New AppBase (19.4) RPC node online for AppBase testing - appbasetes...

AppBase RPC Node Needed

As I was testing the release candidate, I found out that the new version of the cli_wallet (19.4) is not compatible with RPC nodes that are not running the new steemd version. In addition to the cli_wallet being untestable without a 19.4 RPC node, there are a lot of changes in the 19.4 APIs that developers are going to want to test.

Based on this, I decided to launch a RPC server running AppBase 19.4. The URL of the node is: appbasetest.timcliff.com

Hardware Specs:

CPU: Intel 2x Xeon E5 2.3GHz

RAM: 256GB DDR4

Bandwidth: 500 Mbps, unlimited

Disk: 2x450GB SSD NVMe

Data Center Location: France

Please be aware of a few things regarding the server:

This is a production steemd node. Even though it is mainly intended for "testing" - anything you do here is being done on the "live" production blockchain.

The sever does do moderate rate-limiting to prevent excessive use from taking the node down.

This is not a "high availability" node. If it goes down, I will do my best to get it up as quickly as possible - but it may take a a few days or even up to a week, depending on what needs to be done to revive it.

I based the configuration of the node off the fullnode.opswhitelist.config.ini example in the steem GitHub repository. I assume that this has everything that is needed, since it was everything listed in the example config for a full node. The list of what is enabled is below. If there are any other plugins or whitelist operations you need me to add - let me know and I will do my best to get them turned on.

I plan to keep the server up to date with the latest AppBase release candidate / release versions published by Steemit, so if a new version is published - I will need to take it down to upgrade.

I have not decided if I plan to support this indefinitely. I plan to keep it up for at least the next 2-3 months as everyone is testing AppBase - since there is obviously a clear need for it right now. We'll see in a few months where to go from here.

Enabled plugins:

webserver p2p json_rpc witness account_by_key tags follow market_history account_history database_api account_by_key_api network_broadcast_api tags_api follow_api market_history_api witness_api condenser_api account_history_api

account-history-whitelist-ops

transfer_operation transfer_to_vesting_operation withdraw_vesting_operation interest_operation transfer_to_savings_operation transfer_from_savings_operation cancel_transfer_from_savings_operation escrow_transfer_operation escrow_approve_operation escrow_dispute_operation escrow_release_operation fill_convert_request_operation fill_order_operation claim_reward_balance_operation author_reward_operation curation_reward_operation fill_vesting_withdraw_operation fill_transfer_from_savings_operation delegate_vesting_shares_operation return_vesting_delegation_operation comment_benefactor_reward_operation

Example use

I assume that most people already know how to connect to and use an RPC node, but here are a few examples to get you started in case you don't:

cli_wallet