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id: quickstart title: Quick Start sidebar_label: Quick Start

Docker

The easiest way to see a D-TA in action is to run it in a Docker container. The default settings will run a single D-TA that acts as Principal, Master Fiduciary and Beneficiary. The default settings include an embeded IPFS node connected to a private IPFS network and an embedded “Bolt” database. This will get you up and running quickly but is not recommended for production use!

Please see the repo's README for alternative build instructions.

git clone https://github.com/apache/incubator-milagro-dta.git

cd incubator-milagro-dta

docker build -t milagrodta .

docker run -it -p 5556:5556 milagrodta

Now you can test if the D-TA is running by hitting http://localhost:5556/v1/status

You should see something like...

{
"application": "Milagro Distributed Trust",
"timeStamp": "2019-08-29T11:11:15.9089824Z",
"apiVersion": "v1",
"nodeCID": "QmckgCeQRenUk7WHPcD5fxjLxScxyKp5QY1P7GW69NZnR1",
"extensionVendor": "Milagro",
"plugin": "milagro"
}

Plugins

The Milagro D-TA comes with two aditional plugins out-of-the box, which are intended to demonstrate how it can be extended.

To Run Safeguard Secret

The Safeguard Secret plugin encrypts a string with the public key and decrypts it when the Master Fiducuiary returns the secret key.

docker run -it -p 5556:5556 milagrodta -service safeguardsecret

To Run Bitcoin Wallet

Bitcon Wallet uses the public key to create a Bitcoin address. When you want to spend your bitcoins you can get the secret key from the Master Fiduciary

docker run -it -p 5556:5556 milagrodta -service bitcoinwallet

You can confirm that the plugins have loaded by hitting http://localhost:5556/v1/status

Hitting the API

The details of the API can be seen here...

The Milagro D-TA can easily be integrated with an existing back office system, called from a front-end application or called from CURL, Postman, Swagger etc.

The API has three parts to it:

1. Identity Endpoints - that support creation and retrieval of identity documents
2. Order Endpoints
   1. Creates orders for new public keys
   2. Requests for secret keys to be revealed (redeemed)
   3. Allows orders to be searched and listed
3. Fulfillment RPC - these are the server-to-server remote procedure calls that enable a Principal D-TA to communicate with a Master Fiduciary D-TA

Example - To create a new Identity

curl -X POST "http://localhost:5556/v1/identity" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"name\":\"thisNode\"}"