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# Nimbus: an Ethereum 2.0 Sharding Client for Resource-Restricted Devices
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[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/nimbus/nimbus)
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[](https://travis-ci.org/status-im/nimbus)
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[](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
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[](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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[](https://discord.gg/XRxWahP)
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[](https://gitter.im/status-im/nimbus)
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[](https://get.status.im/chat/public/nimbus-general)
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## Rationale
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[Nimbus: an Ethereum 2.0 Sharding Client](https://our.status.im/nimbus-for-newbies/). The code in this repository is currently focusing on Ethereum 1.0 feature parity, while all 2.0 research and development is happening in parallel in [nim-beacon-chain](https://github.com/status-im/nim-beacon-chain).
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## Development Updates
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To keep up to date with changes and development progress, follow the [Nimbus blog](https://our.status.im/tag/nimbus/).
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## Building & Testing
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_We currently do not guarantee that Nimbus will work on Windows._
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### Prerequisites
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* [RocksDB](https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/)
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* PCRE
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* GNU Make, Bash and the usual POSIX utilities. Git 2.9.4 or newer.
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On Windows, a precompiled DLL collection download is available through the `fetch-dlls` Makefile target: ([Windows instructions](#windows)).
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```bash
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# MacOS with Homebrew
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brew install rocksdb pcre
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# Fedora
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dnf install rocksdb-devel pcre pcre-devel
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# Debian and Ubuntu
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sudo apt-get install librocksdb-dev libpcre3-dev
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# Arch (AUR)
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pakku -S rocksdb pcre-static
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```
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`rocksdb` can also be installed by following [their instructions](https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/blob/master/INSTALL.md).
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#### Obtaining the prerequisites through the Nix package manager
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*Experimental*
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Users of the [Nix package manager](https://nixos.org/nix/download.html) can install all prerequisites simply by running:
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``` bash
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nix-shell default.nix
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```
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### Build & Develop
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#### POSIX-compatible OS
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```bash
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make # The first `make` invocation will update all Git submodules and prompt you to run `make` again.
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# It's only required once per Git clone. You'll run `make update` after each `git pull`, in the future,
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# to keep those submodules up to date.
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# Run tests
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make test
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make nimbus # build the Nimbus binary
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# See available command line options
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build/nimbus -- help
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# Start syncing with mainnet
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build/nimbus
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# Update to latest version
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git pull
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make update
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```
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To run a command that might use binaries from the Status Nim fork:
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```bash
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./env.sh bash # start a new interactive shell with the right env vars set
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which nim
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nim --version
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# or without starting a new interactive shell:
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./env.sh which nim
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./env.sh nim --version
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```
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Our Wiki provides additional helpful information for [debugging individual test cases][1]
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and for [pairing Nimbus with a locally running copy of Geth][2].
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#### Windows
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_(Experimental support!)_
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Install Mingw-w64 for your architecture using the "[MinGW-W64 Online
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Installer](https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/)" (first link
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under the directory listing). Run it and select your architecture in the setup
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menu ("i686" on 32-bit, "x86\_64" on 64-bit), set the threads to "win32" and
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the exceptions to "dwarf" on 32-bit and "seh" on 64-bit. Change the
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installation directory to "C:\mingw-w64" and add it to your system PATH in "My
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Computer"/"This PC" -> Properties -> Advanced system settings -> Environment
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Variables -> Path -> Edit -> New -> C:\mingw-w64\mingw64\bin (it's "C:\mingw-w64\mingw32\bin" on 32-bit)
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Install [Git for Windows](https://gitforwindows.org/) and use a "Git Bash" shell to clone and build Nimbus.
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If you don't want to compile RocksDB and SQLite separately, you can fetch pre-compiled DLLs with:
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```bash
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mingw32-make # this first invocation will update the Git submodules
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mingw32-make fetch-dlls # this will place the right DLLs for your architecture in the "build/" directory
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```
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You can now follow those instructions in the previous section by replacing `make` with `mingw32-make` (regardless of your 32-bit or 64-bit architecture):
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```bash
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mingw32-make nimbus # build the Nimbus binary
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mingw32-make test # run the test suite
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# etc.
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```
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#### Raspberry PI
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*Experimental* The code can be compiled on a Raspberry PI:
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* Raspberry PI 3b+
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* 64gb SD Card (less might work too, but the default recommended 4-8GB will probably be too small)
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* [Rasbian Buster Lite](https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/) - Lite version is enough to get going and will save some disk space!
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Assuming you're working with a freshly written image:
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```bash
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# Start by increasing swap size to 2gb:
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sudo vi /etc/dphys-swapfile
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# Set CONF_SWAPSIZE=2048
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# :wq
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sudo reboot
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# Install prerequisites
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sudo apt-get install git libgflags-dev libsnappy-dev
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mkdir status
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cd status
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# Install rocksdb
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git clone https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb.git
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cd rocksdb
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make shared_lib
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sudo make install
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cd..
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# Raspberry pi doesn't include /usr/local/lib in library search path - need to add
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export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
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git clone https://github.com/status-im/nimbus.git
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cd nimbus
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# Follow instructions above!
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```
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### Development tips
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- you can switch the DB backend with a Nim compiler define:
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`-d:nimbus_db_backend=...` where the (case-insensitive) value is one of
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"rocksdb" (the default), "sqlite", "lmdb"
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- the Premix debugging tools are [documented separately](premix/readme.md)
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- you can control the Makefile's verbosity with the V variable (defaults to 0):
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```bash
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make V=1 # verbose
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make V=2 test # even more verbose
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```
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- same for the [Chronicles log level](https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronicles#chronicles_log_level):
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```bash
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make LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG nimbus # this is the default
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make LOG_LEVEL=TRACE nimbus # log everything
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```
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- pass arbitrary parameters to the Nim compiler:
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```bash
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make NIMFLAGS="-d:release"
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```
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- if you want to use SSH keys with GitHub (also handles submodules):
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```bash
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make github-ssh
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```
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- force a Nim compiler rebuild:
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```bash
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rm vendor/Nim/bin/nim
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make -j8 build-nim
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```
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#### Git submodule workflow
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Working on a dependency:
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```bash
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cd vendor/nim-chronicles
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git checkout -b mybranch
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# make some changes
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git status
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git commit -a
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git push origin mybranch
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# create a GitHub PR and wait for it to be approved and merged
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git checkout master
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git pull
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git branch -d mybranch
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# realise that the merge was done without "--no-ff"
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git branch -D mybranch
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# update the submodule's commit in the superproject
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cd ../..
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git status
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git add vendor/nim-chronicles
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git commit
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```
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It's important that you only update the submodule commit after it's available upstream.
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You might want to do this on a new branch of the superproject, so you can make
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a GitHub PR for it and see the CI test results.
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Don't update all Git submodules at once, just because you found the relevant
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Git command or `make` target. You risk updating submodules to other people's
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latest commits when they are not ready to be used in the superproject.
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Adding the submodule "https://github.com/status-im/foo" to "vendor/foo":
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```bash
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vendor/nimbus-build-system/scripts/add_submodule.sh status-im/foo
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# or
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./env.sh add_submodule status-im/foo
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# want to place it in "vendor/bar" instead?
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./env.sh add_submodule status-im/foo vendor/bar
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```
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Removing the submodule "vendor/bar":
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```bash
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git submodule deinit -f -- vendor/bar
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git rm -f vendor/bar
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```
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Checking out older commits, either to bisect something or to reproduce an older build:
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```bash
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git checkout <commit hash here>
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make clean
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make -j8 update
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```
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Running a dependency's test suite using `nim` instead of `nimble` (which cannot be
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convinced not to run a dependency check, thus clashing with our jury-rigged
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"vendor/.nimble/pkgs"):
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```bash
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cd vendor/nim-rocksdb
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../nimbus-build-system/scripts/nimble.sh test
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# or
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../../env.sh nimble test
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```
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### Metric visualisation
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Install Prometheus and Grafana. On Gentoo, it's `emerge prometheus grafana-bin`.
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```bash
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# build Nimbus with support for the HTTP endpoint
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make NIMFLAGS="-d:insecure" nimbus
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# the Prometheus daemon will create its data dir in the current dir, so give it its own directory
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mkdir ../my_metrics
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# copy the basic config file over there
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cp -a examples/prometheus.yml ../my_metrics/
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# start Prometheus in a separate terminal
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cd ../my_metrics
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prometheus --config.file=prometheus.yml # loads ./prometheus.yml, writes metric data to ./data
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# start a fresh Nimbus sync and export metrics
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rm -rf ~/.cache/nimbus/db; ./build/nimbus --prune:archive --metricsServer
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```
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Start the Grafana server. On Gentoo it's `/etc/init.d/grafana start`. Go to
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http://localhost:3000, log in with admin:admin and change the password.
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Add Prometheus as a data source. The default address of http://localhost:9090
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is OK, but Grafana 6.3.5 will not apply that semitransparent default you see in
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the form field, unless you click on it.
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Create a new dashboard. Click on its default title in the upper left corner
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("New Dashboard"). In the new page, click "Import dashboard" in the right
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column and upload "examples/Nimbus-Grafana-dashboard.json".
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In the main panel, there's a hidden button used to assign metrics to the left
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or right Y-axis - it's the coloured line on the left of the metric name, in the
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graph legend.
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To see a single metric, click on its name in the legend. Click it again to go back
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to the combined view. To edit a panel, click on its title and select "Edit".
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[Obligatory screenshot.](https://i.imgur.com/AdtavDA.png)
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### Troubleshooting
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Report any errors you encounter, please, if not [already documented](https://github.com/status-im/nimbus/issues)!
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* Turn it off and on again:
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```bash
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make clean
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make update
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```
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## License
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Licensed and distributed under either of
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* MIT license: [LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
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or
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* Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHEv2](LICENSE-APACHEv2) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
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at your option. These files may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.
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[1]: https://github.com/status-im/nimbus/wiki/Understanding-and-debugging-Nimbus-EVM-JSON-tests
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[2]: https://github.com/status-im/nimbus/wiki/Debugging-state-reconstruction
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