github.com/myafeier/fabric@v1.0.1-0.20170722181825-3a4b1f2bce86/protos/gossip/message.proto

// Copyright IBM Corp. All Rights Reserved.
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
//
syntax = "proto3";

option go_package = "github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos/gossip" ;

package gossip;


// Gossip
service Gossip {

    // GossipStream is the gRPC stream used for sending and receiving messages
    rpc GossipStream (stream Envelope) returns (stream Envelope) {}

    // Ping is used to probe a remote peer's aliveness
    rpc Ping (Empty) returns (Empty) {}
}


// Envelope contains a marshalled
// GossipMessage and a signature over it.
// It may also contain a SecretEnvelope
// which is a marshalled Secret
message Envelope {
    bytes payload   = 1;
    bytes signature = 2;
    SecretEnvelope secret_envelope = 3;
}

// SecretEnvelope is a marshalled Secret
// and a signature over it.
// The signature should be validated by the peer
// that signed the Envelope the SecretEnvelope
// came with
message SecretEnvelope {
    bytes payload   = 1;
    bytes signature = 2;
}

// Secret is an entity that might be omitted
// from an Envelope when the remote peer that is receiving
// the Envelope shouldn't know the secret's content.
message Secret {
    oneof content {
        string internalEndpoint = 1;
    }
}

// GossipMessage defines the message sent in a gossip network
message GossipMessage {

    // used mainly for testing, but will might be used in the future
    // for ensuring message delivery by acking
    uint64 nonce  = 1;

    // The channel of the message.
    // Some GossipMessages may set this to nil, because
    // they are cross-channels but some may not
    bytes channel = 2;


    enum Tag {
        UNDEFINED    = 0;
        EMPTY        = 1;
        ORG_ONLY     = 2;
        CHAN_ONLY    = 3;
        CHAN_AND_ORG = 4;
        CHAN_OR_ORG  = 5;
    }

    // determines to which peers it is allowed
    // to forward the message
    Tag tag = 3;

    oneof content {
        // Membership
        AliveMessage alive_msg = 5;
        MembershipRequest mem_req = 6;
        MembershipResponse mem_res = 7;

        // Contains a ledger block
        DataMessage data_msg = 8;

        // Used for push&pull
        GossipHello hello = 9;
        DataDigest  data_dig = 10;
        DataRequest data_req = 11;
        DataUpdate  data_update = 12;

        // Empty message, used for pinging
        Empty empty = 13;

        // ConnEstablish, used for establishing a connection
        ConnEstablish conn = 14;

        // Used for relaying information
        // about state
        StateInfo state_info = 15;

        // Used for sending sets of StateInfo messages
        StateInfoSnapshot state_snapshot = 16;

        // Used for asking for StateInfoSnapshots
        StateInfoPullRequest state_info_pull_req = 17;

        //  Used to ask from a remote peer a set of blocks
        RemoteStateRequest state_request = 18;

        // Used to send a set of blocks to a remote peer
        RemoteStateResponse state_response = 19;

        // Used to indicate intent of peer to become leader
        LeadershipMessage leadership_msg = 20;

        // Used to learn of a peer's certificate
        PeerIdentity peer_identity = 21;
    }
}

// StateInfo is used for a peer to relay its state information
// to other peers
message StateInfo {
    bytes metadata     = 1;
    PeerTime timestamp = 2;
    bytes pki_id       = 3;

    // channel_MAC is an authentication code that proves
    // that the peer that sent this message knows
    // the name of the channel.
    bytes channel_MAC  = 4;
}

// StateInfoSnapshot is an aggregation of StateInfo messages
message StateInfoSnapshot {
    repeated Envelope elements = 1;
}

// StateInfoPullRequest is used to fetch a StateInfoSnapshot
// from a remote peer
message StateInfoPullRequest {
    // channel_MAC is an authentication code that proves
    // that the peer that sent this message knows
    // the name of the channel.
    bytes channel_MAC  = 1;
}

// ConnEstablish is the message used for the gossip handshake
// Whenever a peer connects to another peer, it handshakes
// with it by sending this message that proves its identity
message ConnEstablish {
    bytes pki_id          = 1;
    bytes identity        = 2;
    bytes tls_cert_hash   = 3;
}

// PeerIdentity defines the identity of the peer
// Used to make other peers learn of the identity
// of a certain peer
message PeerIdentity {
    bytes pki_id    = 1;
    bytes cert     = 2;
    bytes metadata = 3;
}

// Messages related to pull mechanism

enum PullMsgType {
    UNDEFINED     = 0;
    BLOCK_MSG     = 1;
    IDENTITY_MSG  = 2;
}

// DataRequest is a message used for a peer to request
// certain data blocks from a remote peer
message DataRequest {
    uint64 nonce             = 1;
    repeated string digests  = 2;
    PullMsgType msg_type     = 3;
}

// GossipHello is the message that is used for the peer to initiate
// a pull round with another peer
message GossipHello {
    uint64 nonce        = 1;
    bytes metadata      = 2;
    PullMsgType msg_type = 3;
}

// DataUpdate is the final message in the pull phase
// sent from the receiver to the initiator
message DataUpdate {
    uint64 nonce                = 1;
    repeated Envelope data      = 2;
    PullMsgType msg_type        = 3;
}

// DataDigest is the message sent from the receiver peer
// to the initator peer and contains the data items it has
message DataDigest {
    uint64 nonce             = 1;
    repeated string digests  = 2; // Maybe change this to bitmap later on
    PullMsgType msg_type     = 3;
}


// Ledger block messages

// DataMessage is the message that contains a block
message DataMessage {
    Payload payload = 1;
}

// Payload contains a block
message Payload {
    uint64  seq_num = 1;
    bytes   data    = 2;
}


// Membership messages

// AliveMessage is sent to inform remote peers
// of a peer's existence and activity
message AliveMessage {
    Member membership  = 1;
    PeerTime timestamp = 2;
    bytes identity     = 4;
}

// Leadership Message is sent during leader election to inform
// remote peers about intent of peer to proclaim itself as leader
message LeadershipMessage {
    bytes pki_id        = 1;
    PeerTime timestamp = 2;
    bool is_declaration = 3;
}

// PeerTime defines the logical time of a peer's life
message PeerTime {
    uint64 inc_num = 1;
    uint64 seq_num = 2;
}

// MembershipRequest is used to ask membership information
// from a remote peer
message MembershipRequest {
    Envelope self_information = 1;
    repeated bytes known         = 2;
}

// MembershipResponse is used for replying to MembershipRequests
message MembershipResponse {
    repeated Envelope alive = 1;
    repeated Envelope dead  = 2;
}

// Member holds membership-related information
// about a peer
message Member {
    string endpoint = 1;
    bytes  metadata = 2;
    bytes  pki_id    = 3;
}


// Empty is used for pinging and in tests
message Empty {}


// State transfer

// RemoteStateRequest is used to ask a set of blocks
// from a remote peer
message RemoteStateRequest {
    uint64 start_seq_num = 1;
    uint64 end_seq_num = 2;
}

// RemoteStateResponse is used to send a set of blocks
// to a remote peer
message RemoteStateResponse {
    repeated Payload payloads = 1;
}