github.com/kaituanwang/hyperledger@v2.0.1+incompatible/docs/source/orderer_deploy.md (about) 1 # Setting up an ordering node 2 3 In this topic, we'll describe the process for bootstrapping an ordering node. 4 If you want more information about the different ordering service implementations 5 and their relative strengths and weaknesses, check out our 6 [conceptual documentation about ordering](./orderer/ordering_service.html). 7 8 Broadly, this topic will involve a few interrelated steps: 9 10 1. Creating the organization your ordering node belongs to (if you have not already 11 done so) 12 2. Configuring your node (using `orderer.yaml`) 13 3. Creating the genesis block for the orderer system channel 14 4. Bootstrapping the orderer 15 16 Note: this topic assumes you have already pulled the Hyperledger Fabric orderer 17 images from docker hub. 18 19 ## Create an organization definition 20 21 Like peers, all orderers must belong to an organization that must be created 22 before the orderer itself is created. This organization has a definition 23 encapsulated by a [Membership Service Provider](./membership/membership.html) 24 (MSP) that is created by a Certificate Authority (CA) dedicated to creating the 25 certificates and MSP for the organization. 26 27 For information about creating a CA and using it to create users and an MSP, 28 check out the [Fabric CA user's guide](https://hyperledger-fabric-ca.readthedocs.io/en/latest/users-guide.html). 29 30 ## Configure your node 31 32 The configuration of the orderer is handled through a `yaml` file called 33 `orderer.yaml`. The `FABRIC_CFG_PATH` environment variable is used to point to 34 an `orderer.yaml` file you've configured, which will extract a series of files 35 and certificates on your file system. 36 37 To look at a sample `orderer.yaml`, check out the [`fabric-samples` github repo](https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/blob/{BRANCH}/sampleconfig/orderer.yaml), which **should be read and studied closely** before proceeding. 38 Note in particular a few values: 39 40 * `LocalMSPID` --- this is the name of the MSP, generated by your CA, of your 41 orderer organization. This is where your orderer organization admins will be 42 listed. 43 44 * `LocalMSPDir` --- the place in your file system where the local MSP is located. 45 46 * `# TLS enabled`, `Enabled: false`. This is where you specify whether you want 47 to [enable TLS](enable_tls.html). If you set this value to `true`, you will have 48 to specify the locations of the relevant TLS certificates. Note that this is 49 mandatory for Raft nodes. 50 51 * `BootstrapFile` --- this is the name of the genesis block you will generate for 52 this ordering service. 53 54 * `BootstrapMethod` --- the method by which the bootstrap block is given. For now, 55 this can only be `file`, in which the file in the `BootstrapFile` is specified. 56 57 If you are deploying this node as part of a cluster (for example, as part of a 58 cluster of Raft nodes), make note of the `Cluster` and `Consensus` sections. 59 60 If you plan to deploy a Kafka based ordering service, you will need to complete 61 the `Kafka` section. 62 63 ## Generate the genesis block of the orderer 64 65 The first block of a newly created channel is known as a "genesis block". If 66 this genesis block is being created as part of the creation of a **new network** 67 (in other words, if the orderer being created will not be joined to an existing 68 cluster of orderers), then this genesis block will be the first block of the "orderer 69 system channel" (also known as the "ordering system channel"), a special channel 70 managed by the orderer admins which includes a list of the organizations permitted 71 to create channels. *The genesis block of the orderer system channel is special: 72 it must be created and included in the configuration of the node before the node 73 can be started.* 74 75 To learn how to create a genesis block using the `configtxgen` tool, check out 76 [Channel Configuration (configtx)](configtx.html). 77 78 ## Bootstrap the ordering node 79 80 Once you have built the images, created the MSP, configured your `orderer.yaml`, 81 and created the genesis block, you're ready to start your orderer using a 82 command that will look similar to: 83 84 ``` 85 docker-compose -f docker-compose-cli.yaml up -d --no-deps orderer.example.com 86 ``` 87 88 With the address of your orderer replacing `orderer.example.com`. 89 90 <!--- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License 91 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) -->