Docker

Docker builds of bifrost are available on DockerHub

Downloading the docker image

To get the latest release of bifrost, run:
docker pull toplprotocol/bifrost:{{versionId}}

Running the Docker container for bifrost

To get a list of the basic CLI arguments, use

docker run --rm toplprotocol/bifrost:{{versionId}} java -jar bifrost-1.8.0.jar --help

See Running Bifrost for full documentation of the CLI arguments.

Running a bifrost node requires a config file (you can either use one of the default configurations or provide your own).

1. Create your network config or use one of the default network configs provided
   • If you choose to create your own network config, remember to add your network config onto the Docker host

mkdir $HOME/state-docker

 - After creating this directory, create your config file within it (optional) 

2.) Run the bifrost server :

docker run \
-p 9084:9084 -p 9085:9085 \
--volume $HOME/state-docker:/data \
--rm \ 
toplprotocol/bifrost \ 
 java -jar bifrost-1.8.0.jar \ 
-- config /data/my-config.conf \
-- seed "test"
-- apiKeyHash "e4d2a343f3dcf9330ad9035b3e8d168e6728904262f2c434a4f8f934ec7b676"

Explanation of the arguments:

• -p 9084:9084 -p 9085:9085 - exposes the API server port from the container to the docker host as well as the JSON-RPC server port.

• --volume $HOME/state-docker:/data - mounts the
  ~/state-docker directory on the Docker host to /data inside
  the container.

• --config /data/my-config.conf - use the config within the data volume for your custom network configuration

3.) Wait for the message Listening on 0.0.0.0:9085 to be shown (it may take some small amount of time for Bifrost to create the necessary genesis blocks)

Inspecting the contents of the Docker image

If you need to run a shell inside the Docker image, use the bash shell as the entrypoint:

docker run --rm -it --entrypoint bash toplprotocol/bifrost:{{latest-version-id}}