This is a modular framework for implementing, deploying and testing a distributed ordering service.

Hydra is a Multi-BFT protocol without global ordering.

Create a GOPATH directory and make sure you are the owner of it:

sudo mkdir -p /opt/gopath/

sudo chown -R $user:$group /opt/gopath/

where $user and $group your user and group respectively.

Create a directory to clone the repository into:

mkdir -p /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger-labs/

Clone this repository unter the directory you created:

cd /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger-labs/

git clone https://github.com/hyperledger-labs/hydra.git

Checkout theresearch-iss branch.

With /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger-labs/hydra as working directory, go to the deployment directory:

cd deployment

Configure the user and group in vars.sh

To install Golang and requirements:

source scripts/install-local.sh

NOTE: The install-local.sh script, among other dependencies, installs Go in the home directory, sets GOPATH to /opt/gopath/bin/ and edits ~/.bashrc.

The default path to the repository is set to: /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger-labs/hydra/.

The run-protoc.sh script needs to be run from the project root directory (i.e. hydra) before compiling the Go files.

IMPORTANT: go modules are not supported. Disable with the command: export GO111MODULE=off before installation.

Compile and install the go code by running go install ./... from the project root directory.

Detailed instructions can be found here.