ethstats-client/README.md

Ethereum Network Intelligence API
============
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This is the backend service which runs along with the node for tracking the ethereum network status, fetches information through the JSON-RPC and connects through WebSockets to [eth-netstats](https://github.com/cubedro/eth-netstats) and feed information constantly.

## Prerequisite
* eth or geth
* node
* npm


## Installation on Ubuntu

Fetch and run the build shell. This will install everything you need: latest ethereum - CLI from develop branch (you can choose between eth or geth), node.js, npm & pm2.

```bash
bash <(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cubedro/eth-net-intelligence-api/master/bin/build.sh)
```

## Configuration

Configure the app modifying [processes.json](/eth-net-intelligence-api/blob/master/processes.json). Note that you have to modify the backup processes.json file located in `./bin/processes.json` (to allow you to set your env vars without being rewritten when updating).

```json
"env":
	{
		"NODE_ENV"        : "production", // tell the client we're in production environment
		"RPC_HOST"        : "localhost", // eth JSON-RPC host
		"RPC_PORT"        : "8080", // eth JSON-RPC port
		"INSTANCE_NAME"   : "",
		"WS_SERVER"       : "", // path to eth-netstats WebSockets api server
		"WS_SECRET"       : "", // WebSockets api server secret used for login
	}
```

## Run

Run it using pm2:

```bash
cd ~/bin
pm2 start processes.json
```

## Updating

To update the API client use the following commands:

```bash
pm2 kill
cd ~/bin/www
git pull
sudo npm update
sudo npm install
cd ..
pm2 start processes.json
```

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