Setup Constellation DAG Dev Env for Metagraph Hackathon

Lam LeLam Le
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Macbook M1 16GB

Guideline to setup Constellation DAG development environment for Metagraph Hackathon which initials on 29th July 2024 for Goriant team

Preparation steps

  1. Setup Docker Desktop version >= 26.0.0

  2. Setup jq & yq

    1.   brew install jq
        brew install yq
      
  3. Allocate 8GB Ram for your Docker Desktop

    1. Preferences -> Resources -> Memory : 8GB
  4. Node v16.20.2 - can setup with nvm

    1.   brew install nvm
        nvm install v16.20.2
        nvm use v16.20.2
      
  5. Config git for fetching registry indexes and git dependencies => ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc

    1.    export CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI=true
      
  6. Increase Git Buffer Size

    1.    git config --global http.postBuffer 524288000
      
  7. Install rustc version >= 1.63.0

    1.    curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
      
  8. Setup Scalar and CS

    1. JDK 17 download and setup - https://download.oracle.com/java/17/archive/jdk-17.0.11_macos-x64_bin.dmg

    2. Install cs - follow this instruction https://get-coursier.io/docs/cli-installation

      1. 
          curl -fL https://github.com/VirtusLab/coursier-m1/releases/latest/download/cs-aarch64-apple-darwin.gz | gzip -d > cs
        
          chmod +x cs
        
          ./cs setup
        
  9. Create Github Access Token - follow this instruction https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/managing-your-personal-access-tokens or you can go direct to the link below

    1. Go to https://github.com/settings/tokens?type=beta

    2. Generate new token

    3. Public Repositories (read-only)

Setup Constellation Dev Env

Follow this instruction https://docs.constellationnetwork.io/sdk/guides/quick-start/

  1.   cargo install argc
    
  2.   cs install giter8
    
  3. Working directory

    1.   mkdir -p ~/Development/hackathon/metagraph
        cd ~/Development/hackathon/metagraph
      
  4. Clone the Euclid Development Environment project

    1.   git clone https://github.com/Constellation-Labs/euclid-development-environment
        cd euclid-development-environment
      
  5. Edit the github_token variable within the euclid.json file with your Github Access Token generated previously. Update the project_name field to Goriant.

  6. Remove .git for Detaching your project from the source repo then

  7.  scripts/hydra install
     scripts/hydra install-template --list
     ################################## INSTALL TEMPLATE ##################################
     Fetching templates...
    
     Available templates
    
     custom-transaction-validation
     nft
     reward-api
     social
     voting-poll
     water-and-energy-usage
    
  8. We will choose one of them then run install-template command

Build

Build your network clusters with hydra

scripts/hydra build
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