ArcBlock Project Hits 3-Year Milestone and Releases New Website and Updates to Its DApps Developer Platform with New Features and Tools that Simplify DApps Development.

Introducing ABT Node 1.0

BELLEVUE, Wash., Oct. 30, 2020 /ArcBlock/ — ArcBlock, a leading blockchain technology, decentralized identity, and DApps Developer Platform, announced today has released an update to its DApp developer platform that includes several new features and capabilities for developers including the official release of its new Developer Plan that ensures ArcBlock will remain free and fully featured for developers, hitting its 3 years milestones.

Since 2017, the ArcBlock team has been working to solve many of today’s developer challenges when it comes to building Blockchain and Decentralized Applications. From poor performance and lack of scalability to limited usability and lack of developer features, DApp developers have been challenged when it comes to getting their DApps to market and building real DApps that not only work for early adopters but real everyday users.

ABT Node

ArcBlock’s ABT Node is the foundation of the ArcBlock Platform and solves the challenges of building DApps by giving developers everything they need to build highly scalable, end-to-end experiences for real-world users. ABT Node includes built-in decentralized identity and ready-made apps and components with ArcBlock’s unique Blocklets. The ABT Node platform is cloud-native and with its unique distributed architecture can be deployed anywhere including in the cloud, on-premise, or locally on any device. For developers, the ArcBlock platform is always free and includes every feature, such as:

• An integrated blockchain framework
• Decentralized Identity
• Built-in DApp runtime
• Service Gateway
• Blocklet Marketplace
• Logging
• Integrations
• Team management

Blocklets

While ABT Node is the foundation of the ArcBlock platform, Blocklets are the key building blocks that make building DApps easy by giving developers ready-made software that includes compiled code and any necessary dependencies needed. Blocklets are serverless and can be one-click installed from Blocklet Marketplace in ABT Node.

With Blocklets, developers can use one Blocklet or connect Blocklets together in a few steps to quickly build and deploy DApps and components, or easily extend the functionality of their ABT Node for their production DApps.

Every ABT Node dev environment includes access to ArcBlock’s decentralized Blocklet Marketplace where developers can get free and paid Blocklets from popular vendors including:

• Blockchain Manager to create and deploy ArcBlock powered blockchains
• Amazon Web Services Quantum Ledger Database giving users the ability to use QLDB as a data source for ABT Node
• Node Launcher to easily provision additional nodes on demand
• DID:Connect to run your own decentralized identity backed login and authentication service for apps and websites
• A Uniswap deployer Blocklet to run your own Uniswap as a blocklet
• And many more

In addition to installing and using Blocklets from the marketplace, developers and teams can easily build and register their blocklets for their projects or to resell in the marketplace to other developers.

Get Started

With today’s release, ArcBlock has launched a new “Getting Started” portal that enables new users to get started with ArcBlock fast. Developers can launch ABT Node using a single command from their developer computer, or “one-click deployment” in the cloud using AWS or their own infrastructure with ArcBlock’s ready-made cloud images.

ArcBlock also showcases other ways to start developing, testing, and deploying the ArcBlock platform including the new “One-click to deploy” Docker playground, and the latest cloud-based development tools, such as Gitpod, Github’s Codespace, or how to launch a blocklet directly from Github.

About ArcBlock

ArcBlock is transforming how blockchain-enabled applications and services are developed, managed, and deployed by reimaging how these services will be created in the years ahead. ArcBlock comprises a team of industry experts, developers, technologists, and leaders who are focused on creating successful outcomes by enabling teams and businesses to develop blockchain-ready services around their needs. ArcBlock has created a powerful but easy-to-use development platform that utilizes blockchain’s power in combination with cloud computing that allows developers and businesses to achieve their goals successfully. Follow ArcBlock on Twitter @arcblock_io.

ArcBlock Releases New Website and Dev Platform Update was originally published in ArcBlock on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

2020–10–31

On October 31, 2020, ArcBlock reached it’s three year milestone that included the release of a new website and updates to the ArcBlock Dapps platform and decentralized dev environment.

Updates

• ArcBlock releases new website and updates to it’s decentralized development platform.

ArcBlock, a leading blockchain technology, decentralized identity, and DApps Developer Platform, released an update to ABT Node, DApp dev environment, that includes several new features and capabilities for developers including the official release of its new Developer Plan that ensures ArcBlock will remain free and fully featured for developers, hitting its 3 years milestones.

This release also saw the continued expansion of the ArcBlock’s Blocklets ecosystem. While ABT Node is the foundation of the ArcBlock platform, Blocklets are the key building blocks that make building DApps easy by giving developers ready-made software that includes compiled code and any necessary dependencies needed. Blocklets are serverless and can be one-click installed from Blocklet Marketplace in ABT Node.

With Blocklets, developers can use one Blocklet or connect Blocklets together in a few steps to quickly build and deploy DApps and components, or easily extend the functionality of their ABT Node for their production DApps.

Events

On October 14th, 2020, ArcBlock participated in the Washington Tehnology Industry Associations Blockchain Unconference.

• ArcBlock CEO Rober Mao joined Microosft to discuss Decentralized Identity.
• ArcBlock VP Matt McKinney hosted a panel discussion on the rise of DeFI nad what comes next.

Blog Posts

• 10/12 — One-Click deploy ABT Node using Docker using Play with Docker
• 10/20 — ArcBlock Changelog

ArcBlock Month In Review — October 2020 was originally published in ArcBlock on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

ArcBlock announces a new partnership with PoulSAT, a leading communications, and internet company based in Maryland, to bring blockchain-enabled DApps and tokenized services to Africa.

ArcBlock, a leading blockchain development platform provider for DApps and blockchain services, has officially announced a partnership with PoulSAT to bring its platform and tokenization services into Africa.

By partnering with PoulSAT, ArcBlock is expanding the availability of its DApp platform and blockchain-enabled services across Africa.

Today, PoulSAT and ArcBlock have already delivered complete end-to-end experiences for African businesses and users by not only providing the necessary infrastructure and networking but ready-made tokenization and blockchain capabilities through ArcBlock’s innovative ABT Node and Blocklets. Unlike traditional blockchain platforms, ArcBlock’s platform avoids the traditional vendor lock-in and enables African businesses and vendors to easily run these new blockchain-enabled digital services on the infrastructure of their choice including cloud, on-premise, or locally.

In addition, customers and users can utilize ArcBlock’s decentralized identity wallet and one-click Blocklets to easily add new services and capabilities with minimal effort.

PoulSAT and ArcBlock began working together in late 2019 with an emphasis on enabling African businesses to evolve their offerings by giving them access to easy-to-use capabilities that allow them to deliver innovative, secure, and compliant solutions, as well as ready-made tokenized solutions that empower local businesses and consumers. PoulSAT and ArcBlock are successfully bringing to market digital wallets, tokenization, enhanced digital payments and newly launched digital office and point of sale solutions, among others.

“Africa is becoming more connected, more technologically savvy, and more mobile. As a result, institutions, merchants, and individuals are looking for new and innovative ways to engage their users and leverage tokenization across their channels and devices. By working with ArcBlock, we are enabling our customers to bring entirely new digital and tokenized experiences to life and giving users access to technologies that were previously unavailable. Using nothing more than a mobile device, end-users can leverage a vendor’s entire ecosystem of digital services, make payments, and easily interact with friends and family,” said Ildevert Digbeu, CEO of Poulsat.

“At ArcBlock, we believe in partnerships that enable transformative experiences. By working with PoulSAT, we now have a strategic partner who is delivering digital transformation across Africa and also has a deep understanding of the local environment. By working together, we are focused on delivering ongoing innovation that empowers local and regional communities. Whether it is launching new 5G networking services, or enabling users to leverage digital payments and verifiable credentials, PoulSAT and ArcBlock together can make a difference in people’s lives,” said Robert Mao, CEO of ArcBlock.

Since September, ArcBlock has released multiple updates to it’s ABT Node platform and continues to successfully onboard companies across a wide range of industries onto its platform including supply chain, cybersecurity, identity, government, and more. For developers or businesses interesting in using ArcBlock’s platform you can simply visit their website, and developer plans are always free.

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2020–11–09

ArcBlock updated it’s ABT Node developer platform to version v1.0.31 on November 9, 2020.

ArcBlock DApp Platform Change Log — November09, 2020

ArcBlock continues to improve ABT Node with this weeks updated ChangeLog showing multiple bug fixes, updates and optimization updates to improve performance.

• ArcBlock added new website updates and user experience improvements.
• ArcBlock add new Get Started options to quickly deploy the ABT Node and try newly open sourced blocklets.
• New Blocklet repo to enable developers to quickly try and deploy open source Blocklets for their DApp projects.
• Bug fixes and improvements to ABT Node UI and performance.

1.0.31 (November 09, 2020)

• fix download cert bug

1.0.30 (November 07, 2020)

• fix: auto upgrade toggle ux

1.0.29 (November 07, 2020)

• fix: updater cwd not correctly set

1.0.28 (November 07, 2020)

• fix: updater cwd not correctly set

1.0.27 (November 07, 2020)

• fix: make member related notification sticky
• fix: notification.create should always have entityType
• fix: undefined in member approve notification
• chore: add a tag for docker hub ci after published

1.0.26 (November 07, 2020)

• fix: publish script

1.0.25 (November 07, 2020)

• feat: support auto upgrade from dashboard (ui & daemon)
• fix: member approve notification
• fix: node register url position
• fix: service health check may cause the service fail
• feat: auto open install blocklet dialog according to url params
• erf: optimize memory for remote upload of big blocklet
• feat: support register node on install bridge
• chore: remove install blocklet directly from npm by just using registry
• fix: change login attempt notification severity and description
• fix: router config not save notice dialog jump error
• chore: send error notification when update routing rule failed on blocklet installation
• fix: timing of tagging caused docker image build error during publish process
• feat: improve install from url by using meta.dis
• feat: polish abtnode bundle ux
• feat: support auto upgrade from dashboard (cli & cron) #58
• fix: update did to address
• fix: should listen to blocklet install/upgrade error on marketplace
• fix(dev): not enough logs in console
• feat: add alert for router tip
• feat: rotate nginx access and error log everyday
• fix(bundle): not throw error if main is empty
• fix(deploy): error message is printed repeatedly
• fix: add hover color on table
• feat: use .blocklet/bundle as bundle folder #1576
• ux: polish no access url description
• fix: should not run migration for newly created nodes
• fix update certificate bug and polish ui
• fix: eidt input disabled if row is required on configuration page
• feat: persistence the blocklets list page size

ArcBlock ABT Node Change Log — November 09, 2020 was originally published in ArcBlock on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

A walkthrough of how to deploy Solid Server using a dev-ready Blocklet and ABT Node.

Deploy Solid Server with ArcBlock

ArcBlock and the Solid Privacy Platform

ArcBlock is one of the most flexible DApp development platforms today and is designed to enable users to easily build, deploy and manage software for their DApp projects including adoption of other blockchains and decentralized projects like the Solid Project.

The core idea behind the Solid Privacy Platform is to enable users to control their data in online storage entities called Personal Online Data Stores or Pods for short.

Deploy Solid Server using a Blocklet

Getting started with Solid Server and ABT Node is easy. ArcBlock recently released a new open source Solid on ArcBlock Blocklet on Github.

Using the blocklet, developers get everything they need to run the Solid Server with no additional dependencies, configuration updates, and can be launched in one-click. Once launched, developers can quickly demo Solid Server inside of Gitpod’s Cloud IDE with built-in web preview and instant access ABT Node’s dashboard.

Solid on ArcBlock Readme

Experimental Solid (https://solidproject.org) Server as a Blocklet runs on ArcBlock Platform.

Source code of Solid Server: https://github.com/solid/node-solid-server

Getting Started

Click the “Open in Gitpod” button, Gitpod will start ABT Node and the blocklet.

1. After you click on start, the cloud environment will immediately begin building.

2. No dependencies are required and everything you need is already included in the Blocklet making it easy to build and deploy the software on ABT Node.

3. Some additional setup is being completed.

4. Now, the terminal window will show you two URLs. One URL is for the ABT Node dashboard and the second is to review the web GUI of the Solid Server.

5. To make things easy, ArcBlock already preconfigured the preview window so developers can immediately view the home page for Solid. Here you can login with your WebID or register.

6. Using ArcBlock’s Blocklet we were able to deploy ABT Node using Docker, Solid Server and a fully functioning cloud development environment in less than minutes. The Solid on ArcBlock Blocklet is open source and please feel free to make improvements, or try other Blocklets including React, static sites and more. Building DApps, Blockchains and DLTs has never been easier. Get started today.

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2020–09–15。

ABT node 1.0 was officially released on September 1, 2020, which included the release of ArcBlock’s Blocklets.

Blocklets are the key building blocks for ABT Node that include stand-alone apps, reusable components and developer tools, or smart contracts that can be installed from the Blocklet Marketplace.

Users and developers can simply pick the Blocklet you need to start and install it instantly to get yourself up and running. One of the key features of Blocklets is that it is very easy to combine multiple Blocklets to build a more complex application or DApps.

Blocklets come in different packages depending on the use case including, but not limited, to the following:

• A starter template, from which a developer can bootstrap an dapp already connected to forge-powered blockchain within minutes;
• A full-featured DApp, with which a miner or community user can install and get it up and running quickly;
• A smart contract, which defines the on-chain pipeline of a business logic and can be deployed to forge-powered chains with one click;
• Web components or services
• Azure, AWS or other cloud-ready samples
• and more

Each Blocklet comes in a standard format and can be installed on your ABT Node in one-click.

When reviewing individual Blocklets, users can easily access different versions for each Blocklet as shown in the image below.

Blocklet Management

On the Blocklet management page, users are shown various details and information about their Blocklets including:

1. Name

2. Access URLs (access URLs include the public interface, admin interface and configuration interface)

3. Version

4. Installation date and uptime

5. Status

6. Actions

Blocklet Actions

After installing a Blocklet, users can quickly start, stop, or configure their Blocklets using a standard set of actions that can be used to interact with the Blocklet on their node(s).

These options include:

1. Start Blocklet
2. Stop Blocklet
3. Restart Blocklet
4. Reload Blocklet
5. Remove Blocklet
6. Configure Blocklet

Blocklet Overview

Every Blocklet includes various screens that allow users to easily manage all aspects of their Blocklets. On the image below, we can see the Blocklet overview page.

The overview page shows us the current status of the Blocklet as well as:

1. Blocklet Status
2. Group Type
3. DID address (every app, node, user and more is automatically assigned a decentralized identity or “DID”)
4. Author
5. Interfaces
6. Source
7. Disk Information
8. Runtime Info
9. Configuration Details

Every Blocklet also gives users a range of configuration details. In the image below, we can see Blocklet Configuration and System Configuration details. These details show you where various directories are located, the DID addresses, ports and more.

ArcBlock Core Blocklets

The Blocklet includes a range of Blocklets created by the ArcBlock community, but also several Core Blocklets developed by the ArcBlock team. These Core Blocklets include various key services and components to help developers get the most out of their ABT Nodes.

Blocklets can be used individually, or easily connected together to easily and automatically give your applications new capabilities and features. For example, deploy a node using the ABT Node Launcher, create a new blockchain network using the Blockchain Manager Blocklet, and then connect it to the Blockchain Explorer Blocklet to get instant insights into your blockchain. It’s that easy!

ABT Node Launcher

Use the Node Launcher Blocklet to easily deploy additional ABT Nodes for your apps, and to extend your infrastructure and node network wherever your users are located. We will be adding new infrastructure partners to the Node Launcher along with your ability to deploy ABT Node onto your own servers, IoT devices and more.

BlockChain Manager

The Blockchain Manager is the easiest way to create and deploy interoperable blockchains for your applications. In less than 30-seconds, users can deploy new blockchain networks with built-in atomic swap capabilities for easy asset exchanges, and are always interoperable by default.

With the Blockchain Manager Blocklet, you can easily create new blockchains using a simple and advanced mode, and individually manage each blockchain network.

Blockchain Explorer

Blockchain Explorer gives you instant insights into your blockchain network in a design focused on a great user experience.

Blockchain Boarding Gate

Blockchain Boarding Gate is a Blocklet for quickly creating new accounts on a blockchain network.

DID Connect

DID Connect is a Blocklet that makes it easy for anyone to deploy and run decentralized identity services to support key authentication requirements including enabling users to login using their own identities. The DID:CONNECT blocklet also includes various integrations including OAuth, Android and JavaScript.

To get started, users can visit ArcBlock’s ABT Node documentation that helps users hit the ground running.

Click here to view the ABT node documentation.

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ABT node 1.0 has been officially released. This article is a quick how-to guide to help developers get started ArcBlock’s blockchain and Dapp platform — ABT Node.

The ABT node is a web-based developer platform that enables developers, teams and businesses to quickly create, deploy and manage applications and blockchains for the decentralized web using ArcBlock’s innovative software building blocks called Blocklets.

We’ll show users how to install ABT Node below, but anyeon can also follow this guide https://www.arcblock.io/en/post/2020/09/01/official-guide-to-deploy-abtnode-on-aws.

Sign in to the interface

Now, with your ABT Node installed, users will need to use their decentralized wallet — ABT Wallet — to secure and login to the ABT Node.

ABT Node Dashboard

The ABT node dashboard is a users “single pane of glass” providing meaningful data about the node, uptime, storage and other important properties such as the nodes Decentralized Identifier (DID) and owners DID.

Blocklets

Blocklets are the key building blocks for ABT Node and give stand-alone apps, reusable components and developer tools, or smart contracts that can be installed from the Blocklet Marketplace in a single click. Blocklets can be used out of the box, or combined together to create new functionality for any project or app.

Blocklet Marketplace

The Blocklet marketplace provides users with a one-stop shop for ArcBlock’s core blocklets that include:

• Blockchain Manager
• DID:Connect for decentralized identity
• AWS QLDB Manager
• and many more

Each Blocklet can be installed in a single click and upgraded/managed through the web-interface.

Blocklet Management

The Blocklet page consists of a list of installed Blocklets, where you can start, stop, restart, delete, and more.

The service gateway

ABT Node has integrated Nginx and makes it very easy for developers and users to define custom URL mapping, routing rules, adding new SSL certificates and more through the Service Gateway.

Install ABT Node

Now, let’s get started and this walk through shows you how to install ABT Node locally on your laptop/device. For production workloads, users are encouraged to setup ABT Node on Amazon Web Services using the ready-made images.

Step 1: Install nvm.

You can install nvm by following these commands:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/master/install.sh)"

Here is an example of what you will see:

Note: You may run into some limitations based on your operating system so be aware that these examples are using MacOS and Linux.

Step 2: Install Node.js and npm

Get the latest long-term support version of Node.js, using this command (you can also use this command to list all versions):nvm ls-remote

nvm ls-remote | grep 'Latest LTS'

Here is what you should see:

Then, as soon as Node.js is installed, npm is also installed automatically.

nvm install v12.18.3

You can verify your step using the image below:

Note: You can install the latest Node.js by running commands.

nvm install-latest-npm

Step 3: Install ABT node

The ABT node can now be installed by using npm to perform the following command:

npm install -g @abtnode/cli

Here is what you should see:

Step 4: Download and Setup your ABT wallet

Before you secure and login to your ABT Node, you will need to download and configure ArcBlock’s ABT Wallet. You can down it the wallet from https://www.abtwallet.io Then open the wallet and follow the wallet guide to complete the initialization of the wallet.

Step 5: Install an IDE

If you’re going to create your own Blocklet, we recommend that you install an IDE first. For example, Microsoft’s VS Code is a great place to start.

To get your ABT node up and running, you must initialize it.

If you have initialized the ABT node, you can start your node with , or you can reinitialize the ABT node by deleting the profile (if the data uses the default directory and profile).abtnode startrm /r /f ~/.abtnode*

Now, onitialize the ABT node by running the following command:

abtnode init

Now you need to start the node to use it. To start your node, run the following command:

abtnode start

Here is what you can expect to see:

Use your wallet to login to your ABT Node and you are ready to get started. As a first step, go ahead and install the Blockchain Manager Blocklet and create your first blockchain. It won’t take you more than 2-minutes to get it up and running. Here are the steps: https://www.arcblock.io/en/post/2020/06/04/step-by-step-tutorial-to-create-your-first-blockchain-on-abtnode

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Introducing ABT Node 1.0

ArcBlock has officially released ABT Node 1.0, it is a distributed computing operating system built for the decentralized web. With ABT Node, developers now have a powerful platform that gives them everything they need to create, deploy, and manage modern decentralized applications. ABT Node includes a flexible runtime and integrated framework that uses serverless computing and microservices architecture to reduce the complexity of building and running scalable blockchain applications anywhere and everywhere.

ABT Node is the first platform to fully integrate decentralized identity, blockchain framework and reusable software components known as Blocklets to make it easy to add new capabilities for any project. Users can one-click install apps, blockchains, developer tools, and more to enable them to deploy blockchain nodes, smart contracts, application logic, and more with zero hassle.

Deploy ABT Node on Amazon Web Services

Starting today, ABT Node 1.0 is available on the Amazon Web Services marketplace By offering ABT Node on AWS, developers and teams get cloud-native building blocks to build and optimize their projects. ABT Node is a fully decentralized web node, hardened runtime, and directly integrates with other AWS services. Developers can find additional information about ABT Node here: https://docs.arcblock.io/en/abtnode/introduction/how-to-get-abtnode.

ABT Node Features

ABT Node is natively designed to host DApps, websites, decentralized services, and DeFi and includes a set of features and familiar software development kit (SDK) that gives developers and teams a better way to create, deploy, and manage their software.

Blocklets: Software Building Blocks to Easily Create Apps and Blockchains

Blocklets are software building blocks designed to run independently on the ABT Node or can be combined with other Blocklets to create new functionality for any project. Each Blocklet uses a serverless design and can easily run on any infrastructure. Starting today, users can one-click install core Blocklets to create and launch interconnected blockchains, a universal explorer, ArcBlock’s did:connect identity service and Amazon Web Services Quantum Ledger Database.

Blockchain Manager: Join a Blockchain Network or Launch a Blockchain in One Click

With ABT Node 1.0, users can easily install ArcBlock’s Blockchain Manager Blocklet to create and deploy blockchains in a single click. Each blockchain is automatically interoperable with other blockchains and apps built on the ArcBlock platform. Each blockchain includes a built-in atomic swap protocol to make exchanges easy. For users who want to run a node or join an existing blockchain network, they can install and run some blocklets to become a blockchain node and connect an existing blockchain network or form a new one.

Service Gateway

The new ABT Node Routing Engine is a powerful new component to let users create custom domain pathing for specific URLs and IP addresses, set reverse proxies, install SSL certificates, and set custom rules for each blocklet and service running on ABT Node.

Ready-Made Decentralized Identity (DID)

ArcBlock’s ABT Node 1.0 is the only production-ready blockchain platform that includes a built-in W3C DID compatible Decentralized Identity service. Developers and teams have instant access to tools, libraries, and reusable components to make it easy to create and use digital identities rooted in ArcBlock’s blockchains. Unlike other platforms, any decentralized identity created is automatically interoperable across all ArcBlock created networks, applications, and services. Developers can also deploy ArcBlock’s did:connect Blocklet from the marketplace to run their own decentralized identity authentication service with no external or 3rd party dependencies.

Learn More

ABT Node is the new OS of the decentralized web. Developers have a new way to create, deploy, and manage DApps and blockchains that significantly reduces the effort and time needed to build and deploy apps and blockchains. To learn more about ABT Node, or to get help with your project, visit https://www.arcblock.io.

About ArcBlock

ArcBlock is transforming how blockchain-enabled applications and services are developed, managed, and deployed by reimaging how these services will be created in the years ahead. ArcBlock comprises a team of industry experts, developers, technologists, and leaders who are focused on creating successful outcomes by enabling teams and businesses to develop blockchain-ready services around their needs. ArcBlock has created a powerful but easy-to-use development platform that utilizes blockchain’s power in combination with cloud computing that allows developers and businesses to achieve their goals successfully. Follow ArcBlock on Twitter @arcblock_io.

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A step-by-step tutorial to help you launch ABT Node from the AWS Marketplace to one-click deploy blockchains, build DApps, smart contracts and more.

Deploying ArcBlock’s new production-ready ABT Node on Amazon Web Services (AWS) is as simple as a few clicks. The new ABT Node is your operating system for the decentralized web and makes it easy to create, deploy and manage your applications and blockchains.

Go to the AWS Marketplace and search for ArcBlock ABT Node.

1. Once you are on the ABT Node AWS Marketplace listing click “Continue to Subscribe.”
2. On the next page, choose “Accept Terms.” Once the “Accept Terms” is complete you will see an effective date showing today’s date. Now, choose “Continue to Configure.”

1. On the next page you can select the region where you would like to deploy the node. Review the drop down menu and choose your region. Once selected, choose “Continue to Launch.”

1. On the next section, choose “Launch from the Website” from the drop down menu, and then select your preferred EC2 instance size.

1. For the Security Groups settings, click on the button labeled, “Create New Based on Seller Settings.”

1. Enter a name for your security group and a description. From there, your new settings should include the following:
2. Port 80
3. Ports 8089
4. Ports 443
5. Select “Save” when done.
6. In the future these ports will be updated and won’t be needed in future versions.

1. Next, choose a key pair from the Key Pair Settings drop down menu or create a new pair. You can use the key pair to help login to the instance later if needed. See: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-key-pairs.html for more information.

• To create a new key pair, follow the link called, “Create a key pair in EC2” and select “Create a Key Pair.”

• Choose your name for your keypair and select “Create.”
• Now, the new key pair will be listed as an available key pair and a file of the same name will be downloaded.
• Note, you may need to change the attributes of your key file using the following command: chmod 400 KEY_PAIR_FILE
• Now, go back to the “Continue to Launch” page and select your key pair.
• Click Launch
• Before logging into your ABT Node for the first time, you will first need to install and setup ArcBlock’s decentralized identity wallet — ABT Wallet — and have it set up on your mobile device. ABT Wallet is a decentralized identity wallet used to access, configure and run ArcBlock services including your ABT Node.

You can find the download links for the wallet here — https://www.abtwallet.io, and can learn more here — https://www.arcblock.io/en/post/2020/02/21/arcblock-releases-updated-decentralized-identity-wallet

1. Now, with your node running open http://YOUR_PUBLIC_HOSTNAME:8089 to begin setting up your node.
2. First, accept the end-user agreement and then use your ABT Wallet to scan the QR Code to begin the set up process. Upon completion you will be taken to the ABT Node dashboard.

That’s it! Congratulations. Your ABT Node is now up and running. With your Node up and running let’s go ahead and try installing your first blocklet and building your first blockchain.

For more information on how to deploy ArcBlock’s ABT Node, how to create and use Blocklets, or setup your own decentralized identity service, check out our ABT Node documentation here https://docs.arcblock.io/en/abtnode/introduction/what-is-abt-node.

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Some things to review before we start, and you will need to download and setup ABT Wallet on your device.

PLATFORM

DECENTRALIZED IDENTITY

ABT WALLET

Option 1 — Deploy ABT Node Using Docker

In the part 1 introduction, you will learn how to deploy ABT Node using Docker
📱 Pull Image: `docker pull arcblock/abtnode:latest`
💵 Run: `docker run` (image)
🔁 https://hub.docker.com/r/arcblock/abtnode

DEPLOY TO DOCKER

Option 2 — Deploy ABT Node on AWS Using ABT Node Launcher

In this deployment scenario, you will learn how to deploy ABT Node through the command line, and then use the Node Launcher Blocklet to deploy new AWS instances

🗺 Deploy ABT Node
🔁 Install and configure the Node Launcher Blocklet
🛒 Connect your AWS environment and deploy new node instances

DEPLOY TO AWS

Option 3 — Deploy ABT Node on Upyun Hold Cloud

In this example, we will deploy ABT Node using Upyun’s Hold Cloud

🗺 Step-by-step guide to configure your environment and selecting resources
💸 Deploy ABT Node and verify the instance

DEPLOY TO HOLD CLOUD

Option 4 — Deploy ABT Node on OpenStack

In this walkthrough, we show you how to deploy ABT Node using OpenStack powered infrastructure

In this section, you will:

🗺 Login and prepare your instance including compute and storage
💸 Use the command line to deploy the image

DEPLOY TO OPENSTACK

Watch the videos and Deploy ABT Node

Now it’s your turn. We’ve shown you everything you need to deploy ABT Node. You can use the links below to get started, and for next steps after your live go ahead and try to install our Blockchain Manager Blocklet to launch your own blockchains.

DEPLOY ABT NODE

ABT WALLET

Why Build on ArcBlock?

We’ve built a production-ready platform that includes everything developers need to build, run and use DApps.

Developer Ready

ArcBlock’s free SDK includes everything you need to build and run your app.

Decentralized Identity

W3C compliant specification and industry leading identity wallet for users.

Production Grade

Build for scale, interoperability and security using the ABT Network.

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