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Local Playground

We have created a suite of packages that, together, mock an account servicing entity that has deployed Rafiki, exposing an SPSP endpoint, the Open Payments APIs with its required GNAP auth endpoints to request grants, a STREAM endpoint for receiving Interledger packets, and a UI to view and manage the Rafiki instance.

These packages include:

• backend (SPSP, Open Payments APIs, GraphQL Admin APIs, STREAM endpoint)
• auth (GNAP auth server)
• mock-account-servicing-entity (mocks an Account Servicing Entity
• frontend (Remix app to expose a UI for Rafiki Admin management via interaction with the backend Admin APIs)
• kratos (An identity and user management solution for the frontend)
• mailslurper (A SMTP mail server to catch account recovery emails)

These packages depend on the following databases:

• TigerBeetle or Postgres (accounting)
• Postgres (Open Payments resources, auth resources)
• Redis (STREAM details)

We provide containerized versions of our packages together with two pre-configured docker-compose files (peer1 and peer2) to start two Mock Account Servicing Entities with their respective Rafiki backend and auth servers. They automatically peer and 2 to 3 user accounts are created on both of them.

This environment will set up a playground where you can use the Rafiki Admin APIs and the Open Payments APIs.

Disclaimer

The Mock ASE provided in this repository is intended solely for internal use and demonstration purposes. It is not designed to serve as a reference architecture. If you are looking for a reference implementation of an ASE, please refer to the Test Wallet.

Environment overview

Cloud Nine Wallet

(a) User Interface - accessible at http://localhost:3030

(b) Admin API - accessible at http://localhost:3001/graphql

(c) Open Payments API - accessible at http://localhost:3000

(d) Auth Admin API - accessible at http://localhost:3003/graphql

(e) Open Payments Auth API - accessible at http://localhost:3006

(f) Admin UI - accessible at http://localhost:3010

(g) Kratos API - accessible at http://localhost:4433

Happy Life Bank

(h) User Interface - accessible at http://localhost:3031

(i) Admin API - accessible at http://localhost:4001/graphql

(j) Open Payments API - accessible at http://localhost:4000

(k) Auth Admin API - accessible at http://localhost:4003/graphql

(l) Open Payments Auth API - accessible at http://localhost:4006

(m) Admin UI - accessible at http://localhost:4010

(n) Kratos API - accessible at http://localhost:4432

Mail Slurper

(o) Mail UI - accessible at http://localhost:4436

Database

Postgres Server - accessible at http://localhost:5432

Exploring Accounts on Mock Account Servicing Entity

Navigate to localhost:3030 to view the accounts on one instance of the Mock Account Servicing Entity called Cloud Nine Wallet.

The accounts of the second instance (Happy Life Bank) can be found on localhost:3031.

When clicking on the Account Name, a list of Transactions appears.

Running the local environment

Dependencies

• Rafiki local environment setup
• docker
• Bruno, an open source API client

Setup

The following should be run from the root of the project.

// If you have spun up the environment before, remember to first tear down and remove volumes!

// start the local environment
pnpm localenv:compose up

// tear down and remove volumes
pnpm localenv:compose down --volumes

// tear down, delete database volumes and remove images
pnpm localenv:compose down --volumes --rmi all

If you want to use Postgres as the accounting database instead of TigerBeetle, you can use the psql variant of the localenv:compose commands:

pnpm localenv:compose:psql up
pnpm localenv:compose:psql down --volumes

The local environment consists of a primary Rafiki instance and a secondary Rafiki instance, each with its own docker compose files (Cloud Nine Wallet, Happy Life Bank). The primary Cloud Nine Wallet docker compose file (./cloud-nine-wallet/docker-compose.yml) includes the main Rafiki services backend and auth, as well as the required data stores tigerbeetle (if enabled), redis, and postgres, so it can be run on its own. The secondary Happy Life Bank docker compose file (./happy-life-bank/docker-compose.yml) includes only the Rafiki services, not the data stores. It uses the data stores created by the primary Rafiki instance so it can't be run by itself. The pnpm localenv:compose up command starts both the primary instance and the secondary.

See the frontend README for more information regarding the Ory Kratos identity and user management system required for Admin UI.

Autopeering

If you want to start the local env and peer it automatically to rafiki.money, you can run the following commands:

pnpm localenv:compose:autopeer

// OR to start with Postgres db
pnpm localenv:compose:psql:autopeer

Your local cloud nine rafiki instance will be peered automatically in this case with https://rafiki.money instance. The required services will be exposed externally using localtunnel package. The exposed ports are 3000(open-payments), 3006(auth server), 3002(ilp connector).

To use the Open Payments example in the Bruno collection examples, follow these steps:

1. navigate to http://localhost:3030 to find the list of created wallet addresses (alternatively, run docker logs rafiki-cloud-nine-mock-ase-1)
2. copy the url of one of the wallet addresses
3. set the url as senderWalletAddress variable in the Bruno Autopeering environment

Note that you have to go through an additional "login" step by providing you IPv4 address as tunnel password before being able to visit the consent screen for the outgoing payment grant request. You can find out your current IPv4 address by e.g. visiting https://loca.lt/mytunnelpassword (or https://www.whatismyip.com/).

After stopping the script it is necessary to clear the environment using the command described in Shutting down. This is necessary as on a new run of the scripts (with autopeering or not) the wallet address url will differ.

Debugging

Debuggers for the services are exposed on the following ports:

IP and Port	Services
127.0.0.1:9229	Cloud Nine Wallet Backend
127.0.0.1:9230	Cloud Nine Auth
127.0.0.1:9231	Happy Life Bank Backend
127.0.0.1:9232	Happy Life Bank Auth

With a chromium browser:

• go to chrome://inspect
• Click "Configure" and add the IP addresses and ports detailed above
• start docker containers
• click "inspect" on the service you want to debug to open the chromium debugger

You can either trigger the debugger by adding debugger statements in code and restarting, or by adding breakpoints directly in the chromium debugger after starting the docker containers.

With VS Code:

For debugging with VS Code, you can add this configuration to your .vscode/launch.json):

{
    "name": "Attach to docker (cloud-nine-backend)",
    "type": "node",
    "request": "attach",
    "port": 9229,
    "address": "localhost",
    "localRoot": "${workspaceFolder}",
    "remoteRoot": "/home/rafiki/",
    "restart": true
},

localRoot will vary depending on the location of launch.json relative to rafiki's root directory.

For more ways to connect debuggers, see the Node docs for debugging: https://nodejs.org/en/learn/getting-started/debugging

Shutting down

// tear down
pnpm localenv:compose down

// tear down and delete database volumes
pnpm localenv:compose down --volumes

// tear down, delete database volumes and remove images
pnpm localenv:compose down --volumes --rmi all

Commands

Command	Description
pnpm localenv:compose config	Show all merged config (with Tigerbeetle)
pnpm localenv:compose up	Start (with Tigerbeetle)
pnpm localenv:compose up -d	Start detached (with Tigerbeetle)
pnpm localenv:compose down	Down (with Tigerbeetle)
pnpm localenv:compose down --volumes	Down and kill volumes (with Tigerbeetle)
pnpm localenv:compose:psql config	Show all merged config (with Postgresql)
pnpm localenv:compose build	Build all the containers (with Tigerbeetle)
pnpm localenv:compose:psql up	Start (with Postgresql)
pnpm localenv:compose:psql up -d	Start detached (with Postgresql)
pnpm localenv:compose:psql down	Down (with Postgresql)
pnpm localenv:compose:psql down --volumes	Down and kill volumes (with Postgresql)
pnpm localenv:compose:psql build	Build all the containers (with Postgresql)

Usage

Bruno & Open Payments APIs

The Open Payments APIs can be interacted with using the Bruno collection (resource server endpoints and auth server endpoints). It requires you to

1. load the collection into Bruno by clicking "Open Collection"
2. navigating to /rafiki/bruno/collections/Rafiki on your machine and clicking "Open"
3. Furthermore, you need to either load the Local Environment or the Remote Environment.

The Examples folder in the Bruno collection includes an Open Payments example that can be executed one by one. It

1. requests the sender's wallet address
2. requests the receiver's wallet address
3. requests a grant to create an incoming payment on the receiver's account
4. creates an incoming payment on receiver's account
5. requests a grant to create (and read) a quote on the sender's account
6. creates a quote on the sender's account
7. requests a grant to create (and read) an outgoing payment on the sender's account

Note that you have to go through an interaction flow by clicking on the redirect link in the grant request response.

8. continues the grant request
9. creates an outgoing payment on the sender's account
10. fetches the outgoing payment on the sender's account

Admin UI

In order to manage, and view information about the Rafiki instance(s) using a UI, you can navigate to localhost:3010 (Cloud Nine Wallet) or localhost:4010 (Happy Life Bank). This is the frontend project which runs a Remix app for querying info and executing mutations against the Rafiki Admin APIs.

We have secured access to the Admin UI using Ory Kratos, a secure and fully open-source identity and user management solution. Check it out on GitHub. Since access to the UI is on an invitation-only basis the registration flow is not publicly available. As such, in order to access the Admin UI you can click the registration link provided in the logs during localenv startup or you can manually add a new user with the invite-user script. Run docker exec -it <admin-container-name> npm run invite-user -- example@mail.com and it will output recovery link to the terminal. The recovery link doubles as the invitation method. Copy and paste this link in your browser and you will automatically be logged in and directed to the account settings page. The next step is changing your password. We're using a simple email and password authentication method.

There is a password recovery flow. On the login page if you clkick the forgot password link and enter an email for a registered user then you can open Mail Slurper to access the recovery link for your account.

We've also included a script to remove users: docker exec -it <admin-container-name> npm run delete-user -- example@mail.com.

See the frontend README for more information.

Admin APIs

In addition to the using the Admin UI for interacting with the Admin APIs, you can also use the Apollo explorer (on localhost:3001/graphql and localhost:4001/graphql, respectively), and also via the Bruno collection. The Bruno collection is configured to use the default endpoints of the local environment.

SPSP

Every wallet address also serves as an SPSP endpoint. A GET request to e.g. http://localhost:3000/accounts/gfranklin with Accept header application/spsp4+json will return an SPSP response with STREAM connection details.

http GET http://localhost:3000/accounts/gfranklin Host:backend Accept:application/spsp4+json

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 220
Content-Type: application/spsp4+json
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 13:07:24 GMT
Keep-Alive: timeout=5

{
    "destination_account": "test.rafiki.viXmy1OVHgvmQakNjX1C6kQMri92DzHeISEv-5VzTDuFhrpsrkDzsq5OO9Lfa9yed0L2RJGC9hA_IX-zztTtTZ87shCYvsQ",
    "receipts_enabled": false,
    "shared_secret": "Rz_vudcg13EPs8ehL2drvZFJS1LJ4Y3EltOI60-lQ78"
}

Known Issues

No data in Mock Account Servicing Entity (MASE)

It is possible that upon (re)starting the local playground, you may run into an issue where there are no accounts/wallet addresses visible in the mock account servicing entities' pages (http://localhost:3030, http://localhost:3031). This is because seeding of the initial account data only works against an empty database. To correct this, clear the volumes, and restart the container via:

pnpm localenv:compose down --volumes
pnpm localenv:compose up -d

TigerBeetle container exits with code 137

This is a known issue when running TigerBeetle in Docker: the container exits without logs and simply shows error code 137. To fix this, increase the Docker memory limit.

If you are running the local playground in Docker on a Windows machine using WSL, you can increase the memory limit by configuring your .wslconfig file.