Repo Description

This repo is used to run a frontend app based on ReactJS that can interact with my Fabric repo or ABS-Quorum repo operating as a backend app along with a Fabric DLT network. Together, the two repos run as a simple DLT demo.

Prerequisites

1. OS: MacOS 10.14.6 (properly tested) or Unix/Linux(not properly tested yet).
2. node version: 10.17.0.
3. Azure App Service Insight, this dependency can be removed if the appServiceInsight file is commented out.
4. A ".env" file needs to be created in the root path of this repo to include environmental variables.

PORT={A Port number} (optional)
REACT_APP_API_MANAGEMENT_ENABLED={true/false} (mandatory)
REACT_APP_API_MANAGEMENT_SUBSCRIPTION_KEY={Azuree API management subscription key} (optional if the value for REACT_APP_API_MANAGEMENT_ENABLED is set to false; otherwise mandatory)
REACT_APP_BANK_API_HOSTNAME={http/https protocol + hostname of the bank service} (mandatory)
REACT_APP_BANK_API_PORT={port number of the bank service} (mandatory)
REACT_APP_BUYER_API_HOSTNAME={http/https protocol + hostname of the buyer service} (mandatory)
REACT_APP_BUYER_API_PORT={port number of the buyer service} (mandatory)
REACT_APP_SELLER_API_HOSTNAME={http/https protocol + hostname of the seller service} (mandatory)
REACT_APP_SELLER_API_PORT={port number of the seller service} (mandatory)
REACT_APP_APPINSIGHTS_KEY={An Azure App Service Insight Key} (optional, but needs to follow an action on prereq 3)

An example of .env file is shown below assuming all the bank, buyer and seller services are running in a local machine.

PORT=3000
REACT_APP_API_MANAGEMENT_ENABLED=false
REACT_APP_BANK_API_HOSTNAME=http://localhost
REACT_APP_BANK_API_PORT=3001
REACT_APP_BUYER_API_HOSTNAME=http://localhost
REACT_APP_BUYER_API_PORT=3002
REACT_APP_SELLER_API_HOSTNAME=http://localhost
REACT_APP_SELLER_API_PORT=3003

Approach 1: Run This App

1. Option 1: Run the following script to auto run the app

./runApp.sh

2. Option 2: If the shell script is not supported in the machine, run the following command to install dependencies,

npm install

then run the following command to run this DLT-Demo

npm start

Approach 2: Run This App as A Docker Container

Tested on: Docker Community version - 2.3.0.4(46911) with Docker engine: 19.03.12

1. Option 1: Run the following script to auto run this app by using a docker compose file. The docker compose file will pull a pre-built docker image from the docker hub. This docker image includes files to use Azure appServiceInsight.

./useRemoteDockerImage.sh

2. Option 2: Run the following script to run this app to build a docker image locally and run a docker container based on this docker image.

./useLocalDockerImage.sh

This gives a user flexibility to exclude or remove any files that are not necessary. For instance,
(1) the folder "appServiceInsight" in the /src/components can be removed before a local docker image is to be built.
(2) below code in the "Bank.js" file in the /src/components/bank can be removed.

      appInsights.trackEvent({
        name: 'bank data'
      });

How A Landing Page Looks like

By default, this front-end app runs on port number 3000 in a local machine. Below shows a portal page.