Geth on Docker

My Fork, done to suit my needs. Your mileage may vary

This runs a container with private Ethereum chain with some precreated accounts and balances. This is inspired by the StackOverflow thread and fixing problems encountered on the way.

1. Build the container:

   make build
   

2. Run as standalone command for RPC use:

   make rpc
   

   Please note that the non-standard port (8110) is used for RPC server, so be sure to configure your client accordingly.

3. Run as part of docker-compose:

   geth:
     image: ethereum/client-go:test
     ports:
       - "8110:8110"
   

Miner address

On launch the miner address will be printed. If you miss it, you can always open keystore file located at ./tmp/go-eth*/* and check the miner address.

Sending eth

1. Get the miner address (see above)
2. Run make send-eth from=<miner_address> to=<receiver> value=<eth_hex_value>

Example: make send-eth from=0x8fd58fc34538603458a93b1923256e7b066e4478 to=0x60c56553495612d4b93b6BC1deffE937223eaF51 value=0x1080dccde6d3fd00

Precreated accounts

• de1e758511a7c67e7db93d1c23c1060a21db4615 (initial balance: 1000 wei). This account is used as a coinbase for mining, so it will have plenty of ether fast.
• 27dc8de9e9a1cb673543bd5fce89e83af09e228f (initial balance: 1100 wei)
• d64a66c28a6ae5150af5e7c34696502793b91ae7 (initial balance: 900 wei)

All the accounts have the same passphrase: password

Example: check balance with RPC call

You can run make test which is actually:

curl -XPOST -H "Content-type: application/json" -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params":["0x27dc8de9e9a1cb673543bd5fce89e83af09e228f", "latest"],"id":1}' 'localhost:8110'

The response should be:

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x44c"}

(0x44c is hex for 1100)