Hyperledger Aries Training Workshop Prerequisites

To attend the Hyperledger Foundation Community Workshop series, Intro to Decentralized Identity, some preparatory work must be done in order to follow along with the workshops. Please make sure the OS and tools listed below are installed. The command lines are provided because in some cases, the default download will not work with our solution.

OS

To successfully follow the examples given during the training, you will need Ubuntu 18.04 (If installing as a VM, the desktop version works best).

Required tools

If not already installed, you will need to install curl, Node.js, Git, Docker, and Docker-Compose on your Ubuntu system. These must be installed to do the labs during the training session. Use the steps in each section below to properly install each element.

curl  (optional: typing "curl -help" will tell you if the following is needed)

sudo apt install -y curl

Node.js

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt install -y nodejs

Git

sudo apt install -y git

Docker

Only perform Steps 1 and 2 from the following link to install docker: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-docker-on-ubuntu-18-04.

Docker-Compose

Enter these three commands in your terminal:

sudo curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.25.5/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
docker-compose --version

Your output should read as follows: $ docker-compose version 1.25.5, build 8a1c60f6

Install a necessary dependency:

sudo apt -y install libgconf2-4

Download Repos

Enter these six commands into your terminal:

cd ~
mkdir git-hltraining
cd git-hltraining
git clone https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-toolbox.git
git clone https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-acapy-plugin-toolbox.git
cd aries-acapy-plugin-toolbox
git checkout hl-workshop
cd ~

Install Indy-CLI

Enter all of the following steps in to the Ubuntu command line:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys CE7709D068DB5E88
sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://repo.sovrin.org/sdk/deb bionic stable"
sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://repo.sovrin.org/deb bionic stable"
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get upgrade -y 
sudo apt-get install -y indy-cli
cd ~

Now download the Indicio TestNet Genesis file:

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Indicio-tech/indicio-network/main/genesis_files/pool_transactions_testnet_genesis

Create a cliconfig file (e.g. vi cliconfig) in your home directory and add the following contents:

{
  "taaAcceptanceMechanism": "for_session"
}

Run indy-cli. A full path for cliconfig is needed if you do not run indy-cli from your home directory.

indy-cli --config cliconfig  

Ubuntu In a VM

If Ubuntu is installed on Mac or Windows in a Virtualbox VM, do the following:

1. Perform all the steps listed in this tutorial to update your system and enable copy and paste.
2. Make sure to restart your VM and that the Shared Clipboard is set to bidirectional:
1. In your VM machine settings, in Virtual Box > General > Advanced
2. Set ‘Shared Clipboard’ to ‘Bidirectional’

Test starting the agents and toolbox

From one terminal, run the following:

cd ~/git-hltraining/aries-toolbox
npm install
npm run dev

After running these commands, you should see a window like the following pop up:

This is the Aries Toolbox. We will now start the agents. From another terminal, run the following:

cd ~/git-hltraining/aries-acapy-plugin-toolbox/demo
docker-compose -f docker-compose.alice-bob.yml up --build

sudo docker-compose -f docker-compose.alice-bob.yml up --build

After running this command, you should see output similar to the following:

If you've gotten to this point, you should be ready to run the agents and toolbox for the workshop!