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Run your mirror node using S3

Requirements

  • AWS account
  • Docker
    • Check to see if you have it installed from your terminal: docker --version && docker-compose --version
    • For mirror node versions 0.35.0 and higher you will need docker v3.3.3+
  • Git
    • You will be prompted to download the repo in the following steps
    • Download PostgreSQL to be able to access the database.

1. Create an IAM user

Note: Create an IAM user with either an administrator or custom policy.

Administrator Policy

  • Refer to AWS documentation to create an IAM user with administrator policy here
    • This sets up an IAM user with Administrator Access Policy
    • This user has full access and can delegate permissions to every service and resource in AWS.
  • Once that is complete, select Users from the left IAM navigation bar
  • Select the Administrator from the User name column
  • Select the Security credentials tab
  • Select Create access key
  • Copy or download your Access key ID and Secret access key

Custom Policy

  • Enable access to billing data
    • Follow step 2 here
  • From the IAM left navigation bar select Polices
  • Click on Create policy
    • Service
      • Enter S3 as your service
    • Actions
      • Access level
      • Select List and Read
  • Resources
    • Select Specify bucket resource ARN for the GetBucketLocation
    • Add ARN
      • hedera-mainnet-streams
    • Add ARN
      • hedera-mainnet-streams/*
  • Click Next:Tags
  • Click Next: Review
    • Enter a name for the policy
  • Click Create policy
  • From the left navigation bar on the IAM console select User Groups
  • Click Create group
  • Enter a user group name
  • Select the policy that was created in the previous step
  • Click Create Group
  • Click Users from the IAM console left navigation bar
  • Click on Add user
  • Enter username
  • Select Programmatic access for Access type
  • Click Next: Permissions
  • Select the group that was created in the previous step
  • Click Next: Tags
  • Click Next: Review
  • Click Create user
  • Copy or download your Access key ID and Secret access key

2. Install the mirror node repository

git clone https://github.com/hashgraph/hedera-mirror-node.git
cd hedera-mirror-node/

3. Update the application.yml in the hedera-mirror-node directory

  • cd into the hedera-mirror-node directory from your terminal or IDE
  • Uncomment each field as shown below (except gcpProjectId) and update the application.yml file in the root folder with the following:
Item
Description
accessKey
AWS access key
cloudProvider
s3
secretKey
AWS secret key
network
Enter a network to run a mirror node for
Sample application.yml file
hedera:
mirror:
importer:
downloader:
accessKey: ENTER ACCESS KEY HERE
cloudProvider: "s3"
secretKey: ENTER SECRET KEY HERE
# gcpProjectId: For GCP only
network: PREVIEWNET/TESTNET/MAINNET #Pick one network

4. Run your mirror node

  • From the hedera-mirror-node directory, run the following command:
docker-compose up

5. Access Your Mirror Node Data

To access the mirror node data now available to you, enter the hedera-mirror-node_db_1 container.
  • Open a new terminal
  • To view the list of containers, enter the following command:
docker ps
  • Enter the following command to enter the hedera-mirror-node_db_1 container
docker exec -it hedera-mirror-node_db_1 bash
  • Enter the following command to access the database
psql "dbname=mirror_node host=localhost user=mirror_node password=mirror_node_pass port=5432"
  • Enter the following command to view the complete list of tables
\dt
You have successfully deployed a Hedera mirror node
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