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Fabric Starter

Fabric Starter is a Shell-scripted toolkit for creating and deploying Hyperledger Fabric networks. It generates cryptographic material and configuration files, starts Fabric nodes in Docker containers, and deploys chaincodes. Networks can run on one host or multiple hosts, with additional organization nodes connected to the network.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use it when you need starter scripts to establish a Hyperledger Fabric network for application development or a multi-organization deployment. The application chaincodes and user interface remain work for the development team.

Who it is for

  • Developers building decentralized applications on Hyperledger Fabric.
  • Teams setting up one-host development networks or multi-host test and production networks.

Documented uses

  • Generate network cryptographic material and configuration files.
  • Start Hyperledger Fabric nodes in Docker containers.
  • Deploy chaincodes to a Fabric network.
  • Add organization nodes and connect them to an existing network.
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Requirements & limits

The repository is public and lists an Apache-2.0 license. It is a Shell-scripted project whose documented network runs in Docker.

  • The README identifies Hyperledger Fabric 2.3 as the project's current default and directs users of earlier Fabric versions to snapshot branches.
  • The documented deployment range includes one host for development and multiple hosts for testing or production.
  • Fabric Starter handles network setup and deployment; developers supply chaincodes and any user interface.
  • A separate REST API project is referenced for querying and invoking chaincodes and exploring blocks and transactions.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Configure a Fabric Starter network to use a specific Fabric version

Select a Hyperledger Fabric version for a Fabric Starter network.

Before you start

  • Fabric Starter repository; its README says the default Fabric version is 2.3.

Steps

  1. Set the FABRIC_VERSION environment variable to the desired version; the README gives export FABRIC_VERSION=1.4.8 as an example.

  2. Continue to the documented network setup instructions for starting an organization node.

Expected outcome

The environment is configured to request the specified Fabric version when deploying the network.

Guide limitations

  • This guide documents version selection only, not prerequisites, network startup, or a successful deployment.
  • The README directs users to snapshot branches for versions preceding the project's switch to Fabric 2.3.
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