blockscout/docker-compose

Docker-compose configuration

Runs BlockScout locally in Docker container with usage docker-compose.

Prerequisites

• Docker v20.10+
• Docker-compose 2.x.x+
• Running Ethereum JSON RPC client

Building Docker containers from source

docker-compose up --build

This command uses by-default docker-compose.yml, which build the explorer into Docker image and runs 2 Docker containers:

• one for the database. Postgres 13.x, which will be available at port 7432 on localhost
• and the BlockScout explorer at http://localhost:4000

Configs for different Ethereum clients

Also, the repo contains built-in configs for different clients without need to build the image

• Ganache: docker-compose -f docker-compose-no-build-ganache.yml up -d
• HardHat network: docker-compose -f docker-compose-no-build-hardhat-network.yml up -d
• Geth: docker-compose -f docker-compose-no-build-geth.yml up -d
• OpenEthereum, Nethermind: docker-compose -f docker-compose-no-build-open-ethereum-nethermind up -d
• Running only explorer without DB: docker-compose -f docker-compose-no-build-no-db-container.yml up -d. In this case, one container is created - for the explorer itself. And it assumes that the DB credentials are provided through DATABASE_URL environment variable.

All of the configs assume, that the Ethereum JSON RPC is running at http://localhost:8545.

In order to stop launched containers, run docker-compose -d -f config_file.yml down, where replace config_file.yml with the file name of the config, which has been launched before.

You can play with the BlockScout environment variables, which are present at ./envs/common-blockscout.env. The description of the environment variables are available in the docs.