Start a Local Node

To start a local WAX node on your development server:

1. From the command line, enter the following to initialize keosd.

keosd &

The console prints the following information:

info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.501 thread-0  wallet_plugin.cpp:42          plugin_initialize    ] initializing wallet plugin
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.513 thread-0  http_plugin.cpp:622           add_handler          ] add api url: /v1/keosd/stop
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.519 thread-0  http_plugin.cpp:622           add_handler          ] add api url: /v1/node/get_supported_apis
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.520 thread-0  wallet_api_plugin.cpp:73      plugin_startup       ] starting wallet_api_plugin
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.521 thread-0  http_plugin.cpp:622           add_handler          ] add api url: /v1/wallet/create
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.523 thread-0  http_plugin.cpp:622           add_handler          ] add api url: /v1/wallet/create_key
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.525 thread-0  http_plugin.cpp:622           add_handler          ] add api url: /v1/wallet/get_public_keys
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.527 thread-0  http_plugin.cpp:622           add_handler          ] add api url: /v1/wallet/import_key
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.544 thread-0  http_plugin.cpp:622           add_handler          ] add api url: /v1/wallet/list_keys
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.546 thread-0  http_plugin.cpp:622           add_handler          ] add api url: /v1/wallet/list_wallets
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.549 thread-0  http_plugin.cpp:622           add_handler          ] add api url: /v1/wallet/lock
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.552 thread-0  http_plugin.cpp:622           add_handler          ] add api url: /v1/wallet/lock_all
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.555 thread-0  http_plugin.cpp:622           add_handler          ] add api url: /v1/wallet/open
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.558 thread-0  http_plugin.cpp:622           add_handler          ] add api url: /v1/wallet/remove_key
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.561 thread-0  http_plugin.cpp:622           add_handler          ] add api url: /v1/wallet/set_timeout
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.563 thread-0  http_plugin.cpp:622           add_handler          ] add api url: /v1/wallet/sign_digest
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.565 thread-0  http_plugin.cpp:622           add_handler          ] add api url: /v1/wallet/sign_transaction
info  2019-07-16T21:22:39.567 thread-0  http_plugin.cpp:622           add_handler          ] add api url: /v1/wallet/unlock

2. Next, paste the following to start producing blocks:

nodeos -e -p eosio \
--plugin eosio::producer_plugin \
--plugin eosio::chain_api_plugin \
--plugin eosio::http_plugin \
--access-control-allow-origin='*' \
--contracts-console \
--http-validate-host=false \
--verbose-http-errors >> nodeos.log 2>&1 &

This will initialize all of the basic plugins, set the server address (yours), and add contract debugging and logging.

WARNING

Important: The --access-control-allow-origin='*' parameter enables Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS). Never enable this for a public node.

When the command completes, the console prints out a number, similar to the following:

[2] 4529.

3. To verify that nodeos is producing blocks, from the command line, use the tail command to view the log:

tail -f nodeos.log

The console prints your block information:

info  2019-07-16T21:36:14.501 thread-0  producer_plugin.cpp:1597      produce_block        ] Produced block 0000043f8f7c37a1... #1087 @ 2019-07-16T21:36:14.500 signed by eosio [trxs: 0, lib: 1086, confirmed: 0]
info  2019-07-16T21:36:15.001 thread-0  producer_plugin.cpp:1597      produce_block        ] Produced block 00000440315e6c27... #1088 @ 2019-07-16T21:36:15.000 signed by eosio [trxs: 0, lib: 1087, confirmed: 0]

TIP

Notice the "signed by eosio" signature - this is the local system account.

You're now running a local WAX node on your development server. Press Ctrl + c to close the log (nodeos will continue to run in the background).

Stop a Local Node

To cleanly stop nodeos:

1. From the command line, run pkill:

pkill nodeos

2. To verify that nodeos is no longer producing blocks, run the tail command to view the log:

tail -f nodeos.log

On the last line, the console prints: "nodeos successfully exiting."

info  2019-07-16T21:45:43.501 thread-0  producer_plugin.cpp:1597      produce_block        ] Produced block 000008b10f51d1ae... #2225 @ 2019-07-16T21:45:43.500 signed by eosio [trxs: 0, lib: 2224, confirmed: 0]
info  2019-07-16T21:45:44.001 thread-0  producer_plugin.cpp:1597      produce_block        ] Produced block 000008b26fca2675... #2226 @ 2019-07-16T21:45:44.000 signed by eosio [trxs: 0, lib: 2225, confirmed: 0]
info  2019-07-16T21:45:44.450 thread-0  main.cpp:148                  main                 ] nodeos successfully exiting