Ansible role that will install, configure and runs Besu: an enterprise Java Ethereum Client
* MacOS
* Debian
* Ubuntu
* Redhat(CentOS/Fedora)
* Amazon
- JDK 11 or greater
All variables which can be overridden are stored in defaults/main.yml file. By and large these variables are configuration options. Please refer to the Besu docs for more information
| Name | Default Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
besu_build_from_source |
unset | When set to true, Besu is build from git sources. See also besu_git_repo and besu_git_commit |
besu_version |
unset | REQUIRED if besu_build_from_source is false. Version of Besu to install and run. All available versions are listed on our Besu solutions page. Can use latest to install the latest released version |
besu_git_repo |
https://github.com/hyperledger/besu.git | The URL to use when cloning besu sources. Only necessary when besu_build_from_source is true. |
besu_git_commit |
master | The git commit to use when building Besu from source. Can be a branchname, commit hash, or anything that's legal to be used as an argument to git checkout. Only used if besu_build_from_source is true. |
besu_user |
besu | Besu user |
besu_group |
besu | Besu group |
besu_download_url |
https://hyperledger.jfrog.io/artifactory/besu-binaries/besu/{{ besu_version }}/besu-{{ besu_version }}.tar.gz | The download tar.gz file used. You can use this if you need to retrieve besu from a custom location such as an internal repository. |
besu_install_dir |
/opt/besu | Path to install to |
besu_config_dir |
/etc/besu | Path for default configuration |
besu_node_private_key_file |
"" | Path for node private key, if supplied. This needs to include the node key file name and path like so /home/me/me_node/myPrivateKey. If not supplied Besu will create one automatically |
besu_data_dir |
/opt/besu/data | Path for data directory |
besu_log_dir |
/var/log/besu | Path for logs |
besu_log4j_config_file |
unset | Absolute path for a custom log4j config file. Note this log configuration is overriden if besu_log_level is set |
besu_profile_file |
/etc/profile.d/besu-path.sh | Path to allow loading Besu into the system PATH |
besu_managed_service |
true | Enables a systemd service (or launchd if on Darwin) |
besu_launchd_dir |
/Library/LaunchAgents | The default launchd directory |
besu_systemd_dir |
/etc/systemd/system/ | The default systemd directory |
besu_systemd_state |
restarted | The default option for the systemd service state |
besu_identity |
unset | Configuration of Identity in the Client ID |
besu_host_ip |
"" | The host IP that Besu uses for the P2P network. This specifies the host on which P2P listens |
besu_max_peers |
unset | The maximum number of P2P connections you can establish |
besu_network |
mainnet | The network that this node will join. Other values are 'ropsten', 'rinkeby', 'goerli', 'classic', 'mordor', 'kotti', 'dev' and 'custom' |
besu_genesis_path |
unset | The path to the genesis file, only valid when besu_network is custom |
besu_required_blocks |
[] | Requires a peer with the specified block number to have the specified hash when connecting, or Besu rejects that peer |
besu_sync_mode |
FAST | Specifies the synchronization mode. Other values are 'FULL' |
besu_log_level |
unset | The log level to use. Other log levels are 'OFF', 'FATAL', 'WARN', 'INFO', 'DEBUG', 'TRACE', 'ALL'. Note setting this has priority over the configuration set by besu_log4j_config_file |
besu_data_storage_format |
unset | Data storage format. Possible values are 'FOREST' and 'BONSAI'. The besu default is 'FOREST' |
besu_engine_jwt_disabled |
unset | Disables authentication for the Engine API. The besu default is false. |
besu_engine_jwt_secret |
unset | Path to the shared secret file used to authenticate consensus clients when using the Engine JSON-RPC API (both HTTP and WebSocket). Contents of file could be set with besu_engine_jwt_secret_content and must be at least 32 hex-encoded bytes, not begin with 0x, otherwise a random value if automatically set, but only if a secret does not already exist on disk. If not specified, by default Besu creates an ephemeral secret in the data dir, that is deleted on exit. |
besu_engine_jwt_secret_content |
random value | Only available if besu_engine_jwt_secret specified, the file is populated with this value, that must be at least 32 hex-encoded bytes and not begin with 0x, and should be encrypted with Ansible Vault. |
besu_engine_rpc_port |
unset | The listening port for the Engine API calls (ENGINE, ETH) for JSON-RPC over HTTP and WebSocket. The besu default is 8551 |
besu_p2p_port |
30303 | Specifies the P2P listening ports (UDP and TCP). Ports must be exposed appropriately |
besu_min_gas |
1000 | The minimum price that a transaction offers for it to be included in a mined block |
besu_miner_enabled |
false | Enables mining when the node is started |
besu_miner_coinbase |
0x | Account to which mining rewards are paid |
besu_miner_extra_data |
"" | A hex string representing the 32 bytes to be included in the extra data field of a mined block. |
besu_rpc_http_enabled |
true | Enabled the HTTP JSON-RPC service |
besu_rpc_http_host |
0.0.0.0 | Specifies the host on which HTTP JSON-RPC listens |
besu_rpc_http_port |
8545 | Specifies the port on which HTTP JSON-RPC listens |
besu_rpc_http_api |
["ADMIN","DEBUG","NET","ETH","MINER","WEB3"] | Comma-separated APIs to enable on the HTTP JSON-RPC channel. When you use this option, the besu_rpc_http_enabled option must also be enabled |
besu_rpc_http_cors_origins |
["all"] | Comma separated origin domain URLs for CORS validation |
besu_rpc_ws_enabled |
true | Enabled the WebSockets service |
besu_rpc_ws_api |
["NET", "ETH", "WEB3"] | Comma-separated APIs to enable on the HTTP JSON-RPC channel. When you use this option, the besu_rpc_ws_enabled option must also be enabled |
besu_rpc_ws_host |
0.0.0.0 | Specifies the host on which WebSockets listens |
besu_rpc_ws_port |
8546 | Specifies Websockets JSON-RPC listening port (TCP). Port must be exposed appropriately |
besu_graphql_http_enabled |
true | Enabled the HTTP JSON-RPC service |
besu_graphql_http_host |
0.0.0.0 | Specifies the host on which HTTP JSON-RPC listens |
besu_graphql_http_port |
8547 | Specifies the port on which HTTP JSON-RPC listens |
besu_graphql_http_cors_origins |
["all"] | Comma separated origin domain URLs for CORS validation |
besu_rpc_http_authentication_enabled |
"false" | Enable RPC WS authentication |
besu_rpc_http_authentication_credentials_file |
"" | Specifies the file to use for RPC http credentials |
besu_rpc_http_authentication_jwt_public_key_file |
"" | Specifies the file to use for RPC http credentials via pubkey |
besu_rpc_ws_authentication_enabled |
"false" | Enable RPC WS authentication |
besu_rpc_ws_authentication_credentials_file |
"" | Specifies the file to use for RPC http credentials |
besu_rpc_ws_authentication_jwt_public_key_file |
"" | Specifies the file to use for RPC http credentials via pubkey |
besu_metrics_host |
0.0.0.0 | Specifies the host on which Prometheus accesses Besu metrics. The metrics server respects the besu_whitelist option |
besu_metrics_port |
9545 | Specifies the port on which Prometheus accesses Besu metrics |
besu_bootnodes |
[] | List of comma-separated enode URLs for P2P discovery bootstrap. When connecting to MainNet or public testnets, the default is a predefined list of enode URLs |
besu_static_nodes_file |
/etc/besu/static-nodes.json | Path to the static nodes file |
besu_host_whitelist |
["*"] |
Comma-separated list of hostnames to allow access to the JSON-RPC API. By default, access from localhost and 127.0.0.1 is accepted. |
besu_local_permissions_enabled |
"false" | Enable local permissioning |
besu_local_permissions_config_file |
/etc/besu/permissions_config.toml | Path to the local accounts permissioning file and local nodes permissioning file |
besu_local_permissions_accounts |
[] | List of permissioned accounts |
besu_local_permissions_nodes |
[] | List of permissioned nodes |
besu_permissions_accounts_contract_address |
unset | The contract address for onchain accounts permissioning |
besu_permissions_nodes_contract_address |
unset | The contract address for onchain nodes permissioning |
besu_cmdline_args |
"" | Command line args that are passed in as overrides |
besu_env_opts |
[] | Settings passed to the JVM through BESU_OPTS environment variable. eg: [-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005]s |
besu_env_vars |
{} | Dictionary with environment variables to set when running Besu as systemd service. eg: {MALLOC_ARENA_MAX: 2} |
besu_privacy_enabled |
false | Enable privacy |
besu_privacy_url |
"" | URL to contact Orion on including port eg: http://localhost:8888 |
besu_privacy_public_key_file |
"" | Path to Orion public key |
besu_privacy_marker_tx_signing_key_file |
"" | Path of the private key file used to sign Privacy Marker Transactions. If you do not specify this option, Besu signs each transaction with a different randomly generated key. |
besu_xdns_enabled |
"false" | DNS support with a trusted DNS provider in private networks because of limitations where IP addresses can change. For example, when using Kubernetes pods |
besu_target_gas_limit |
unset | Configuration of the target gas limit |
besu_tx_pool |
layered | Select the transaction pool implementation, set to legacy to switch to the old implementation |
besu_tx_pool_price_bump |
10 | The price bump percentage to replace an existing transaction |
besu_tx_pool_limit_by_account_percentage |
0.001 | The maximum number of transactions, relative to the max pool size, for the same sender allowed in the transaction pool. Defaults to 5 to prevent a DoS attack. This uses a float value [0..1], so setting it to 1 means a single sender can fill the entire tx pool. Only apply if legacy implementation is selected |
besu_tx_pool_max_size |
4096 | The maximum number of transactions kept in the transaction pool. Only apply if legacy implementation is selected |
besu_tx_pool_retention_hours |
13 | The maximum period, in hours, to hold pending transactions in the transaction pool. Only apply if legacy implementation is selected |
- Default setup: Install the role from galaxy
ansible-galaxy install consensys.hyperledger_besu
Create a requirements.yml with the following:
Replace x.y.z below with the version you would like to use from the Besu solutions page
---
- hosts: localhost
connection: local
force_handlers: True
roles:
- role: consensys.hyperledger_besu
vars:
besu_version: x.y.z
Run with ansible-playbook:
ansible-playbook -v /path/to/requirements.yml
- Install via github
ansible-galaxy install git+https://github.com/consensys/ansible-role-besu.git
Create a requirements.yml with the following:
Replace x.y.z below with the version you would like to use from the Besu solutions page
---
- hosts: localhost
connection: local
force_handlers: True
roles:
- role: ansible-role-besu
vars:
besu_version: x.y.z
Run with ansible-playbook:
ansible-playbook -v /path/to/requirements.yml
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