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Hyperledger Fabric, SDK and Composer

Installing Hyperledger Fabric 1.4 LTS

Installing Fabric Developers version only on Ubuntu 16.0.4

Prerequisites

Node.JS 8.x must be installed.
Git Client must be installed.

Having installed NPM and Node 8.x

        $ npm set prefix ~/.npm
        $ PATH="$HOME/.npm/bin:$PATH"
        $ PATH="./node_modules/.bin:$PATH"

Propagate the changes

      
        $ source ~/.bashrc

Install Docker and Docker-Compose

        # Install docker
        $ sudo apt-get update
        $ sudo apt-get install \
            apt-transport-https \
            ca-certificates \
            curl \
            gnupg-agent \
            software-properties-common
        $ curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
        $ sudo add-apt-repository \
           "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
           $(lsb_release -cs) \
           stable"
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
        
        # Manage Docker as a non-root user
        sudo groupadd docker
        sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
        
        #### Logout and Log back
        
        # Install docker-compose
        sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.23.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
        sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Download VSCODE from https://code.visualstudio.com/ and install the IBM Blockchain Platform plug-in. Now you are ready to build and excecute Smart Contracts.

Installing Hyperledger Fabric 1.2

If you have Windows or Mac, download VBOX from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Install Linux Ubuntu 16.0.4 on the VBOX.

Linux and MacOS Pre-Requisites

Operating System - Ubuntu Linux 14.04 / 16.04 LTS (both 64-bit) or MacOS 10.12.x
Docker Engine: Version 17.03 or higher
Docker-Compose: Version 1.8 or higher
Node.JS: 8.9 or 8.x
npm: v5.x
git: 2.9.x or higher
Python: 2.7.x
A code editor of your choice, Hyperledger recommends VSCode.

Linux and MacOS Additional Pre-Install

        # Install xcode command line tools
        $ xcode-select --install

        # Install HomeBrew
        $ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

        # Install NodeJS (MacOS)
        $ brew install node@8

        # Install NodeJS (Ubuntu)
        $ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
        $ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

        # Install Docker CE (MacOS)
        https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/install/

        # Install Docker CE (Ubuntu)
        https://store.docker.com/editions/community/docker-ce-server-ubuntu

        # Install Git Client (MacOS)
        https://sourceforge.net/projects/git-osx-installer/files/

        # Install Git (Ubuntu)
        $ apt-get install git-core

Mac OS OpenSSL

            $ brew unlink openssl && brew link openssl --force
            $ brew install openssl
            $ export PATH="/usr/local/opt/openssl/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
            
            # headers
            $ export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib"
            $ export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include"
            
            $ brew install softhsm

Linux Ubuntu OpenSSL

        $ sudo apt-get -y install libssl-dev
        $ export PATH="/usr/local/opt/openssl/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile

        # headers
        $ export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib"
        $ export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include"

Common OpenSSL

            $ curl -O https://dist.opendnssec.org/source/softhsm-2.0.0.tar.gz
            $ tar -xvf softhsm-2.0.0.tar.gz
            $ cd softhsm-2.0.0
            $ ./configure --disable-non-paged-memory --disable-gost
            $ make
            $ sudo make install
            $ sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/softhsm/tokens
            $ sudo chmod 777 /var/lib/softhsm/tokens
            $ softhsm2-util --init-token --slot 0 --label "ForComposer" --so-pin 1234 --pin 98765432

Common Reset Earlier Docker

            # Destroy old docker
            $ docker kill $(docker ps -q)
            $ docker rm $(docker ps -aq)
            $ docker rmi $(docker images dev-* -q)
            $ docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)
            $ docker rmi $(docker images -q)

Common Hyperledger Composer Install

            $ npm install -g composer-rest-server@0.20
            $ npm install -g composer-cli@0.20
            $ npm install -g generator-hyperledger-composer@0.20    
            $ npm install -g yo  
            $ npm install -g composer-playground@0.20

Common Hyperledger Fabric Install

            $ mkdir fabric-dev-servers && cd fabric-dev-servers

            $ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hyperledger/composer-tools/master/packages/fabric-dev-servers/fabric-dev-servers.tar.gz
            $ tar -xvf fabric-dev-servers.tar.gz
            
            $ export FABRIC_VERSION=hlfv12
            $ ./downloadFabric.sh   
            
            # Start Fabric12
            $ ./startFabric.sh