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Updated on 2023-01-16 GMT+08:00
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Buying a BCS Instance

Buy a BCS instance and configure the basic parameters and network nodes.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the BCS console.
  2. On the Instance Management page, click Buy next to Enhanced Hyperledger Fabric Instance.
  3. Configure the basic settings as prompted. Table 1 describes the parameters for the basic settings.

    To ensure that the demo runs properly, set the parameters as described in the following table.

    Table 1 Basic settings

    Parameter

    Description

    Region

    Retain the default value.

    Enterprise Project

    Select an existing enterprise project, for example, default.

    If you have not enabled the enterprise management service, this parameter is not displayed.

    Instance Name

    Enter bank-union-demo.

    Edition

    Select Enterprise.

    Blockchain Type

    Select Consortium.

    Enhanced Hyperledger Fabric Version

    Select v2.2.

    Consensus Mechanism

    Select Raft (CFT).

    Resource Access Initial Password

    Enter a password.

    Confirm Password

    -

  4. Click Next: Configure Resources. Table 2 describes the resource parameters.

    Table 2 Resource configurations

    Parameter

    Description

    Environment Resources

    Select Custom.

    Cluster

    Select Create a new CCE cluster.

    AZ

    Select AZ1.

    ECS Specifications

    Select the flavor for 4 vCPUs | 8 GB.

    ECS Quantity

    Enter 1.

    High Availability

    Select No.

    VPC

    Select Automatically create VPC.

    Subnet

    Select Automatically create subnet.

    ECS Login Method

    Select Password.

    Password of Root User

    If you do not enter a password here, the previously specified resource access initial password will be used.

    Confirm password.

    -

    Use EIP of a CCE Node

    Select Yes.

    EIP Billed By

    Select Bandwidth.

    EIP Bandwidth

    Set it to 5 Mbit/s.

  5. Click Next: Configure Blockchain. Table 3 describes the blockchain parameters.

    Table 3 Blockchain configurations

    Parameter

    Description

    Blockchain Configuration

    Select Custom.

    Blockchain Mgmt. Initial Password

    If you do not enter a password here, the previously specified resource access initial password will be used.

    Confirm Password

    -

    Volume Type

    Select SFS Turbo.

    Storage Capacity of Peer Organization (GB)

    Retain the default value.

    Ledger Storage

    Select File database (GoLevelDB).

    Peer Organization

    Create one peer organization with the exact name and peer quantity as the following:

    Name: democraticBank; quantity: 2

    Channel Configuration

    Change the channel name to testchannel and add the created democraticBank organization to the channel.

    NOTE:

    The channel must be named testchannel.

    Orderer Quantity

    Retain the default value.

    Security Mechanism

    Select ECDSA.

    Configure Block Generation

    Select No.

    Enable Support for RESTful API

    Select No.

  6. Click Next: Confirm.
  7. Confirm the configurations, confirm that you have read and agree to the agreement, and click Pay Now.

    Wait for several minutes. After a message is displayed indicating successful installation, check the status of the instance. If it is Normal, the deployment is completed.

    If the creation fails, locate the failure cause by referring to the purchase and deployment FAQs.