Quick Start Guide

Set up a development environment and run the end to end test stack.

System Requirements

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS should also work)

Development Tools

• Utilities (jq, direnv, sponge, gcc, g++, build-essential)

sudo apt install jq direnv moreutils gcc g++ build-essential

Install hooks for direnv. Change this if you are using a different shell.

direnv hook bash >> .bashrc
source .bashrc

• Install https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.2/install.sh | bash

• Install Node

cd core && nvm use

• Install pnpm (https://pnpm.io/)

corepack enable
corepack prepare pnpm@7.14.2 --activate

• Rust (https://docs.substrate.io/install/linux/)

sudo apt install -y git clang curl libssl-dev llvm libudev-dev make protobuf-compiler

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
source ~/.cargo/env

rustup default stable
rustup update
rustup update nightly
rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown --toolchain nightly

• Typos (https://crates.io/crates/typos-cli#install)

cargo install typos-cli

• Golang (https://go.dev/doc/install)

curl -LO https://go.dev/dl/go1.19.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.19.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz

# Add to ~/.profile to persist
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin

• Mage and Revive (https://magefile.org/, https://github.com/mgechev/revive#installation)

go install github.com/magefile/mage@latest
go install github.com/mgechev/revive@master

• Geth (https://geth.ethereum.org/docs/install-and-build/installing-geth)

go install github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/cmd/geth@latest

Setup

This guide uses the root of the $HOME/ folder for all source code.

1. Clone the https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot repo.

   git clone -n https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot.git
   cd polkadot
   git checkout v0.9.30
   cargo build --release

2. Clone the https://github.com/Snowfork/snowbridge repo.

   git clone https://github.com/Snowfork/snowbridge.git

3. yarn install dependencies.

   cd snowbridge
   (cd core && pnpm install)

4. Edit .envrc and direnv allow

   In the web/packages/test subfolder of the snowbridge repo copy the envrc-example.

   cp .envrc-example .envrc

   Modify the POLKADOT_BIN variable in .envrc to point to the polkadot binary. If you have checked out all source code to the $HOME folder you can use the relative path below: export POLKADOT_BIN=../../../../polkadot/target/release/polkadot

   Allow the variables to be automatically loaded by direnv

   direnv allow

   In the contracts subfolder of the snowbridge repo copy the envrc-example. Here we do not need to edit the .envrc as defaults are set.

   cp .envrc-example .envrc
   direnv allow

Running the E2E stack

1. Start up the local E2E test stack

In a separate terminal change directory to the web/packages/test subfolder of the snowbridge repo. Run start-services.sh script to start the bridge.

scripts/start-services.sh

This script will:

1. Launch a local ethereum node (Geth & Lodestar)

2. Deploy contracts

3. Build and start the Snowbridge parachain

4. Configure the bridge

5. Start the relayers.

When this is complete Testnet has been initialized will be printed to the terminal. The bridge will continue to run until cancelled by Ctrl+C to kill the start-services.sh script.

1. Bootstrap the bridge.

   The bridge requires a certain amount of funds (SnowDOT and SnowETH) in order for Incentivized channels to be used. The bootstrap process are the first two test cases and needs to be run before other tests will pass.

   In the web/packages/test subfolder of the snowbridge repo run the bootstrap tests:

   pnpm test:integration test/bootstrap.js

2. Run any single test or all tests.

   To run all tests:

   pnpm test:integration

   To run a single test:

   pnpm test:integration --grep 'should transfer ETH from Substrate to Ethereum \(incentivized channel\)'

Inspecting the E2E environment

1. Ethereum

   The ethereum data directory is /tmp/snowbridge/geth.

   The ethereum log file is /tmp/snowbridge/geth.log.

   The Lodestar log file is /tmp/snowbridge/lodestar.log.

2. Relaychain

   The relay chain log files are in the web/packages/test subdirectory of the snowbridge repo. alice.log, bob.log, charlie.log

   The relay chain can be accessed via the polkadot.js web using the following url:

   https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=ws%3A%2F%127.0.0.1%3A9944#/explorer
3. Parachain

   The Snowbridge parachain log files are in the web/packages/test subdirectory of the snowbridge repo. 11144.log, 11155.log

   The Snowbridge parachain can be accessed via the polkadot.js web using the following url:

   https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=ws%3A%2F%127.0.0.1%3A11144#/explorer
4. Test Parachain

   The third-party test parachain log files are in the web/packages/test subdirectory of the snowbridge repo. 13144.log, 13155.log

   The Snowbridge Test parachain can be accessed via the polkadot.js web using the following url:

   https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=ws%3A%2F%127.0.0.1%3A13144#/explorer
5. Relayers

The relayers log files can be found in the web/packages/test subdirectory of the snowbridge repo.

• beacon-relay.log

• parachain-relay.log

• beefy-relay.log

Thestart-services.sh script will automatically restart the relayer processes if they exit and print to the terminal. Seeing a relayer restart constantly is a sign that something might be wrong with your environment. Grepping the relayer logs will help pin point the issue.