Setting up the faucet

The faucet is the application used to create new accounts on the blockchain
Installation
It is recommended to use Ubuntu 18.04 to run the faucet.
Clone the Repository
git clone https://gitlab.com/PBSA/PeerplaysIO/tools-libs/faucet.git -b develop
Install the dependencies
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install libffi-dev libssl-dev python-dev python3-pip redis-server 
It is best practice to use python virtual environments. https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html​
sudo apt-get install python3-venv
cd faucet
python3 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip # upgrades pip to the latest version
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Edit the configuration
cp config-example.yml config.yml
Change the config.yml for Beatrice and your node:
secret_key: "RANDOM-STRING"  # Random keys
nobroadcast: True            # Safety mode
​
mail_host: "SERVER:589"
mail_user: "user"
mail_pass: "password"
mail_from: "[email protected]"
​
admins:
 - [email protected]
 - [email protected]
​
minIPAge: 300  # How long in secs does an IP need to wait to register a new account?
witness_url: "<your node endpoint>"
​
registrar: "<registrar account name>"
default_referrer: "<referrer account name>"
referrer_percent: 50  # in percent
wif: "<WIF for your account>"
​
balance_mailthreshold: 500  # if balances goes below this, you will be notified
core_asset: "TEST"
Apply the changes
python3 manage.py install
Usage
python work.py # for starting the worker
​
python manage.py run # for normal mode
​
python manage.py start # for debug mode
The faucet will then be available at http://localhost:5000
Testing
Once the faucet is running, tests can be run.
python3 test_faucet.py
Production Configuration
NGINX
Run uwsgi
uwsgi --ini wsgi.ini
and use a configuration similar to this:
user peerplays;
worker_processes  4;
​
events {
    worker_connections  2048;
}
​
http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;
    access_log  /www/logs/access.log;
    error_log  /www/logs/error.log;
    log_not_found off;
    sendfile        on;
    keepalive_timeout  65;
    gzip  on;
​
    upstream websockets {
      server localhost:9090;
      server localhost:9091;
    }
​
    server {
        listen       80;
        if ($scheme != "https") {
                return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
        }
​
        listen       443 ssl;
        server_name  peerplays-wallet.com;
        ssl_certificate      /etc/nginx/ssl/peerplays-wallet.com.crt;
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/peerplays-wallet.com.key;
        ssl_session_cache    shared:SSL:1m;
        ssl_session_timeout  5m;
        ssl_ciphers  HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
        ssl_prefer_server_ciphers  on;
​
        location ~ /ws/? {
            access_log on;
            proxy_pass http://websockets;
            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
            proxy_set_header Host $host;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            proxy_http_version 1.1;
            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
            proxy_next_upstream     error timeout invalid_header http_500;
            proxy_connect_timeout   2;
        }
        location ~ ^/[\w\d\.-]+\.(js|css|dat|png|json)$ {
            root /www/wallet;
            try_files $uri /wallet$uri =404;
        }
        location / {
            root /www/wallet;
        }
        location /api {
                include uwsgi_params;
                uwsgi_pass unix:/tmp/faucet.sock;
        }
​
    }
}

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Installation

Clone the Repository

Install the dependencies

Edit the configuration

Apply the changes

Usage

Production Configuration

NGINX