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Get a network config

Generating a network config is one of the most common operations once you have a network up and running.

Using CRDs​

This is the simplest way to get a network config. You can get a network config with the following command:

apiVersion: hlf.kungfusoftware.es/v1alpha1
kind: FabricNetworkConfig
metadata:
  name: network-config
spec:
  # channel to include in the network config
  channels:
    - demo
  # identities to include in the network config
  identities:
    - name: <identity_name>
      namespace: <identity_namespace>
  internal: false
  # namespace for the peers and orderers to include in the network config
  namespaces:
    - default
    - hlf
  organization: ''
  # organizations to include in the network config
  organizations:
    - OrdererMSP
    - Org1MSP
    - Org2MSP
  # output secret name for the network config
  secretName: network-config

The network config controller will be watching for changes in the network config CRD and will generate a network config secret with the name specified in the secretName field. The secret will contain a config.yaml file with the network config. If the identities are renewed, the network config will be updated automatically.

Using the CLI​

Generate network config​

You can get a network config with the following command:

kubectl hlf inspect --output networkConfig.yaml -o OrdererMSP -o Org1MSP

Network config will look like this:

name: hlf-network
version: 1.0.0
client:
  organization: ""
... rest of your network config ...

In order to have users in your network, first you need to register and enroll them:

Setup env variables​

CA_NAME=ca-org1
CA_NAMESPACE=default
MSP_ID=Org1MSP

USER_NAME=admin
USER_PWD=adminpw
USER_TYPE=admin # it can be client, admin, peer, orderer
ENROLL_USER=enroll # username of the enroll user of the CA
ENROLL_PWD=enrollpw # username of the enroll password of the CA

USER_CA_TYPE=ca # it can be ca, tlsca

Register a user​

kubectl hlf ca register --name=$CA_NAME \
 --namespace=$CA_NAMESPACE --mspid=$MSP_ID \
 --user=$USER_NAME --secret=$USER_PWD --type=$USER_TYPE \
 --enroll-id=$ENROLL_USER --enroll-secret=$ENROLL_PWD

If it has been already registered, the following error will appear

Error: failed to register user: failed to register user: Response from server: Error Code: 74 - Identity 'admin' is already registered

Enroll a user​

kubectl hlf ca enroll --name=$CA_NAME --namespace=$CA_NAMESPACE \
    --user=$USER_NAME --secret=$USER_PWD --mspid $MSP_ID \
    --ca-name=$USER_CA_TYPE  --output user.yaml

Utility: add user to network config​

kubectl hlf inspect --output org1.yaml -o Org1MSP -o OrdererMSP

## add user key and cert to org1.yaml from peer-org1.yaml

kubectl hlf utils adduser --userPath=user.yaml \
  --config=org1.yaml --username=admin --mspid=$MSP_ID