README.monitor.md

Monitoring Private Ethereum Network

Install requirements

$ sudo apt install -y npm
$ sudo apt install -y nodejs-legacy

Install eth-netstats

eth-netstats is the tool providing a monitoring site (frontend) for private network stats

Build eth-netstats as follows

$ git clone https://github.com/cubedro/eth-netstats
$ cd eth-netstats
$ npm install
$ sudo npm install -g grunt-cli
$ grunt

Run eth-netstats as follows, for details check netstats.sh script

$ PORT=<chosen_port:default 3000> WS_SECRET=<chosen_secret> npm start

Monitoring page can be reached like below, no information is presented until eth-net-intelligence-api is run

http://localhost:3000

Install eth-net-intelligence-api

eth-net-intelligence-api contains processes that communicate with the ethereum client using RPC and push the data to the monitoring site via websockets.

Build eth-net-intelligence-api as follows

$ git clone https://github.com/cubedro/eth-net-intelligence-api
$ cd eth-net-intelligence-api
$ npm install
$ sudo npm install -g pm2

Run eth-net-intelligence-api as follows, for details check netintapi.sh script and app.json files under config directory

$ pm2 start ./app.json

To check logs

$ pm2 logs node-app

To stop

$ pm2 stop ./app.json