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Guide for running the Taraxa Node with Docker on Mac
1. Download Docker Desktop
You can download Docker Desktop by accessing this link for Intel Macs or this link for Apple chip Macs.
Download Docker Desktop
After the download finishes you can find the dmg file in the
Downloads directory on the Dock.
Downloaded Docker Desktop
Open the
Docker.dmg file.
Open Docker Desktop
You should see a window similar to the following. Drag and drop the Docker app file into the Applications folder.
Install Docker Desktop
You may get a notice like this because the app was downloaded from the web and not installed from the App Store. You can safely click "Open" here.
Confirm Docker Desktop
Docker also needs some privileges to install the Docker Helper. Click "OK" and enter your password.
Confirm Docker Desktop
Now you can open Finder and go to the Applications folder. You should see the Docker app.
NOTE: You can also press
CMD + SPACE and search for Docker
Open Docker
After opening the application you should see a screen similar to this:
Starting Docker
When Docker starts you should see this screen. We can close the Docker window now.
Docker Started
2. Open Terminal
We need to use the
Terminal application in order to start the Taraxa Node image.You can find the app in the
Utilities directory under Applications.
Open Utilities
Open the terminal application.
NOTE: You can also press
CMD + SPACE and search for Terminal
Open Terminal
You should see a window similar to this:
Terminal Open
3. Start Taraxa
We have to run the following commands one by one:
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cd ~/Desktop
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curl -L https://github.com/Taraxa-project/taraxa-ops/archive/refs/heads/master.zip > master.zip && unzip master.zip && rm -f master.zip
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cd ~/Desktop/taraxa-ops-master/taraxa_compose
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docker-compose up -d
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docker-compose logs -f
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Now Docker is pulling the Taraxa Node image. You should see something similar to this:
Starting Taraxa
After it finishes pulling the latest version the node will start and you should see something similar to the following:
Taraxa Started
**NOTE: **You can press
CTRL + C to stop displaying the logs4. Updating the Taraxa Node
From time to time we will release new versions of the node software. Try to keep it up to date using the following commands:
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cd ~/Desktop/taraxa-ops-master/taraxa_compose
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curl -0 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Taraxa-project/taraxa-ops/master/taraxa_compose/docker-compose.yml > docker-compose-new.yml && mv docker-compose-new.yml docker-compose.yml
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docker-compose down
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docker-compose pull
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docker-compose up -d
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docker-compose logs -f
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During the testing period, we will also make changes on the protocol level and you will have to re-sync all the data. Don't worry, we will let you know. To remove the current data and do a full re-sync you have to run the following commands:
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cd ~/Desktop/taraxa-ops-master/taraxa_compose
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docker-compose down -v
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docker-compose pull
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docker-compose up -d
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docker-compose logs -f
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