How to set up an indy-node cluster using docker for the walkthrough.

README.md

Create docker image & start a container

Create a folder to store the dockerfile

$ mkdir my-indy-node

Change in to folder

$ cd my-indy-node 

Download, copy or create the Dockerfile in the folder

Build docker image and tag it with 'my-indy-node'

$ docker build -t my-indy-node .

Start a named docker container with an interactive shell

$ docker run -it --name my-indy-node my-indy-node

Setup & run indy-node cluster

You will need 8 terminal windows.

• 1 terminal for running commands and later interacting with the cluster via indy cli.
• 4 terminals for running the 4 nodes (Node1, Node2, Node2 and Node4).
• 3 terminals for running the 3 agents (Faber, Acme and Thrift).

These notes are a summary of what is listed here.

Please refer to the original page for more info.

Terminal 1

Create terminal (on the host)

$ docker exec -it my-indy-node bash

Create nodes and generate initial transactions (in the terminal)

# generate_indy_pool_transactions --nodes 4 --clients 5 --nodeNum 1 2 3 4

Terminal 2

Create terminal (on the host)

$ docker exec -it my-indy-node bash

Start Node (in the terminal)

# start_indy_node Node1 9701 9702

Terminal 3

Create terminal (on the host)

$ docker exec -it my-indy-node bash

Start node (in the terminal)

# start_indy_node Node2 9703 9704

Terminal 4

Create terminal (on the host)

$ docker exec -it my-indy-node bash

Start node (in the terminal)

# start_indy_node Node3 9705 9706

Terminal 5

Create terminal (on the host)

$ docker exec -it my-indy-node bash

Start node (in the terminal)

# start_indy_node Node4 9707 9708

Terminal 1 (continued)

# indy

# new key with seed 000000000000000000000000Steward1

# connect sandbox

# send NYM dest=ULtgFQJe6bjiFbs7ke3NJD role=TRUST_ANCHOR verkey=~5kh3FB4H3NKq7tUDqeqHc1

# send NYM dest=CzkavE58zgX7rUMrzSinLr role=TRUST_ANCHOR verkey=~WjXEvZ9xj4Tz9sLtzf7HVP

# send NYM dest=H2aKRiDeq8aLZSydQMDbtf role=TRUST_ANCHOR verkey=~3sphzTb2itL2mwSeJ1Ji28

# new key with seed Faber000000000000000000000000000

# send ATTRIB dest=ULtgFQJe6bjiFbs7ke3NJD raw={"endpoint": {"ha": "127.0.0.1:5555", "pubkey": "5hmMA64DDQz5NzGJNVtRzNwpkZxktNQds21q3Wxxa62z"}}

# new key with seed Acme0000000000000000000000000000

# send ATTRIB dest=CzkavE58zgX7rUMrzSinLr raw={"endpoint": {"ha": "127.0.0.1:6666", "pubkey": "C5eqjU7NMVMGGfGfx2ubvX5H9X346bQt5qeziVAo3naQ"}}

# new key with seed Thrift00000000000000000000000000

# send ATTRIB dest=H2aKRiDeq8aLZSydQMDbtf raw={"endpoint": {"ha": "127.0.0.1:7777", "pubkey": "AGBjYvyM3SFnoiDGAEzkSLHvqyzVkXeMZfKDvdpEsC2x"}}

Terminal 6

Create terminal (on the host)

$ docker exec -it my-indy-node bash

Start agent (in the terminal)

# python3 /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/indy_client/test/agent/faber.py --port 5555

Terminal 7

Create terminal (on the host)

$ docker exec -it my-indy-node bash

Start agent (in the terminal)

# python3 /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/indy_client/test/agent/acme.py --port 6666

Terminal 8

Create terminal (on the host)

$ docker exec -it my-indy-node bash

Start agent (in the terminal)

$ python3 /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/indy_client/test/agent/thrift.py --port 7777

You should now be ready to run through the walkthrough in Terminal 1 with all other terminals logging their output.

Dockerfile

FROM ubuntu:16.04
ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

####################
## Python
####################

# Config apt

# Update apt
RUN apt-get update

# Install packages
RUN apt-get install -y apt-transport-https
RUN apt-get install -y software-properties-common 
RUN apt-get install -y python-software-properties
RUN apt-get install -y python3.5 
RUN apt-get install -y python3-pip 
RUN apt-get install -y python3.5-dev

####################
## Apt  
####################

# Config apt
RUN add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa

# Update apt
RUN apt-get update

# Install packages
RUN apt-get install -y ca-certificates 

####################
##  Libs
####################

# Config apt
RUN add-apt-repository "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main universe"
RUN apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 68DB5E88
RUN add-apt-repository "deb https://repo.sovrin.org/deb xenial master"
RUN add-apt-repository "deb https://repo.sovrin.org/sdk/deb xenial stable"

# Update apt
RUN apt-get update

# Install packages
RUN apt-get install -y libsodium18
RUN apt-get install -y python3-charm-crypto
RUN apt-get install -y libindy 
RUN apt-get install -y libindy-crypto

####################
##  Indy
####################

# Config apt

# Update apt
RUN apt-get update

# Install packages
RUN apt-get install -y indy-node

On line 12 you need:

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y apt-transport-https

to solve this issue:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38002543/apt-get-update-returned-a-non-zero-code-100

You have a typo on Terminal 5 - that should be 9707 9708

Very good tutorial btw - I really appreciate this.

@dwjohnston Thanks for the catches. Updated now. Glad it helped.

@dwjohnston
Moved RUN apt-get install -y apt-transport-https to line 14 to keep commands on separate lines.
Hopefully this is the equivalent.
Untested.