Abstract
The HLF-Connector is a project within the Hyperledger Labs community that provides a way to connect to and interact with Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain Networks from external applications using REST APIs & Kafka-based Topics. This connector acts as a gateway between Fabric and non-Fabric applications, allowing external applications to securely read and write data to the Fabric blockchain through both synchronous and asynchronous modes of interaction. HLF-Connector provides a convenient and flexible way to integrate Fabric blockchain networks into external applications, allowing developers to build robust and secure decentralized applications that can interact with the Fabric network.
Mentors
Mentee
Activities and Deliverables
Date | Task | Status |
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6 June - 29 June | - Onboarding
- Mentee Mentor Interaction
- Defining Project Scope
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30 June - 13 July | - Understand Hyperledger Fabric's Key Concepts, Architecture, Commands, and Operation Guides in Detail
- Understand Kafka for SpringBoot and how the connector has implemented it.
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14 July - 27 July | - Understand Fabric Java SDK / Gateway Client API
- Understand Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure Practically
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28 July - 10 Aug (1st quarter mentee evaluation) | - Understand how to deploy a Fabric network to a Kubernetes cluster
- Understand the HLF Bevel Operator
- Understand GitHub Actions and create CICD pipelines
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11 Aug - 24 Aug | - Bring up a Fabric network with two peer nodes and three ordered nodes for running end-to-end integration tests using the fabric8.io maven plugin
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25 Aug - 8 Sept (mid-term evaluation) | - Run the Integration tests
- Identify the features/test cases that aren't addressed and work on them
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9 Sept - 22 Sept | - Run the connector locally from Mentor's direction
- Update the User Documentation on how to run the connector locally
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23 Sept - 6 Oct | - Understand how the existing APIs are implemented
- Implement an API that will list all the chaincodes in a fabric network only after it is committed following the chaincode lifecycle
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7 Oct - 20 Oct (3rd quarter evaluation) | - Understand the unit and integration tests that are implemented
- Implement integration tests for sending and getting transactions to a chaincode by creating TransactionIT to address chaincode operations and Private Data Collection
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21 Oct - 3 Nov | - Test the application for it to run on Ubuntu(Linux)
- Fix the netty dependency issue for the connector to run on the M1 architecture
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4 Nov - 31 Nov (final mentee evalutaion) | - Understand how to convert the chaincode endorsement policy that is accepted in the form of string through chaincode operations API and process the request using hyperledger fabric java sdk
- Implement the chaincode endorsement policy when approving and committing a chaincode by accepting the policy as a string a building it as yaml file using snakeyaml
- Mentorship Wrap Up
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