Blockchain By Example

Building a business network

Hyperledger Fabric has a built-in docker image to run peer nodes, and in order to set up a supply chain network we would typically use Docker Composer to launch various Fabric component containers. Before we run the Fabric network, we need to design the food supply chain network topology properly. In the chain, we have six types of entity: the raw food producer, a manufacturing processor, wholesalers, logistics operators, retailers, and consumers. For demonstration purposes we will define three different organizations to contain these entities, a single orderer, and a channel in our business network. The entities will interact with the blockchain application by invoking Chaincode in the Fabric network, updating ...