Running witness server using Docker

Insallation

• Install Docker

Building

• clone the repository

# git clone https://github.com/blood2/steemd-docker

# cd steemd-docker

• edit the Dockerfile, change to the wanted release tag *in the git checkout RUN command)

• run the build command

# docker build --no-cache -t steemd .

Configuration

• Create a data directory

# mkdir data1

# cd data1

• Copy the excample config file into the data direcotry

# cp ../config-example.ini config.ini

• create a block signing key for the witness, in steem's cli_wallet, run suggest_brain_key, save the pubkey and WIF key in safe location.

• edit the config.ini file, change witness name, and set the WIF in private-key setting

Running

# cd data1

# docker run -p 8090:8090 --restart=always --name=steemwitness1  -v `pwd`:/usr/local/steem/data steem steemd  -d /usr/local/steem/data --rpc-endpoint --track-account-range=["a","a"]

Follow the log output using the command

# docker logs -f --tail=1000 steemwitness1 

Wait until the blockchain syncs, and then update your witness's public signing key (use the pubkey from the configuration step), use steem's cli_wallet

>> update_witness accountname "https://url-describing-the-witness" pubkey {"account_creation_fee":"10.000 STEEM","maximum_block_size":131072,"sbd_interest_rate":1000} true

account_creation_fee is for discussion

** edit test, todo, add how to update and run a new container in case of new version/hard fork