package app import ( "encoding/json" "os" "github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon-lib/kv" "github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/cmd/utils" "github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/core" "github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/node" "github.com/ledgerwatch/log/v3" "github.com/urfave/cli" ) var initCommand = cli.Command{ Action: MigrateFlags(initGenesis), Name: "init", Usage: "Bootstrap and initialize a new genesis block", ArgsUsage: "", Flags: []cli.Flag{ utils.DataDirFlag, }, Category: "BLOCKCHAIN COMMANDS", Description: ` The init command initializes a new genesis block and definition for the network. This is a destructive action and changes the network in which you will be participating. It expects the genesis file as argument.`, } // initGenesis will initialise the given JSON format genesis file and writes it as // the zero'd block (i.e. genesis) or will fail hard if it can't succeed. func initGenesis(ctx *cli.Context) error { // Make sure we have a valid genesis JSON genesisPath := ctx.Args().First() if len(genesisPath) == 0 { utils.Fatalf("Must supply path to genesis JSON file") } file, err := os.Open(genesisPath) if err != nil { utils.Fatalf("Failed to read genesis file: %v", err) } defer file.Close() genesis := new(core.Genesis) if err := json.NewDecoder(file).Decode(genesis); err != nil { utils.Fatalf("invalid genesis file: %v", err) } // Open and initialise both full and light databases stack := MakeConfigNodeDefault(ctx) defer stack.Close() chaindb, err := node.OpenDatabase(stack.Config(), log.New(ctx), kv.ChainDB) if err != nil { utils.Fatalf("Failed to open database: %v", err) } _, hash, err := core.CommitGenesisBlock(chaindb, genesis) if err != nil { utils.Fatalf("Failed to write genesis block: %v", err) } chaindb.Close() log.Info("Successfully wrote genesis state", "hash", hash.Hash()) return nil }