes:

First two accounts from the genesis file.
Enode URLs for each node.

!!! note Permissions are specified at the node level. The permissions_config.toml file must be saved in the data directory for each node.

On-chain permissioning is under development. On-chain permissioning will use one on-chain 
nodes whitelist and accounts whitelist.

6. Delete Database Directories

Delete the database directories created when getting the public keys for each node. The nodes cannot be started while the previously generated data is in the database directory.

7. Start First Node as Bootnode

Start Node-1:

pantheon --data-path=Node-1-data-path --genesis-file=../cliqueGenesis.json --permissions-nodes-enabled --permissions-accounts-enabled --rpc-http-enabled --rpc-http-api=ADMIN,ETH,NET,PERM,CLIQUE --host-whitelist=* --rpc-http-cors-origins=*

pantheon --data-path=Node-1-data-path --genesis-file=..\cliqueGenesis.json --permissions-nodes-enabled --permissions-accounts-enabled --rpc-http-enabled --rpc-http-api=ADMIN,ETH,NET,PERM,CLIQUE --host-whitelist=* --rpc-http-cors-origins=*

The command line specifies:

Nodes and accounts permissions are enabled using the --permissions-nodes-enabled and --permissions-accounts-enabled
JSON-RPC API is enabled using the --rpc-http-enabled option
ADMIN,ETH,NET,PERM, and CLIQUE APIs are enabled using the --rpc-http-api option
All hosts can access the HTTP JSON-RPC API using the --host-whitelist option
All domains can access the node using the HTTP JSON-RPC API using the --rpc-http-cors-origins option.

8. Start Node-2

You need the enode URL for Node-1 to specify Node-1 as a bootnode.

Start another terminal, change to the Node-2 directory and start Node-2 replacing the public key in the enode URL with your bootonde:

pantheon --data-path=Node-2-data-path --bootnodes="enode://<publicKeyNode1 ex 0x>@127.0.0.1:30303" --genesis-file=../cliqueGenesis.json --permissions-nodes-enabled --permissions-accounts-enabled --rpc-http-enabled --rpc-http-api=ADMIN,ETH,NET,PERM,CLIQUE --host-whitelist=* --rpc-http-cors-origins=* --p2p-port=30304 --rpc-http-port=8546

pantheon --data-path=Node-2-data-path --bootnodes="enode://<publicKeyNode1 ex 0x>@127.0.0.1:30303" --genesis-file=..\cliqueGenesis.json --permissions-nodes-enabled --permissions-accounts-enabled --rpc-http-enabled --rpc-http-api=ADMIN,ETH,NET,PERM,CLIQUE --host-whitelist=* --rpc-http-cors-origins=* --p2p-port=30304 --rpc-http-port=8546

The command line specifies:

Different port to Node-1 for P2P peer discovery using the --p2p-port option
Different port to Node-1 for HTTP JSON-RPC using the --rpc-http-port option
Enode URL for Node-1 using the --bootnodes option
Data directory for Node-2 using the --data-path option
Other options as for as for Node-1.

9. Start Node-3

Start another terminal, change to the Node-3 directory and start Node-3 replacing the public key in the enode URL with your bootonde:

pantheon --data-path=Node-3-data-path --bootnodes="enode://<publicKeyNode1 ex 0x>@127.0.0.1:30303" --genesis-file=../cliqueGenesis.json --permissions-nodes-enabled --permissions-accounts-enabled --rpc-http-enabled --rpc-http-api=ADMIN,ETH,NET,PERM,CLIQUE --host-whitelist=* --rpc-http-cors-origins=* --p2p-port=30305 --rpc-http-port=8547

pantheon --data-path=Node-3-data-path --bootnodes="enode://<publicKeyNode1 ex 0x>@127.0.0.1:30303" --genesis-file=..\cliqueGenesis.json --permissions-nodes-enabled --permissions-accounts-enabled --rpc-http-enabled --rpc-http-api=ADMIN,ETH,NET,PERM,CLIQUE --host-whitelist=* --rpc-http-cors-origins=* --p2p-port=30305 --rpc-http-port=8547

The command line specifies:

Different port to Node-1 and Node-2 for P2P peer discovery using the --p2p-port option
Different port to Node-1 and Node-2 for HTTP JSON-RPC using the --rpc-http-port option
Enode URL for Node-1 using the --bootnodes option
Data directory for Node-3 using the --data-path option
Other options as for as for Node-1.

10. Confirm Permissioned Network is Working

Check Peer Count

Start another terminal, use curl to call the JSON-RPC API net_peerCount method and confirm the nodes are functioning as peers:

curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_peerCount","params":[],"id":1}' 127.0.0.1:8545

The result confirms Node-1 (the node running the JSON-RPC service) has two peers (Node-2 and Node-3):

{
  "jsonrpc" : "2.0",
  "id" : 1,
  "result" : "0x2"
}

Send a Transaction from an Account in the Whitelist

Import the first account from the genesis file into MetaMask and send transactions as described in the Private Network Quickstart Tutorial:

!!! example "Account 1 (Miner Coinbase Account)" * Address: 0xfe3b557e8fb62b89f4916b721be55ceb828dbd73 * Private key : 0x8f2a55949038a9610f50fb23b5883af3b4ecb3c3bb792cbcefbd1542c692be63 * Initial balance : 0xad78ebc5ac6200000 (200000000000000000000 in decimal)

!!! info Pantheon does not implement private key management.

Try Sending a Transaction from an Account Not in the Accounts Whitelist

Import the last account from the genesis file into MetaMask and try to send a transactions as described in the Private Network Quickstart Tutorial:

!!! example "Account 3" * Address: 0xf17f52151EbEF6C7334FAD080c5704D77216b732 * Private key : 0xae6ae8e5ccbfb04590405997ee2d52d2b330726137b875053c36d94e974d162f * Initial balance : 0x90000000000000000000000 (2785365088392105618523029504 in decimal)

Start a Node Not on the Nodes Whitelist

In your Permissioned-Network directory, create a Node-4 directory and Node-4-data-path directory inside it.

Change to the Node-4 directory and start Node-4 replacing the public key in the enode URL with your bootnode as when starting Node-1 and Node-2:

pantheon --data-path=Node-4-data-path --bootnodes="enode://<publicKeyNode1 ex 0x>@127.0.0.1:30303" --genesis-file=../cliqueGenesis.json --rpc-http-enabled --rpc-http-api=ADMIN,ETH,NET,PERM,CLIQUE --host-whitelist=* --rpc-http-cors-origins=* --p2p-port=30306 --rpc-http-port=8548

pantheon --data-path=Node-4-data-path --bootnodes="enode://<publicKeyNode1 ex 0x>@127.0.0.1:30303" --genesis-file=..\cliqueGenesis.json --rpc-http-enabled --rpc-http-api=ADMIN,ETH,NET,PERM,CLIQUE --host-whitelist=* --rpc-http-cors-origins=* --p2p-port=30306 --rpc-http-port=8548

Start another terminal, use curl to call the JSON-RPC API net_peerCount method:

curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_peerCount","params":[],"id":1}' 127.0.0.1:8548

The result confirms Node-4 has no peers even though it specifies Node-1 as a bootnode:

{
  "jsonrpc" : "2.0",
  "id" : 1,
  "result" : "0x0"
}

Stop Nodes

When finished using the permissioned network, stop all nodes using ++ctrl+c++ in each terminal window.

!!!tip To restart the permissioned network in the future, start from 7. Start First Node as Bootnode.

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Creating a Permissioned Network

Prerequisites

Steps

1. Create Folders

2. Get Node Public Keys

3. Get Address of Node-1

4. Create Genesis File

5. Create Permissions Configuration File

6. Delete Database Directories

7. Start First Node as Bootnode

8. Start Node-2

9. Start Node-3

10. Confirm Permissioned Network is Working

Check Peer Count

Send a Transaction from an Account in the Whitelist

Try Sending a Transaction from an Account Not in the Accounts Whitelist

Start a Node Not on the Nodes Whitelist

Stop Nodes

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