Ansible Role: Besu

Description

Ansible role that will install, configure and runs Besu: an enterprise Java Ethereum Client

Table of Contents

• Supported Platforms
• Dependencies
• Role Variables
• Example Playbook
• License
• Author Information

Supported Platforms

* MacOS
* Debian
* Ubuntu
* Redhat(CentOS/Fedora)
* Amazon

Dependencies

• JDK 11 or greater

Role Variables:

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

Example Playbook

1. 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

2. 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

License

Apache

Author Information

Consensys, 2023