EduBlock

Brief

EduBlock represents a private blockchain platform intended for the sharing of educational records between universities. It was created to serve as my bachelor thesis degree.

Prerequisites

The following software must be installed in order to run the setup:
- RabbitMQ
- Docker
- Node.js

The Docker and RabbitMQ services must be started before running the nodes setup.

Setup

1. clone the repository
2. run npm install
3. run docker-compose up in the docker folder
4. start one or more edunodes using the gulp command eduNode:runNode:*
5. copy the public key from the console and add them into the network-map-service/resources/network-identities.json file
6. start the NMS node with the gulp command nms:runNode
7. start the CA node with the gulp command ca:runNode
8. start the Worker node using the gulp command eduNode:runNodeWorker:*
9. start the edu-nodes UI with the gulp command eduNode:runNodeUI:*

Configuration

The setup for each node can be configured in the following files:
- network-map-service/resources/identities.json
- edunode/resources/identities.json
- edunode-worker/resources/identities.json
- certificate-authority/resources/identities.json
- edunode-ui/src/proxies/*.json

Acknowledgements

The project uses the following libraries:

1. Axios: https://github.com/axios/axios
2. JsonWebToken: https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken
3. TypeORM: https://typeorm.io/#/
4. TypeDI: https://github.com/typestack/typedi
5. EOSJS-ECC: https://github.com/EOSIO/eosjs-ecc
6. Amqp-ts: https://github.com/abreits/amqp-ts/wiki
7. Mocha: https://mochajs.org
8. Chai: https://www.chaijs.com/plugins/chai-http/
9. ClassValidator: https://github.com/typestack/class-validator
10. Express: https://expressjs.com
11. Angular: https://angular.io
12. Angular Material: https://material.angular.io
13. Gulp: https://gulpjs.com
14. NGRX: https://ngrx.io
15. Jasmine: https://jasmine.github.io