Run EthSigner from Docker image
A Docker image is provided to run EthSigner in a Docker container.
Prerequisites
MacOS or Linux
caution
The Docker image does not run on Windows.
Quickstart
Display the EthSigner command line help using the Docker image:
- Latest
- Example
docker run consensys/ethsigner:latest --help
tip
latest runs the latest cached version. To pull the latest version, use docker pull consensys/ethsigner:latest.
You can specify environment variables with the docker image instead of the command line options.
docker run --mount type=bind,source=/home/me/me_node,target=/var/lib/ethsigner -e ETHSIGNER_CONFIG_FILE=/var/lib/ethsigner/config.toml consensys/ethsigner:latest file-based-signer
Expose listening port
To use the default listening port (8545) or the port specified using --http-listen-port, you must expose the listening port.
To run EthSigner exposing listening port for access:
docker run -p <listenPort>:8545 consensys/ethsigner:latest <options>
info
To run EthSigner using file-based signing using the default listing port and 8590 as the downstream port:
docker run -p <listenPort>:8545 -v <~/myKeyFile>:/opt/ethsigner/keyfile -v <~/myPasswordFile>:/opt/ethsigner/passwordfile consensys/ethsigner:latest --chain-id=2018 --downstream-http-host=<PantheonHost> --downstream-http-port=8590 --http-listen-host=0.0.0.0 file-based-signer -k /opt/ethsigner/keyfile -p /opt/ethsigner/passwordfile