bigchaindb/docs/root/source/installation/node-setup/all-in-one-bigchaindb.md

Run BigchainDB with all-in-one Docker

For those who like using Docker and wish to experiment with BigchainDB in non-production environments, we currently maintain a BigchainDB all-in-one Docker image and a Dockerfile-all-in-one that can be used to build an image for bigchaindb.

This image contains all the services required for a BigchainDB node i.e.

• BigchainDB Server
• MongoDB
• Tendermint

Note: NOT for Production Use: This is an single node opinionated image not well suited for a network deployment. This image is to help quick deployment for early adopters, for a more standard approach please refer to one of our deployment guides:

• BigchainDB developer setup guides.
• BigchainDB with Kubernetes.

Prerequisite(s)

• Docker

Pull and Run the Image from Docker Hub

With Docker installed, you can proceed as follows.

In a terminal shell, pull the latest version of the BigchainDB all-in-one Docker image using:

$ docker pull bigchaindb/bigchaindb:all-in-one

$ docker run \
  --detach \
  --name bigchaindb \
  --publish 9984:9984 \
  --publish 9985:9985 \
  --publish 27017:27017 \
  --publish 26657:26657 \
  --volume $HOME/bigchaindb_docker/mongodb/data/db:/data/db \
  --volume $HOME/bigchaindb_docker/mongodb/data/configdb:/data/configdb \
  --volume $HOME/bigchaindb_docker/tendermint:/tendermint \
  bigchaindb/bigchaindb:all-in-one

Let's analyze that command:

• docker run tells Docker to run some image
• --detach run the container in the background
• publish 9984:9984 map the host port 9984 to the container port 9984 (the BigchainDB API server)
  • 9985 BigchainDB Websocket server
  • 27017 Default port for MongoDB
  • 26657 Tendermint RPC server
• --volume "$HOME/bigchaindb_docker/mongodb:/data" map the host directory $HOME/bigchaindb_docker/mongodb to the container directory /data; this allows us to have the data persisted on the host machine, you can read more in the official Docker documentation
  • $HOME/bigchaindb_docker/tendermint:/tendermint to persist Tendermint data.
• bigchaindb/bigchaindb:all-in-one the image to use. All the options after the container name are passed on to the entrypoint inside the container.

Verify

$ docker ps | grep bigchaindb

Send your first transaction using BigchainDB drivers.

Building Your Own Image

Assuming you have Docker installed, you would proceed as follows.

In a terminal shell:

git clone git@github.com:bigchaindb/bigchaindb.git
cd bigchaindb/

Build the Docker image:

docker build --file Dockerfile-all-in-one --tag <tag/name:latest> .

Now you can use your own image to run BigchainDB all-in-one container.