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Welcome to Marbles Connect-a-thon with IBM Blockchain Platform for IBM Cloud Private (IBP4ICP)

The goal of the lab is to give you hands on experience interacting with IBM Blockchain Platform for IBM Cloud Private (IBP4ICP). You will take on the role of an organization that is part of a larger Hyperledger Fabric blockchain consortium called the Marbles business network.

Marbles Network

All of the components in the above diagram reside within an IBM Cloud Private (ICP) Kubernetes cluster running on Linux on System Z. IBP4ICP packages the Hyperledger Fabric components (Certificate Authority, Orderer, Peer) into Kubernetes Helm charts for deployment and management. For more information on IBP4ICP, please visit the official IBP4ICP documentation.

This lab is broken into two parts. In the first part, you will interact with your deployed peer, and enable the Marbles front end application to connect to the marbles chaincode installed on your peer. In the second part, you will go through the process of enabling the Marbles application to deploy inside an ICP Kubernetes cluster. You will be able to transact marbles with the other lab participants who are all acting as their own organizations in the Marbles business network.

Note

This lab runs on Linux on IBM Z systems that are located in Herndon, Virginia, USA, and are managed by IBM America's Advanced Technology Group - IBM Z team. In order to connect to this environment, you must use the CISCO AnyConnect client to establish a virtual private network (VPN) connection into a private network in which these systems reside. You will be given connection information at the beginning of the lab.

Tip

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Acknowledgements

  • Latrell Freeman for providing us with the backbone automation scripts
  • Dave Wakeman for providing guidance on using MkDocs to make this Github Pages site
  • Thanks to the following people who helped us test out the labs: Steven Bodie, Kevin Breitenother, Victoria Coates, Jack Sykes, MacKenna Kelleher, Keziah Knopp, Jasmine Burgess, Barry Silliman, Austin Grice

Authors

  • Garrett Woodworth
  • Jin VanStee