##UPDATE## Step 8 - Option 2, has some bugs in the final build process. i haven't had time to work them out yet!
This guide will take you through building and running a headless x42 Full Node! The OS I am using here is Ubuntu 18.04, this guide picks up from a complete/fresh ubuntu install.
This is meant to setup a staking node and so this guide will run you through building, configuring and setting up staking. It will not cover sending transactions or anything else.
The things we are going to do:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/linux-package-manageubuntu18-04/sdk-current
Register Microsoft Key’s & Install Their repos:
Once this is done everything is built/compiled, you can run the daemon directly from the repository, this can be done by going to:
THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT BELOW.. CHANGE THE ##USER## to the username your currently using as these files are within your home directory!
We need to drop to root for this..
now lets exit out of root!
Everything will be performed through the API’s, however by default these API’s are listening on localhost (127.0.0.1), if you are connecting in remotely then this would be a problem since you cant hit that IP. The solution, SSH TUNNEL!
Execute the following command on your local system:
https://preview.redd.it/9lzeg3vob8d21.jpg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5d574998816056140d5d6de7b03c56772a892fe
To Create a new wallet, first we have to generate some mnemonic works (e.g. the seed), you can do that by going to the following API:
https://preview.redd.it/dvbdllfrb8d21.jpg?width=722&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=766d14bafba6facbcd56d31c63c0012748e682e5
Enter “English” and I would recommend 24 words as this greatly increases the seed strength! Once that is done you hit execute and then scroll down to see the “Response Body”, this should contain the mnemonic which you are going to use to create the wallet! This looks something like below:
https://preview.redd.it/6p4q0rsub8d21.jpg?width=603&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44b9265626467a43ca670b134c4d28187f475c2e
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, BACKUP THIS MNEMONIC TO A SAFE SECURE LOCATION THAT IS ENCRYPTED!!!
So now we have our mnemonic, its time to generate the wallet, for this we need to use the API:
/api/Wallet/create
There are a number of parameters which are required in order to create a wallet:
https://preview.redd.it/958ttfbxb8d21.jpg?width=603&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce48336436ea4b469b5e87513da802de0bf444ee
Hit “Execute”, the “Loading” sign may spin for a few minutes while the wallet is created… once the wallet has been created the “Response Body” will return the mnemonic you have just used.. we now have a wallet!!
HOWEVER IT IS NOT LOADED INTO THE NODE JUST YET!
This is where we will now jump back out and to configure the node to automatically load the wallet and automatically start staking when it first loads.
AGAIN BACKUP YOUR MNEMONIC AND PASSWORD, MAKE SURE THEY ARE ENCRYPTED AND STORED SOMEWHERE SAFE!
First things first, lets stop our node by running the following command:
YES I KNOW YOU HAVE PUT YOUR PASSWORD IN CLEARTEXT, THIS IS WHERE YOU SHOULD HARDEN YOUR BOX. IF THEY CAN GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN READ YOUR CONF FILE THEY CAN JUST GRAB YOUR WALLET AND BRUTEFORCE THE PASSWORD.
You can check its loaded by going back to the API and executing the following command:
Go to the following API:
https://preview.redd.it/ayri5jk0c8d21.jpg?width=602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d16bbb78da49c0125d24d0834c9454d702cb7a1
Hit execute and you should have an x42 address within the “Response Body”:
https://preview.redd.it/tmc495j3c8d21.jpg?width=349&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b00177f66a9e24c980d3c6d4e532a33cbf3fb0bc
BOOM… ok now we can receive funds! 😊
https://preview.redd.it/lw194af6c8d21.jpg?width=602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27e264bc008879355ff5b9c50a0a5cb06f16e960
Input the name of the wallet and account you want to view the history of, then hit execute. The other fields can be black. This will return a list of TX’s that the wallet has received:
This should look like the following:
https://preview.redd.it/x1hgargac8d21.jpg?width=585&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4fd25f22772f4bcec523a6e82b321ae8146a2c75
There is an easier way of doing this, that doesn’t require you to be connected to your node.. especially if your only interested in viewing your staking rewards… THE EXPLORER!
Access the following URL:
https://preview.redd.it/e480grscc8d21.jpg?width=601&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f8a9ebc7944dfcc73f7df659bd839bb983ba90c
… and your done! By this point your node should be running, staking and you have an easy way to view transactions/rewards 😊
So you have 2 options here:
Option 1 - Pro's/Cons
Pro's
Pro's
Pre-Requirement - Needed For Both Options!!
As previously mentioned, the UI attempts to access the API's on 127.0.0.1:42220, however our node isnt running on our local system. IN ORDER TO GET IT WORKING YOU NEED TO HAVE AN SSH TUNNEL, THIS TUNNEL NEEDS TO REMAIN ACTIVE WHENEVER YOU WANT TO ACCESS THE WALLET.
this can be done by executing the following command:
https://github.com/x42protocol/X42-FullNode-UI/releases
DO NOT RUN THE WALLET YET!
Those of us who dont want to run a local node and just want the UI, execute the following commands (as an administrator):
Setup the SSH tunnel as outlined above, Execute the wallet and it will load, however you will see an exception:
https://preview.redd.it/9os5h8q7scd21.jpg?width=550&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac45ed7bc987917142075c61fb486e7d71f820d1
dont worry, this is just the wallet trying to execute/start the x42 node which we dont want, if all works according to plan.. after you click "OK" you should now be presented with the wallet UI and have the option to select what wallet you would like to load:
https://preview.redd.it/hnyt0b4mscd21.jpg?width=958&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a47df710a804375d8363ffcd77d1ede2862b9b4d
... DONE!
Ok, this is the fun bit! .. we need to install the following dependencies. these instructions are written for a Windows system but it should be easy enough to perform the same on a *NIX system.
Install Dependencies
In order to build the wallet UI, you need to install the following components:
https://gitforwindows.org/
Next you need to install NodeJS, download and install the package:
https://nodejs.org/en/download/
Next we need to install the node package manager:
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Build & Install - Windows
Create a temp folder to navigate to a folder where you want to download the GIT repository, execute the following command:
https://preview.redd.it/0zfbfxa8kcd21.jpg?width=601&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=438d072a6ab2bc7a3d84a8dfe773968acc762bc7
Now the stock UI has a number of third-party libraries which contain some vulnerabilities, being a security conscious person, ive also run:
https://preview.redd.it/56vf9zfckcd21.jpg?width=601&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31b72daff9ab5001843cba529a7bd38c76fd099d
Next its time to compile the electron binary, it should be noted that the build/package process utilises AppVoyer which is not installed and if you attempt to build right now you will get the following error:
execute the following command:
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Happy staking!
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This guide will take you through building and running a headless x42 Full Node! The OS I am using here is Ubuntu 18.04, this guide picks up from a complete/fresh ubuntu install.
This is meant to setup a staking node and so this guide will run you through building, configuring and setting up staking. It will not cover sending transactions or anything else.
The things we are going to do:
- Step 1 - Install .net core
- Step 2 - Download The x42 Node Source & Compile It
- Step 3 - Setting The x42 Node Up To Run On Boot
- Step 4 - Setup A New Wallet
- Step 5 - Configure The x42 Daemon
- Step 6 - Get Address
- Step 7 - Check Balance
- Step 8 - Connect The UI Wallet To A Headless Node
- Step 8 - [Option 1 - Use Installer] Connect The UI Wallet To A Headless Node
- Step 8 - [Option 2 - Build/Compile UI Only] Connect The UI Wallet To A Headless Node # BROKEN#
Step 1 - Install .net Core
Here is the reference link:https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/linux-package-manageubuntu18-04/sdk-current
Register Microsoft Key’s & Install Their repos:
cd /tmp wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/18.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb sudo add-apt-repository universe sudo apt -y install apt-transport-https sudo apt update sudo apt -y install dotnet-sdk-2.2Microsoft collect telemetry data by default, if you are part of the “tin foil hat brigade” you can set the following environment variable to turn it off:
echo "DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT=1" >> /etc/environmentnow you should be at a point where .net core is installed on your system… that wasn’t so hard was it! You can check by running the following command:
dotnet--list-sdksThe output should look like this:
$ dotnet --list-sdks 2.2.103 [/usshare/dotnet/sdk]
Step 2 - Download & Compile The x42 Node
This part assumes you have GIT installed, if not:apt -y install gitNow to pull down the source and compile it!
cd ~/ git clone https://github.com/x42protocol/X42-FullNode.git # “cd” into the source folder cd X42-FullNode/src/Now .net core uses NuGet for package management, before we compile, we need to pull down all of the required packages.. its as simple as running (this will take a couple of minutes) inside of “X42-FullNode/src/”:
dotnet restorenow we are ready to compile the source, execute (inside of “X42-FullNode/src/”):
dotnet build --configuration Releaseignore the yellow warnings, this is just the rosyln compiler having a grumble.. if you get red ones then something went wrong! The “--configuration Release” will strip out all debug symbols and slim things down.. only a little, this optional parameter is not mandatory.
Once this is done everything is built/compiled, you can run the daemon directly from the repository, this can be done by going to:
cd ~/X42-FullNode/src/x42.x42D/bin/Release/netcoreapp2.1 dotnet x42.x42D.dllthis will kick off the node, however if you exit SSH at this time it will kill the process! however I always recommend copying out the binaries to a separate folder. This can be done with the following:
mkdir ~/x42node mv ~/X42-FullNode/src/x42.x42D/bin/Release/netcoreapp2.1/*.* ~/x42node/now we have everything we need to run the node outside the git repository! What we need to do now is run the node and have it create the default x42.conf file.. so
cd ~/x42node dotnet x42.x42D.dllfeel free to hit “CTRL + C” to exit the application after a couple of seconds, by then the folders/files would have been created at the following path:
~/.x42node/x42/x42Main/
Step 3 - Setting The x42 Node Up To Run on Boot
Now we are going to create a service file so our x42 node automatically starts when the system is rebooted.THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT BELOW.. CHANGE THE ##USER## to the username your currently using as these files are within your home directory!
We need to drop to root for this..
sudo -i cat <To enable the service, run the following (as the root user):/etc/systemd/system/x42node.service [Unit] Description=x42 Node [Service] WorkingDirectory=/home/##USER##/x42node ExecStart=/usbin/dotnet /home/##USER##/x42node/x42.x42D.dll Restart=always # Restart service after 10 seconds if the dotnet service crashes: RestartSec=10 SyslogIdentifier=x42node User=##USER## Environment=ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Development [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF
systemctl enable x42node.serviceBOOM.. the node isn’t running yet.. but next time the system restarts it will automatically run!
now lets exit out of root!
exitWe can now start the node up and begin downloading blocks, by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start x42node.serviceif you want to check its loaded and see some of the output, you can run:
sudo systemctl status x42node.servicean example of the output:
$ sudo systemctl status x42node.service ● x42node.service - x42 Node Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/x42node.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2019-01-24 15:47:55 UTC; 14s ago Main PID: 5456 (dotnet) Tasks: 23 (limit: 1112) CGroup: /system.slice/x42node.service └─5456 /usbin/dotnet /home/darthnoodle/x42node/x42.x42D.dll Jan 24 15:48:09 x42staking x42node[5456]: Batch Size: 0 Mb (0 headers) Jan 24 15:48:09 x42staking x42node[5456]: Cache Size: 0/50 MB Jan 24 15:48:09 x42staking x42node[5456]: Jan 24 15:48:09 x42staking x42node[5456]: =======Mempool======= Jan 24 15:48:09 x42staking x42node[5456]: MempoolSize: 0 DynamicSize: 0 kb OrphanSize: 0 Jan 24 15:48:09 x42staking x42node[5456]: Jan 24 15:48:09 x42staking x42node[5456]: info: Stratis.Bitcoin.Connection.ConnectionManagerBehavior[0] Jan 24 15:48:09 x42staking x42node[5456]: Peer '[::ffff:86.184.76.255]:52342' connected (outbound), agent 'x42:1.2.13 (70012)', height 213920 Jan 24 15:48:09 x42staking x42node[5456]: info: Stratis.Bitcoin.Connection.ConnectionManagerBehavior[0] Jan 24 15:48:09 x42staking x42node[5456]: Peer '[::ffff:86.184.76.255]:52342' offline, reason: 'Receiving cancelled.'. All node screen output can be found in the /valog/syslog file.
Step 4 - Setup a New Wallet
With the Node running, we now need to setup and/or restore a wallet!Everything will be performed through the API’s, however by default these API’s are listening on localhost (127.0.0.1), if you are connecting in remotely then this would be a problem since you cant hit that IP. The solution, SSH TUNNEL!
Execute the following command on your local system:
ssh -L 42220:localhost:42220This binds the local port (on your system) with 127.0.0.1:42220 on the remote system, once you have executed the command you can type the following address in your laptop/desktop’s web browser and be able to access the API’s:@
http://127.0.0.1:42220/swaggeindex.htmlIt should look something like this:
https://preview.redd.it/9lzeg3vob8d21.jpg?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5d574998816056140d5d6de7b03c56772a892fe
To Create a new wallet, first we have to generate some mnemonic works (e.g. the seed), you can do that by going to the following API:
/api/Wallet/mnemonicHit the “Try it out” button which then prompts you for 2 fields:
https://preview.redd.it/dvbdllfrb8d21.jpg?width=722&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=766d14bafba6facbcd56d31c63c0012748e682e5
Enter “English” and I would recommend 24 words as this greatly increases the seed strength! Once that is done you hit execute and then scroll down to see the “Response Body”, this should contain the mnemonic which you are going to use to create the wallet! This looks something like below:
https://preview.redd.it/6p4q0rsub8d21.jpg?width=603&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44b9265626467a43ca670b134c4d28187f475c2e
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, BACKUP THIS MNEMONIC TO A SAFE SECURE LOCATION THAT IS ENCRYPTED!!!
So now we have our mnemonic, its time to generate the wallet, for this we need to use the API:
/api/Wallet/create
There are a number of parameters which are required in order to create a wallet:
WalletCreationRequest{ mnemonic string password* string passphrase* string name* string } It should be noted that the password and mnemonic are is the most important parts of this request where the “password” will encrypt the wallet and Is required to unlock it.- Hit the “Try it out” button
- input the necessary data
- Insert the mnemonic
- Put a password & passphrase
- “Name” is what your wallet will be called
https://preview.redd.it/958ttfbxb8d21.jpg?width=603&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce48336436ea4b469b5e87513da802de0bf444ee
Hit “Execute”, the “Loading” sign may spin for a few minutes while the wallet is created… once the wallet has been created the “Response Body” will return the mnemonic you have just used.. we now have a wallet!!
HOWEVER IT IS NOT LOADED INTO THE NODE JUST YET!
This is where we will now jump back out and to configure the node to automatically load the wallet and automatically start staking when it first loads.
AGAIN BACKUP YOUR MNEMONIC AND PASSWORD, MAKE SURE THEY ARE ENCRYPTED AND STORED SOMEWHERE SAFE!
Step 5 - Configure The x42 Daemon
Now we are going to modify the x42.conf file in order to automatically load our wallet and start staking 😊First things first, lets stop our node by running the following command:
sudo systemctl stop x42node.serviceCD to the following folder and view its contents:
~/.x42node/x42/x42Main ls -lahwithin that folder there should be 2 files you are interested in:
-rw-r--r-- 1 darthnoodle darthnoodle 18K Jan 28 16:01 TestWallet.wallet.json -rw-rw-r-- 1 darthnoodle darthnoodle 3.1K Jan 24 15:25 x42.confSo TestWallet.wallet.json is our physical wallet that will be loaded, but for right now we want to modify the x42.conf file.. fire up your favourite text editor (if you use VI you’re a masochist)..
nano x42.confThe area we are interested in is the following:
####Miner Settings#### #Enable POW mining. #mine=0 #Enable POS. #stake=0 #The address to use for mining (empty string to select an address from the wallet). #mineaddress=Uncomment (remove the #) of the following lines and change their value:#The wallet name to use when staking. #walletname= #Password to unlock the wallet. #walletpassword= #Maximum block size (in bytes) for the miner to generate. #blockmaxsize=1000000 #Maximum block weight (in weight units) for the miner to generate. #blockmaxweight=1000000 #Enable splitting coins when staking. #enablecoinstakesplitting=1 #Minimum size of the coins considered for staking, in satoshis. #minimumstakingcoinvalue=10000000 #Targeted minimum value of staking coins after splitting, in satoshis. #minimumsplitcoinvalue=10000000000
stake=1 (changed to 1) walletname=TestWallet (changed to our Wallet Name) walletpassword=password123 (changed to the wallet password)save the file and exit back to the command prompt, now we shall restart the node with the following command:
sudo systemctl status x42node.servicenow the wallet is automatically loaded and ready for action!
YES I KNOW YOU HAVE PUT YOUR PASSWORD IN CLEARTEXT, THIS IS WHERE YOU SHOULD HARDEN YOUR BOX. IF THEY CAN GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN READ YOUR CONF FILE THEY CAN JUST GRAB YOUR WALLET AND BRUTEFORCE THE PASSWORD.
You can check its loaded by going back to the API and executing the following command:
/DashboardOr execute the following command on the NODE:
curl -X GET "http://127.0.0.1:42220/Dashboard" -H "accept: application/json"both will produce the same output, if you scroll to the bottom you should see something like this:
======Wallets====== TestWallet/account 0, Confirmed balance: 0.00000000 Unconfirmed balance: 0.00000000This means the wallet is loaded and ready for action!!
Step 6 - Get Addresses
Next thing you are probably going to want is a receive address and to check the balance and TX history.. so lets start with getting an address!Go to the following API:
/api/Wallet/unusedaddressFill in the Wallet name which is “TestWallet” (in this example) and “account 0” (which is the first/default account):
https://preview.redd.it/ayri5jk0c8d21.jpg?width=602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d16bbb78da49c0125d24d0834c9454d702cb7a1
Hit execute and you should have an x42 address within the “Response Body”:
https://preview.redd.it/tmc495j3c8d21.jpg?width=349&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b00177f66a9e24c980d3c6d4e532a33cbf3fb0bc
BOOM… ok now we can receive funds! 😊
Step 7 - Check TX History
Go to the API and the following call:/api/Wallet/historyThe 2 fields we are most concerned about are:
https://preview.redd.it/lw194af6c8d21.jpg?width=602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27e264bc008879355ff5b9c50a0a5cb06f16e960
Input the name of the wallet and account you want to view the history of, then hit execute. The other fields can be black. This will return a list of TX’s that the wallet has received:
This should look like the following:
https://preview.redd.it/x1hgargac8d21.jpg?width=585&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4fd25f22772f4bcec523a6e82b321ae8146a2c75
There is an easier way of doing this, that doesn’t require you to be connected to your node.. especially if your only interested in viewing your staking rewards… THE EXPLORER!
Access the following URL:
https://explorer.x42.tech/address/this will allow you to easily see all TX’s associated with this address, it should look something like below:
https://preview.redd.it/e480grscc8d21.jpg?width=601&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f8a9ebc7944dfcc73f7df659bd839bb983ba90c
… and your done! By this point your node should be running, staking and you have an easy way to view transactions/rewards 😊
Step 8 - Connect The UI Wallet To A Headless Node
The UI utilises a combination of technologies, however the important part is the code attempts to access the x42 Node API on 127.0.0.1:42220.So you have 2 options here:
- Download the Wallet Installers
- Compile The UI Yourselves
Option 1 - Pro's/Cons
Pro's
- If you use the installer, its quick and easy.
- This also installs an x42 node on your system which runs when the UI loads.
- If you dont setup an SSH tunnel before running the wallet the local node will bind to the port and the tunnel wont work.. you will be connecting to the local wallet!!
Pro's
- You only run the UI, the x42 node is not installed
- you dont have a superfluous node running, downloading blocks on your local system
- Time Consuming
- Have to download dependencies and manually compile the code
Pre-Requirement - Needed For Both Options!!
As previously mentioned, the UI attempts to access the API's on 127.0.0.1:42220, however our node isnt running on our local system. IN ORDER TO GET IT WORKING YOU NEED TO HAVE AN SSH TUNNEL, THIS TUNNEL NEEDS TO REMAIN ACTIVE WHENEVER YOU WANT TO ACCESS THE WALLET.
this can be done by executing the following command:
ssh -L 42220:localhost:42220@
Step 8 - [Option 1 - Use Installer] Connect The UI Wallet To A Headless Node
Download and install the UI/Wallet & Node from:https://github.com/x42protocol/X42-FullNode-UI/releases
DO NOT RUN THE WALLET YET!
Those of us who dont want to run a local node and just want the UI, execute the following commands (as an administrator):
cd C:\Program Files\x42 Core\resources\daemon\ ren x42.x42D.exe x42.x42D.exe.bakThe above is with Windows, if your are in *NIX then locate the daemon and rename it (i will update how to do that/where to find it shortly)
Setup the SSH tunnel as outlined above, Execute the wallet and it will load, however you will see an exception:
https://preview.redd.it/9os5h8q7scd21.jpg?width=550&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac45ed7bc987917142075c61fb486e7d71f820d1
dont worry, this is just the wallet trying to execute/start the x42 node which we dont want, if all works according to plan.. after you click "OK" you should now be presented with the wallet UI and have the option to select what wallet you would like to load:
https://preview.redd.it/hnyt0b4mscd21.jpg?width=958&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a47df710a804375d8363ffcd77d1ede2862b9b4d
... DONE!
Step 8 - [Option 2 - Build/Compile UI Only] Connect The UI Wallet To A Headless Node ###BROKEN
THIS IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, THE ELECTRON BUILD DOESNT WANT TO COMPILE BECAUSE SOME CODE IS MANGLED SOMEWHERE!!
Ok, this is the fun bit! .. we need to install the following dependencies. these instructions are written for a Windows system but it should be easy enough to perform the same on a *NIX system.
Install Dependencies
In order to build the wallet UI, you need to install the following components:
- git
- NodeJS
- Electron Builder
https://gitforwindows.org/
Next you need to install NodeJS, download and install the package:
https://nodejs.org/en/download/
Next we need to install the node package manager:
npm install npx –verbosenext we need to make sure we have Visual Studio build tools and Python (2.7) installed, this can be done by executing the following (AS AN ADMINISTRATOR!):
npm install -g --production windows-build-toolsthis will install the necessary tools to build C#/C++ code and python 2.7, this could take some time! When its done you should have something like the following;
https://preview.redd.it/5ekfy5g1kcd21.jpg?width=490&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f65196dee6f78f2ececec5ee8b5df1044d68f635
Build & Install - Windows
Create a temp folder to navigate to a folder where you want to download the GIT repository, execute the following command:
git clone https://github.com/x42protocol/X42-FullNode-UI.gitThis will clone the repository into the folder, it will only clone the wallet and not the Node source! now lets CD into the folder and build the UI:
cd X42-FullNode-UI\FullNode.UI npm installThis will download and install all dependencies (can take a while), at the end you should see something like..
https://preview.redd.it/0zfbfxa8kcd21.jpg?width=601&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=438d072a6ab2bc7a3d84a8dfe773968acc762bc7
Now the stock UI has a number of third-party libraries which contain some vulnerabilities, being a security conscious person, ive also run:
npm audit fixwhen this is done, we have fixed most of the package vulnerabilities 😊 We also get a complaint about the typescript library being too new for the version of angular in use, so run the following command to install the additional dependency:
npm install [email protected]">=2.4.2 <2.7.0"now its time to build the UI, execute the following:
npm run build:prodonce complete you should see something like the following..
https://preview.redd.it/56vf9zfckcd21.jpg?width=601&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31b72daff9ab5001843cba529a7bd38c76fd099d
Next its time to compile the electron binary, it should be noted that the build/package process utilises AppVoyer which is not installed and if you attempt to build right now you will get the following error:
cannot expand pattern "${productName}-v${version}-setup-${os}-${env.arch}.${ext}": env arch is not defined. To fix this we need to modify the build file, this is a quick one liner that can do it:powershell -Command "(gc electron-builder.json) -replace 'env.arch', 'arch' | Out-File electron-builder.json"Essentially the offending line for Windows is..
"artifactName": "${productName}-v${version}-setup-${os}-${env.arch}.${ext}" The build cannot resolve “env.arch”, so the above one liner replaces “env.arch” with “arch” which works 😊execute the following command:
npx electron-builder build --windows --x64At present i get the following error, no matter what i do.. and ive ran out of time to go hunting about.. if anyone has any ideas on how to fix then please post in here or message me on discord:
https://preview.redd.it/t66rtuqdtcd21.jpg?width=918&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3f1a5ff682586348909c67645ca7ae9454922ff
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