getting-started.md

Getting started - Build instructions for x42-BlockCore

---

Supported Platforms

• Windows - works from Windows 7 and later, on both x86 and x64 architecture. Most of the development and testing is happening here.
• Linux - works and Ubuntu 14.04 and later (x64). It's been known to run on some other distros so your mileage may vary.
• MacOS - works from OSX 10.12 and later.

Prerequisites

To install and run the node, you need

• .NET Core 3.1
• Git

Build instructions

Get the repository and its dependencies

git clone https://github.com/x42protocol/x42-BlockCore.git
cd src/Networks/x42/x42.Node

Build and run the code

With this node, you can connect to either the x42 MainNet or TestNet. So you have 4 options:

1. To run a x42.Node node on MainNet, do

dotnet run

2. To run a x42.Node node on TestNet, do

dotnet run -testnet

Advanced options

You can get a list of command line arguments to pass to the node with the -help command line argument. For example:

dotnet run -help

Simple UI/API

Once the node is running, Simple dashboard and a Swagger interface (web UI for testing an API) is available.

• For Simple UI: http://localhost:42220/

• For Swagger API: http://localhost:42220/docs/index.html

• For Simple UI (Testnet): http://localhost:42221/

• For Swagger API (Testnet): http://localhost:42221/docs/index.html