Summary of key steps

As a reference to our readers, we list the sequence of operations that must be performed to bring up a network and distributed application from scratch and run transactions on it. We supply shortcut commands using the Bash scripts in trade-network wherever applicable. You should choose the ordering service type in the beginning and run all commands in the appropriate mode:

1. Create cryptographic and channel artifacts (the -m switch is optional):

   $ ./trade.sh generate -c tradechannel -o 3 [-m prod]
   $ ./trade.sh generate -c shippingchannel -o 4 [-m prod]
   

2. Launch the network:

   $ ./trade.sh up [-m prod]
   

3. Create channels, join peers to channels, and set anchor peers for organizations:

   $ ./startAndJoinChannels.sh
   

4. Install and initialize contracts. You can do this manually using VS Code or by running the following shortcut command:

   $ ./sampleChaincodeOperations.sh
   

5. Create a wallets...