adding_node.md

Adding a node to the ledger means that the ledger is already running and you want to add a new validator node.

First we have to choose an alias for the node.

• The node alias will be a short version of the company running the node, with at least the first letter be uppercase, e.g. HIN or Swisscom

For simplicity reasons we decide to:

• use the default node and client ports 9701 and 9702.
• use only one network interface/ip for the node (not suitable for production!)

These are the steps needed to bootstrap:

• Order a VM or machine with at least the this requirements
• Install a version of the indy commandline tool
• Install git and docker
• Let node create keys
• Generate steward DID and Key
• Let (by a trustee) register steward DID
• Connectivity checks
• IP filtering
• Add node too pool (claim ownership)
• Start the ledger
• Connect indy-cli to ledger