Node Create Transaction Example

Using Solo with a custom NodeCreateTransaction from an SDK call

Node Create Transaction Example

This example demonstrates how to use the node add-prepare/prepare-upgrade/freeze-upgrade/add-execute commands against a network in order to manually write a NodeCreateTransaction.

What It Does

  • Stands up a network with two existing nodes
  • Runs solo node add-prepare to get artifacts needed for the SDK NodeCreateTransaction
  • Runs a JavaScript program using the Hiero SDK JS code to run a NodeCreateTransaction
  • Runs solo consensus dev-freeze prepare-upgrade and solo consensus dev-freeze freeze-upgrade to put the network into a freeze state
  • Runs solo consensus dev-node-add execute to add network resources for a third consensus node, configures it, then restarts the network to come out of the freeze and leverage the new node
  • Contains the destroy commands to bring down the network if desired

How to Use

  1. Install dependencies:
    • Make sure you have Task, Node.js, npm, kubectl, and kind installed.
    • Run npm install while in this directory so that the solo-node-create-transaction.js script will work correctly when ran
  2. Choose your Solo command:
    • Edit Taskfile.yml and comment out/uncomment depending on if you want to run Solo checked out of the repository or running Solo with an NPM install
      • SOLO_COMMAND: "npm run solo --": use this if running with solo source repository
      • SOLO_COMMAND: "solo": use this if running with installed version of Solo
  3. Provide your custom application.properties if desired:
    • The following code is provided as an example and can be modified:
          # Copy and update application.properties
    cp resources/templates/application.properties {{ .APPLICATION_PROPERTIES }}
    echo "contracts.evm.ethTransaction.zeroHapiFees.enabled=false" >> {{ .APPLICATION_PROPERTIES }}
    • resources/templates/application.properties is the location of the Solo customized application.properties if you are sitting in the root of the Solo repository directory
    • You can download a copy here: https://github.com/hiero-ledger/solo/blob/main/resources/templates/application.properties
    • If you want you can download a copy, add your configurations, (be careful changing existing configurations as it could break Solo’s network), and then update the variable at the top to point to the new location: APPLICATION_PROPERTIES: "{{ .TEMPORARY_DIR }}/application.properties"
  4. CN_VERSION:
    • The following is only used for certain decision logic. It is best to have it as close to possible as the local build you are using of consensus node: CN_VERSION: "v0.64.2"
    • The script is configured to leverage a local build of the Consensus Node, for example the main branch. You will need to clone the Hiero Consensus Node yourself and then from its root directory run ./gradlew assemble, this assumes you have all its prerequisites configured, see: https://github.com/hiero-ledger/hiero-consensus-node/blob/main/docs/README.md
  5. Updating Directory Locations
    • The script was designed to run from this directory and so if you copy down the example without the repository or change other locations you might need to make changes
    • The dir: ../.. setting says to run the script two directories above, CN_LOCAL_BUILD_PATH can be updated to be relative to that, or can be changed to have the full path to the consensus node directory
    • The CN_LOCAL_BUILD_PATH actually points to the <hiero-consensus-node>/hedera-node/data, this is because this is the location of the artifacts that Solo needs to upload to the network node
  6. Run the default workflow:
    • From this directory, run:
      task
    • This will:
      • Install the Solo CLI
      • Create a Kind cluster
      • Set the kubectl context
      • Initialize Solo
      • Connect and set up the cluster reference
      • Create and configure the deployment
      • Add the cluster to the deployment
      • Generate node keys
      • Deploy the network with custom configuration files
      • Set up and start nodes
      • Deploy mirror node, relay, and explorer
      • Perform the consensus node add as described in the ‘What It Does’ section above
  7. Destroy the network:
    • Run:
      task destroy
    • This will:
      • Stop all nodes
      • Destroy mirror node, relay, and explorer
      • Destroy the Solo network
      • Delete the Kind cluster

Files

  • Taskfile.yml — All automation tasks and configuration
  • package.json - Contains the libraries for the solo-node-create-transaction.js to function
  • package-lock.json - A snapshot of what was last used when npm install was ran, run npm ci to install these versions specifically
  • solo-node-create-transaction.js - The script to run the Hiero SDK JS calls

Notes

  • This example is self-contained and does not require files from outside this directory.
  • All steps in the workflow are named for clear logging and troubleshooting.
  • You can extend the Taskfile to add more custom resources or steps as needed.
  • For more advanced usage, see the main Solo documentation.