besu/docs/EthStats/Lite-Block-Explorer.md

description: Lite Block Explorer

EthStats Lite Block Explorer

Use the EthStats Lite Block Explorer to explore blockchain data at the block, transaction, and account level.

The Lite Block Explorer is a client-side only web application that connects to an Ethereum JSON RPC node. No server, hosting, or trusting third parties to display the blockchain data is required.

!!! note The EthStats Lite Block Explorer is an Alethio product.

Prerequisites

Docker or npm

Run Using Docker

To run the Lite Block Explorer using the Docker image:

1. Start Pantheon with the --rpc-http-enabled option.

   !!! example

    To run Pantheon in development mode:
   
    ```bash
    pantheon --network=dev --miner-enabled --miner-coinbase=0xfe3b557e8fb62b89f4916b721be55ceb828dbd73 --rpc-http-cors-origins="all" --host-whitelist="all" --rpc-http-enabled --data-path=/tmp/tmpDatdir
    ```
   

2. Run the alethio/ethstats-lite-explorer Docker image specifying the RPC HTTP URL (http://localhost:8545 in this example):

   docker run -p 80:80 -e NODE_URL=http://localhost:8545 alethio/ethstats-lite-explorer
   

3. Open localhost in your browser to view the Lite Block Explorer.

Install and Run

1. Clone the ethstats-lite-explorer repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Alethio/ethstats-lite-explorer.git
   

2. Change into the ethstats-lite-explorer directory:

   cd ethstats-lite-explorer
   

3. Install npm packages:

   npm install
   

4. Copy the sample environment variables:

   cp .env.example .env.local
   

5. Update the .env.local file:

   • Set VUE_APP_NODE_URL to the RPC HTTP URL of your node (http://localhost:8545 in this example)

   • Remove other environment variables.

6. In another terminal, start Pantheon with the --rpc-http-enabled option.

   !!! example

    To run Pantheon in development mode:
   
    ```bash
    pantheon --network=dev --miner-enabled --miner-coinbase=0xfe3b557e8fb62b89f4916b721be55ceb828dbd73 --rpc-http-cors-origins="all" --host-whitelist="all" --rpc-http-enabled --data-path=/tmp/tmpDatdir
    ```
   

7. In the ethstats-lite-explorer directory, run the Lite Block Explorer in development mode:

   npm run serve
   

8. Open localhost:8080 in your browser to view the Lite Block Explorer.

Lite Block Explorer Documentation

See the EthStats Lite Block Explorer GitHub repository for more documentation, including details on deploying the Lite Block Explorer.