Simple Node

Instructions to run a simple node for the Polis Chain

Requirements

  • docker
  • docker-compose

Download the source files

The official scripts repository is hosted in https://github.com/polischain/polis-chains/
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/polischain/polis-chains/ && cd polis-chains

Starting the node instance

To start the node simply write in the command line.
./run.sh olympus node
This command will start a docker container with a simple Polis Chain Olympus running in the background.

Stoping the node instance

To stop the node instance you need to use the docker cli.
First check your running instances and get the ID for the instance using the docker ps -a command. Once you get the ID of the instance you can stop it using docker stop ID and remove it using docker rm ID