Light-client: Having a test environment

[christianbrb]

Description

Having a test environment to work with https://lightclient.raiden.network/ including:

• PFS
• Matrix
• Raiden Hub

Acceptance criteria

• A small contained test environment that we can control

Tasks

• [x] Merge contracts update PR
• [x] Decide Raiden version
• [x] Target version on Docker
• [x] Modify dApp to connect to the new environment

[kelsos]

@christianbrb I also think that in order to ensure a stable environment we need to have two different versions deployed on that is based on the latest master and one that is deployed only when it makes sense.

[christianbrb]

Having a test environment pointing to https://lightclient.raiden.network/

We need:

• PFS/MS/Matrix package
• Raiden Hub
  
  
  
  • Ansible set-up
  
  
  • Nightly (not updated since 2 month)
  
  

[christianbrb]

@eorituz started setting up a separate Raiden Service Bundle but was running into an error.

[christianbrb]

So you have a standalone version of matrix & the services running at pfs.raidentransport.test001.env.raiden.network (PFS) and raidentransport.test001.env.raiden.network (Matrix) right now.
Please not that it is completly standalone and does not federate with the other Matrix servers (you will need to hardcode the PFS and Matrix server in all your config files)

[christianbrb]

Next step is setting up the Raiden Hub with @nlsdfnbch and setting the PFS and Matrix in the config files

[kelsos]

Other than that we need to decide on a version of Raiden-py that we will use in this environment (see if we can also have binaries. And also provide instructions on how to connect/use the test environment.

[kelsos]

A version of raiden version has been decided and has been tagged on dockerhub
raidennetwork/raiden:testenv001

This is build against raiden-network/raiden@2e741dfdf4bfa564dec760abd5e3d8b2c9d30715

[kelsos]

The last thing remaining to close this issue based on the description is the deployment of Raiden Hub and the update of the documentation to include that.

[nephix]

I attempted to build a macOS binary but it failed with the following error:

pyinstaller --noconfirm --clean raiden.spec
57 INFO: PyInstaller: 3.6
57 INFO: Python: 3.7.6
64 INFO: Platform: Darwin-19.3.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
67 INFO: UPX is not available.
67 INFO: Removing temporary files and cleaning cache in /Users/nephix/Library/Application Support/pyinstaller
[1]    11896 abort      pyinstaller --noconfirm --clean raiden.spec

and

/usr/lib/libcrypto.dylib
abort() called
Invalid dylib load. Clients should not load the unversioned libcrypto dylib as it does not have a stable ABI.

As there's no immediate need for a macOS binary, we agreed with @eorituz to not investigate this further

[kelsos]

@nephix I think @taleldayekh encountered this libcrypto issue before and I think he already did some workarounds to avoid this on his machine. Can you send us the instructions? Maybe we can try building it here.

[deepbrook]

A Raiden Node plus Hub has been deployed and made available at http://hub.test.raiden.network (vpn required). Port 5001 exposes the raiden client's API - let me know if this is needed, or If I can shut that port for inbound traffic.

Should you require an update of the image or the hub version, there is a Tower job available to do so here. Clicking the 'launch' button will open up a dialogue box where you can configure the test env.

If you like, I'll gladly give you a quick how-to session via zoom.

@kelsos / @christianbrb

[kelsos]

@nlsdfnbch thank you for the effort. I have a question. How easy would it be for us to close the 5001 port and allow the actual hub page to be accessed from the outside world?

A quick how-to would be appreciated. Let's schedule it after @christianbrb is back :)

[kelsos]

My work should be ready but I had problems deploying so we could not test it @taleldayekh can coordinate with @nlsdfnbch on Monday to verify that this is deployed and to verify that it works.

If any major issues remaining on Monday, in case I don't have enough time @andrevmatos could have a look and provide assistance or any fixes needed.

[kelsos]

The hub is now available at https://hub.raiden.network/ there is an ens domain already registered on goerli which is hub.raiden.eth. While we can certainly include some impovements in the hub page I would say it is safe to finally close then issue :)

[kelsos]

@christianbrb we should probably include the hub and it's ens domain to the readme maybe. I need to do only a few changes, e.g. change to TTT now that the workshop is done.