Midnight Node Docker

This allows for easy orchestration of the Midnight Node service.

System requirements

• Install Docker Engine
• Install Docker Compose
• Install direnv

Usage

1. Clone repo

2. run direnv allow to load the environment variables

3. Run docker-compose up

The .envrc file will automatically create a random private key and save it as midnight-node.privatekey.

Choose which compose files to use:

• compose.yml for Midnight Node
• compose-partner-chains.yml for Cardano + DB Sync
• proof-server.yml for Local Proof Server

One can use one or multiple compose files at once.

For example, to run the Midnight Node, you can do:

docker compose up -d

or to run the Midnight Node and Cardano DB Sync, you can do:

docker compose -f ./compose-partner-chains.yml -f ./compose.yml up -d

or to run the Midnight Node, Cardano DB Sync and a local Proof Server, you can do:

docker compose -f ./compose-partner-chains.yml -f ./compose.yml -f ./proof-server.yml up -d

🚀 That's it.

Troubleshooting

Clean start

To restart from fresh, run:

docker compose -f ./compose-partner-chains.yml -f ./compose.yml -f ./proof-server.yml down -v
docker compose -f ./compose-partner-chains.yml -f ./compose.yml -f ./proof-server.yml kill
rm ~/ipc/node.socket
rm -R ./data
rm -R ./cardano-data

Env vars not setup

If you get warnings like this then likely direnv is not setup or direnv allow has not been run:

WARN[0000] The "HOME_IPC" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.

IPC Errors

If you get IPC errors with Cardano node then delete the stale socket file: rm ~/ipc/node.socket and restart.

Midnight node Errors

If you encounter this message on the midnight node it's likely that the cardano-node is still syncing and it will go away once it's fully synced:

Unable to author block in slot. Failure creating inherent data provider:
'No latest block on chain.' not found.
Possible causes: main chain follower configuration error, db-sync not synced fully,
or data not set on the main chain.

LICENSE

Apache 2.0. PRs welcome, please see CONTRIBUTING.md for details.