tezblock

tezblock is a block explorer for Tezos an open-source platform for assets and applications backed by a global community of validators, researchers, and builders. tezblock is being built by Papers the team behind AirGap.

👉 tezblock.io for the live version.

Local Deployment

tezblock depends on the Conseil protocol indexer. It is possible to deploy Conseil locally, Nautilus allows to do that easily.

Prerequisites

• Linux or macOS.
• Java SE Development Kit 8 (JDK 8).
• Docker.
• Node.js 10 or above.

Build and deploy Conseil

Install sbt, the Scala build tool:

On Linux:

sudo apt-get install -y sbt

On macOS:

brew install sbt

Clone Nautilus:

git clone https://github.com/airgap-it/Nautilus.git

If there is no Tezos node running in archive mode available, then Nautilus can be used to deploy one locally. From the Nautilus folder cloned in step 2, execute:

bash ./docker/nautilus.sh -t

The above command will create and start a docker container with a Tezos node running in archive mode. The docker image name is tezos-node-local.

If a Tezos node running in archive mode is available, configure Conseil to point to that node in Nautilus/docker/config/local/conseil/conseil.conf. Conseil needs access to a Postgres database. From the Nautilus folder, execute:

bash ./docker/nautilus.sh -d

The above command will create and start a docker container with the Postgres database. The docker image name is postgres-local. Build and deploy Conseil. From the Nautilus folder, execute:

bash ./docker/nautilus.sh -c

The above command will create and start a docker container with Conseil running and listening on port 1337. The docker image name is conseil-local. The API key need to send requests to the Conseil REST interface can be found in Nautilus/docker/config/local/conseil/conseil.conf. The default value is aminal.

Build and deploy tezblock

Clone the tezblock repository.

Change the value of conseilBaseUrl in src/environments/environment.ts to point to the locally deployed instance of Conseil, http://localhost:1337. Also change the conseilApiKey value to the API key of your local Conseil instance.

From the root of the tezblock folder, execute the following command to build tezblock:

npm install
npm run build

To start tezblock on http://localhost:4200, execute:

npm run start