Admin Genesis CLI Tool

Overview

The genesis CLI tool produces a file for use during initialization of a validator. A network requires an initial block (known as the genesis block) whose signature will determine the block chain id. This initial block is produced from a list of batches, which will be applied at genesis time. The input to the command is a set of zero or more files containing serialized BatchList protobuf messages. The output is a file containing a serialized GenesisData protobuf message. This file, when placed at <sawtooth_data>/genesis.batch, will trigger the genesis process.

The location sawtooth_data depends on whether or not the environment variable SAWTOOTH_HOME is set. If it is, then sawtooth_data is located at <SAWTOOTH_HOME>/data. If it is not, then sawtooth_data is located at /var/lib/sawtooth.

Command

sawtooth admin genesis [--output <filename>] [<input_batch_file1> [<input_batch_file2> ...]]

Arguments

Required:

None.

Optional:

  • input_batch_file - a repeated list of files containing a serialized BatchList message. This may be empty, which will produce an empty genesis block.
  • --output <filename> - a target file where the serialized GenesisData will be written. Defaults to <sawtooth_data>/genesis.batch.

Output

The output of the command displays a message where the output GenesisData is written.

Example

> sawtooth admin genesis config.batch mktplace.batch
Generating /var/lib/sawtooth/genesis.batch