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# Hyperledger Fabric Private Chaincode



Hyperledger Fabric Private Chaincode (FPC) enables the execution of chaincodes

using Intel SGX for Hyperledger Fabric.



The transparency and resilience gained from blockchain protocols ensure the

integrity of blockchain applications and yet contradicts the goal to keep

application state confidential and to maintain privacy for its users.



To remedy this problem, this project uses Trusted Execution Environments

(TEEs), in particular Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX), to protect the

privacy of chaincode data and computation from potentially untrusted peers.



Intel SGX is the most prominent TEE today and available with commodity

CPUs. It establishes trusted execution contexts called enclaves on a CPU,

which isolate data and programs from the host operating system in hardware and

ensure that outputs are correct.



This project provides a framework to develop and execute Fabric chaincode within

an enclave.  It allows to write chaincode applications where the data is

encrypted on the ledger and can only be accessed in clear by authorized

parties. Furthermore, Fabric extensions for chaincode enclave registration

and transaction verification are provided.



Fabric Private Chaicode is based on the work in the paper:



* Marcus Brandenburger, Christian Cachin, Rüdiger Kapitza, Alessandro

  Sorniotti: Blockchain and Trusted Computing: Problems, Pitfalls, and a

  Solution for Hyperledger Fabric. https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.08541



This project was accepted via a Hyperledger Fabric [RFC](https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-rfcs/blob/main/text/0000-fabric-private-chaincode-1.0.md) and is now under development.

We provide an initial proof-of-concept implementation of the proposed

architecture. Note that the code provided in this repository is still prototype code

and not yet meant for production use!



For up to date information about our community meeting schedule, past

presentations, and info on how to contact us please refer to our

[wiki page](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/fabric/Hyperledger+Fabric+Private+Chaincode).



## Architecture and components



### Overview



This project extends a Fabric peer with the following components: A chaincode

enclave that executes a particular chaincode, running inside SGX.

In the untrusted part of the peer, an enclave registry maintains

the identities of all chaincode enclaves and an enclave transaction validator

that is responsible for validating transactions executed by a chaincode

enclave before committing them to the ledger.



The following diagram shows the architecture:



![Architecture](docs/images/arch.png)



The system consists of the following components:



1. *Chaincode enclave:* The chaincode enclave executes one particular

   chaincode, and thereby isolates it from the peer and from other

   chaincodes. A chaincode library acts as intermediary between the chaincode

   in the enclave and the peer. The chaincode enclave exposes the Fabric

   chaincode interface and extends it with additional support for state

   encryption, attestation, and secure blockchain state access. This

   code is executed inside an Intel SGX enclave.



1. *Enclave Endorsement validation:* The enclave endorsement validation

   complements the peer’s validation system and is responsible for

   validating transactions produced by a chaincode enclave. In

   particular, the validator checks that a transaction contains a

   valid signature issued by a registered chaincode enclave. Iff the

   validation is successful, it causes the state-updates of the

   transaction to be committed to the ledger. This code is a normal Fabric

   transaction, i.e., executed and endorsed on multiple peers as

   required by the organization trust.



1. *FPC Chaincode Pkg:*

   This component bundles together the chaincode enclave and the enclave endorsement validation logic into a fabric chaincode.

   It also includes a shim component which 

   (a) proxies the chaincode enclave shim functionality, e.g., access to ledger, to the fabric peer, and

   (b) dispatches FPC flows to either the chaincode enclave (via `__invoke` queries) or to the enclave endorsement validation logic (via `__endorse` transactions).



1. *Enclave registry:* The enclave registry (`ercc`) is a chaincode that runs outside

   SGX and maintains a list of all existing chaincode enclaves in the

   network. It performs attestation with the chaincode enclave and stores the

   attestation result on the blockchain. The attestation demonstrates that a

   specific chaincode executes in an actual enclave. This enables the peers

   and the clients to inspect the attestation of a chaincode enclave before

   invoking chaincode operations or committing state changes.



### Design



More detailed architectural information and overview of the protocols can be found in the [Fabric Private Chaincode RFC](https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-rfcs/blob/main/text/0000-fabric-private-chaincode-1.0.md).



The full detailed operation of FPC is documented in a series of UML

Sequence Diagrams. Note that FPC version 1.x corresponds to `FPC Lite`

in documents and code.



Specifically:



- The `fpc-lifecycle-v2`([puml](docs/design/fabric-v2%2B/fpc-lifecycle-v2.puml)) diagram describes the normal lifecycle of a chaincode in FPC, focusing in particular on those elements that change in FPC vs. regular Fabric.

- The `fpc-registration`([puml](docs/design/fabric-v2%2B/fpc-registration.puml)) diagram describes how an FPC Chaincode Enclave is created on a Peer and registered in the FPC Registry, including the Remote Attestation process.

- The `fpc-key-dist`([puml](docs/design/fabric-v2%2B/fpc-key-dist.puml)) diagram describes the process by which chaincode-unique cryptographic keys are created and distributed among enclaves running identical chaincodes. Note that in the current version of FPC, key generation is performed, but the key distribution protocol has not yet been implemented.

- The `fpc-cc-invocation`([puml](docs/design/fabric-v2%2B/fpc-cc-invocation.puml)) diagram illustrates the invocation process at the beginning of the chaincode lifecycle in detail, focusing on the cryptographic operations between the Client and Peer leading up to submission of a transaction for Ordering.

- The `fpc-cc-execution`([puml](docs/design/fabric-v2%2B/fpc-cc-execution.puml)) diagram provides further detail of the execution phase of an FPC chaincode, focusing in particular on the `getState` and `putState` interactions with the Ledger.

- The `fpc-validation`([puml](docs/design/fabric-v2%2B/fpc-validation.puml)) diagram describes the FPC-specific process of validation.

- The `fpc-components`([puml](docs/design/fabric-v2%2B/fpc-components.puml)) diagram shows the important data structures of FPC components and messages exchanged between components.

- The detailed message definitions can be found as [protobufs](protos/fpc).

- The [interfaces document](docs/design/fabric-v2%2B/interfaces.md) defines the interfaces exposed by the FPC components and their internal state.



Additional Google documents provide details on FPC 1.0:



- The [FPC for Health use case](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jbiOY6Eq7OLpM_s3nb-4X4AJXROgfRHOrNLQDLxVnsc/) describes how FPC 1.0 enables a health care use case.

  The document also gives more details on the FPC 1.0-enabled application domains and related constraints. Lastly, it provides a security analysis why these constraints are sufficient for security.

- The [FPC externalized endorsement validation](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RSrOfI9nh3d_DxT5CydvCg9lVNsZ9a30XcgC07in1BY/) describes the FPC 1.0 enclave endorsement validation mechanism.



### Source organization



- [`client_sdk`](client_sdk/go/): The FPC Go Client SDK

- [`cmake`](cmake/): CMake build rules shared across the project

- [`common`](common/): Shared C/C++ code

- [`config`](config/): SGX configuration

- [`docs`](docs/): Documentation and design documents

- [`ecc_enclave`](ecc_enclave/): C/C++ code for chaincode enclave

    (including the trusted code running inside an enclave)

- [`ecc`](ecc/): Go code for FPC chaincode package, including

    dispatcher and (high-level code for) enclave endorsement validation.

- [`ecc_go`](ecc_go/): Go code for FPC Go Chaincode Support

- [`ercc`](ercc/): Go code for Enclave Registry Chaincode

- [`samples`](samples/): FPC Samples

- [`fabric`](fabric/): FPC wrapper for Fabric peer and utilities to

    start and stop a simple Fabric test network with FPC enabled, used

    by integration tests.

- [`integration`](integration/): FPC integration tests.

- [`internal`](internal/): Shared Go code

- [`protos`](protos/): Protobuf definitions

- [`scripts`](scripts/): Scripts used in build process.

- [`utils/docker`](utils/docker): Docker images and their build process.

- [`utils/fabric`](utils/fabric): Various Fabric helpers.



## Releases



For all releases go to the [Github Release Page](https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-private-chaincode/releases).



*WARNING: This project is in continous development and the `main`

 branch will not always be stable. Unless you want to actively

 contribute to the project itself, we advise you to use the latest release.*



## Getting started



The following steps guide you through the build phase and configuration, for

deploying and running an example private chaincode.



We assume that you are familiar with Hyperledger Fabric; otherwise we recommend the

[Fabric documentation](https://hyperledger-fabric.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started.html)

as your starting point.

Moreover, we assume that you are familiar with the [Intel SGX SDK](https://github.com/intel/linux-sgx).



This README is structure as follows.

We start by [cloning the FPC repository](#clone-fabric-private-chaincode) and explain how to prepare your development environment for FPC in [Setup your FPC Development Environment](#setup-your-development-environment).

In [Build Fabric Private Chaincode](#build-fabric-private-chaincode) we guide you through the building process and elaborate on common issues.

Finally, we give you a starting point for [Developing with Fabric Private Chaincode](#developing-with-fabric-private-chaincode) by introducing the FPC Hello World Tutorial.



### Clone Fabric Private Chaincode



Clone the code and make sure it is on your `$GOPATH`. (Important: we assume in this documentation and default configuration that your `$GOPATH` has a _single_ root-directoy!)

We use `$FPC_PATH` to refer to the Fabric Private Chaincode repository in your filesystem.  

```bash

export FPC_PATH=$GOPATH/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric-private-chaincode

git clone --recursive https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-private-chaincode.git $FPC_PATH

```



## Setup your Development Environment



There are two different ways to develop Fabric Private Chaincode. Using our preconfigured Docker container development environment or setting up your local system with all required software dependencies to build and develop chaincode locally.



### Option 1: Using the Docker-based FPC Development Environment



In this section we explain how to set up a Docker-based development environment that allows you to develop and test FPC chaincode.

The docker images come with all necessary software dependencies and allow you a quick start.

We recommend to set privileges to manage docker as a non-root user. See the

official docker [documentation](https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/linux-postinstall/)

for more details.



First make sure your host has

* Docker v23.0 (or higher).

  It also should use `/var/run/docker.sock` as socket to interact with the daemon (or you

  will have to override in `$FPC_PATH/config.override.mk` the default definition in make of `DOCKER_DAEMON_SOCKET`)

* GNU make



Once you have cloned the repository, you can either use the pre-built images or you can manually build them. After that you will start the development container.



#### Pull docker images

To pull the docker image execute the following:

```bash

make -C $FPC_PATH/utils/docker pull pull-dev 

```

#### Manually build docker images

In order to build the development image manually you can use the following commands. Note that this process may take some time.

```bash

make -C $FPC_PATH/utils/docker build build-dev 

```

#### Start the dev container

Next we will open a shell inside the FPC development container, with environment variables like `$FPC_PATH` appropriately defined and all dependencies like the Intel SGX SDK, ready to build and run FPC.

Continue with the following command:



```bash

make -C $FPC_PATH/utils/docker run-dev

```



Note that by default the dev container mounts your local cloned FPC project as a volume to `/project/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric-private-chaincode` within the docker container.

This allows you to edit the content of the repository using your favorite editor in your system and the changes inside the docker container. Additionally, you are also not loosing changes inside the container when you reboot or the container gets stopped for other reasons.



A few more notes:

* We use Ubuntu 22.04 by default.

  To build also docker images with a different version of Ubuntu, add the following to `$FPC_PATH/config.override.mk`.

  ```bash

  DOCKER_BUILD_OPTS=--build-arg UBUNTU_VERSION=18.04 --build-arg UBUNTU_NAME=bionic

  ```

* If you run behind a proxy, you will have to configure the proxy,

  e.g., for docker (`~/.docker/config.json`) and load the configuration inside the dev container by setting `DOCKER_DEV_RUN_OPTS += -v "$HOME/.docker":"/root/.docker"` in `$FPC_PATH/config.override.mk`.

  See [Working from behind a proxy](#working-from-behind-a-proxy) below for more information. Also note that with newer docker versions (i.e., docker desktop), the docker socket is located on the host in `~/.docker/`. This may cause issues when using docker inside the FPC dev container as the docker client is not able to access the docker socket at the path of the host system. You may try to switch the docker context to use `/var/run/docker.sock`. We do not recommend this approach and happy for suggestions.

* If your local host is SGX enabled, i.e., there is a device `/dev/sgx/enclave` or

  `/dev/isgx` and your PSW daemon listens to `/var/run/aesmd`, then the docker image will be sgx-enabled and your settings from `./config/ias` will be used. You will have to manually set `SGX_MODE=HW` before building anything to use HW mode.

* If you want additional apt packages to be automatically added to your

  container images, you can do so by modifying `$FPC_PATH/config.override.mk` file in the fabric-private-chaincode directory.

  In that file, define

  `DOCKER_BASE_RT_IMAGE_APT_ADD_PKGS`,

  `DOCKER_BASE_DEV_IMAGE_APT_ADD_PKGS'`and/or

  `DOCKER_DEV_IMAGE_APT_ADD_PKGS` with a list of packages you want to be added to you

  all images,

  all images where fabric/fpc is built from source and

  the dev(eloper) container, respectively.

  They will then be automatically added to the docker image.

* Due to the way the peer's port for chaincode connection is managed,

  you will be able to run only a single FPC development container on a

  particular host.

* For support for Apple Mac (M1 or newer) see the [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting) section.



Now you are ready to start development *within* the container. Continue with building FPC as described in the [Build Fabric Private Chaincode

](#build-fabric-private-chaincode) Section and then write [your first Private Chaincode](#your-first-private-chaincode).



### Option 2: Setting up your system to do local development



As an alternative to the Docker-based FPC development environment you can install and manage all necessary software dependencies which are required to compile and run FPC.  



#### Requirements



Make sure that you have the following required dependencies installed:

* Linux (OS) (we recommend Ubuntu 22.04, see [list](https://github.com/intel/linux-sgx#prerequisites) supported OS)



* CMake v3.5.1 or higher



* [Go](https://golang.org/) 1.21.x or higher



* Docker 18.09 (or higher) and docker-compose 1.25.x (or higher)

  Note that version from Ubuntu 18.04 is not recent enough!  To upgrade, install a recent version following the instructions from [docker.com](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/), e.g., for version 1.25.4 execute	

  ```bash	

  sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.25.4/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose	

  sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

  ```



  To install docker-componse 1.25.4 from [docker.com](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/), execute

  ```bash

  sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.25.4/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

  sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

  ``` 



* yq v4.x

  You can install `yq` via `go get`.

  ```bash

    go get github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4

  ```



* Protocol Buffers

    - Protocol Buffers 3.0.x needed for the Intel SGX SDK

    - Protocol Buffers 3.11.x or higher and [Nanopb](http://github.com/nanopb/nanopb) 0.4.7



* SGX PSW & SDK v2.22 for [Linux](https://01.org/intel-software-guard-extensions/downloads)

  (alternatively, you could also install it from the [source](https://github.com/intel/linux-sgx)



* Credentials for Intel Attestation Service, read [here](#intel-attestation-service-ias) (for hardware-mode SGX)



* [Intel Software Guard Extensions SSL](https://github.com/intel/intel-sgx-ssl)

  (we recommend using tag `3.0_Rev2` OpenSSL `3.0.12`)



* Hyperledger [Fabric](https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/tree/v2.5.4) v2.5.4



* Clang-format 6.x or higher



* jq



* hex (for Ubuntu, found in package basez)



* A recent version of [PlantUML](http://plantuml.com/), including Graphviz, for building documentation. See [Documentation](#building-documentation) for our recommendations on installing. The version available in common package repositories may be out of date.



#### Intel SGX SDK and SSL



Fabric Private Chaincode requires the Intel [SGX SDK](https://github.com/intel/linux-sgx) and

[SGX SSL](https://github.com/intel/intel-sgx-ssl) to build the main components of our framework and to develop and build

your first private chaincode.



Install the Intel SGX software stack for Linux by following the

official [documentation](https://github.com/intel/linux-sgx). Please make sure that you use the

SDK version as denoted above in the list of requirements.



For SGX SSL, just follow the instructions on the [corresponding

github page](https://github.com/intel/intel-sgx-ssl). In case you are

building for simulation mode only and do not have HW support, you

might also want to make sure that [simulation mode is set](https://github.com/intel/intel-sgx-ssl#available-make-flags)

when building and installing it.



Once you have installed the SGX SDK and SSL for SGX SDK please double check that `SGX_SDK` and `SGX_SSL` variables

are set correctly in your environment.



#### Protocol Buffers



We use *nanopb*, a lightweight implementation of Protocol Buffers, inside the enclaves to parse blocks of

transactions. Install nanopb by following the instruction below. For this you need a working Google Protocol Buffers

compiler with python bindings (e.g. via `apt-get install protobuf-compiler python3-protobuf libprotobuf-dev`).

For more detailed information consult the official nanopb documentation http://github.com/nanopb/nanopb.

```bash

export NANOPB_PATH=/path-to/install/nanopb/

git clone https://github.com/nanopb/nanopb.git $NANOPB_PATH

cd $NANOPB_PATH

git checkout nanopb-0.4.7

cd generator/proto && make

```



Make sure that you set `$NANOPB_PATH` as it is needed to build Fabric Private Chaincode.



Moreover, in order to build Fabric protobufs we also require a newer Protobuf compiler than what is provided as standard Ubuntu package and is used to build the

Intel SGX SDK. For this reason you will have to download and install another version and use it together with Nanopb. Do not install the new protobuf, though, such that it is not found in your standard PATH but instead define the `PROTOC_CMD`, either as environment variable or via `config.override.mk` to point to the new `protoc` binary

```bash

wget https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v22.3/protoc-22.3-linux-x86_64.zip

unzip protoc-22.3-linux-x86_64.zip -d /usr/local/proto3

export PROTOC_CMD=/usr/local/proto3/bin/protoc

```



#### Hyperledger Fabric



Our project fetches the latest supported Fabric binaries during the build process automatically.

However, if you want to use your own Fabric binaries, please checkout Fabric 2.5.4 release using the following commands:

```bash

export FABRIC_PATH=$GOPATH/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric

git clone https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric.git $FABRIC_PATH

cd $FABRIC_PATH; git checkout tags/v2.5.4

```



Note that Fabric Private Chaincode may not work with the Fabric `main` branch.

Therefore, make sure you use the Fabric `v2.5.4` tag.

Make sure the source of Fabric is in your `$GOPATH`.



## Build Fabric Private Chaincode



Once you have your development environment up and running (i.e., using our docker-based setup or install all dependencies on your machine) you can build FPC and start developing your own FPC application.

Note by default we build FPC with SGX simulation mode. For SGX hardware-mode support please also read the [Intel SGX Attestation Support](#intel-sgx-attestation-support) Section below. 



To build all required FPC components and run the integration tests run the following:

```bash

cd $FPC_PATH

make docker

make

 ```



Besides the default target, there are also following make targets:

- `build`: build all FPC build artifacts

- `docker`: build docker images 

- `test`: run unit and integration tests

- `clean`: remove most build artifacts (but no docker images)

- `clobber`: remove all build artifacts including built docker images

- `checks`: do license and linting checks on source



Also note that the file `config.mk` contains various defaults which

can all be redefined in an optional file `config.override.mk`.



See also [below](#building-documentation) on how to build the documentation.



### Intel SGX Attestation Support



To run Fabric Private Chaincode in hardware mode (secure mode), you need an SGX-enabled

hardware as well corresponding OS support.  However, even if you don't

have SGX hardware available, you still can run FPC in simulation mode by

setting `SGX_MODE=SIM` in your environment.



Note that the simulation mode is for developing purpose only and does

not provide any security guarantees.



As mentioned before, by default the project builds in SGX simulation mode, `SGX_MODE=SIM` as defined in `$FPC_PATH/config.mk` and you can

explicitly opt for building in hardware-mode SGX, `SGX_MODE=HW`. In order to set non-default values for install

location, or for building in hardware-mode SGX, you can create the file `$FPC_PATH/config.override.mk` and override the default

values by defining the corresponding environment variable.



Note that you can always come back here when you want a setup with SGX

hardware-mode later after having tested with simulation mode.



#### Register with Intel Attestation Service (IAS)



If you run SGX in __simulation mode only__, you can skip this section.

We currently support EPID-based attestation and  use the Intel's

Attestation Service to perform attestation with chaincode enclaves.



What you need:

* a Service Provider ID (SPID)

* the (primary) api-key associated with your SPID



In order to use Intel's Attestation Service (IAS), you need to register

with Intel. On the [IAS EPID registration page](https://api.portal.trustedservices.intel.com/EPID-attestation)

you can find more details on how to register and obtain your SPID plus corresponding api-key.

We currently support both `linkable` and `unlinkable` signatures for the attestation.



Place your ias api key and your SPID in the `ias` folder as follows:

```bash

echo 'YOUR_API_KEY' > $FPC_PATH/config/ias/api_key.txt

echo 'YOUR_SPID_TYPE' > $FPC_PATH/config/ias/spid_type.txt

echo 'YOUR_SPID' > $FPC_PATH/config/ias/spid.txt

```

where `YOUR_SPID_TYPE` must be `epid-linkable` or `epid-unlinkable`, depending on the type of your subscription.



### FPC Playground for non-SGX environments



FPC leverages Intel SGX as the Confidential Computing technology to guard Fabric chaincodes.

Even though the Intel SGX SDK supports a simulation mode, where you can run applications in a simulated enclave, it still requires an x86-based platform to run and compile the enclave code.

Another limitation comes from the fact that the Intel SGX SDK is only available for Linux and Windows.



To overcome these limitations and allow developers to toy around with the FPC API, we provide two ways to getting started with FPC.



1) Using the [Docker-based FPC Development Environment](#setup-your-development-environment) (works well on x86-based platforms on Linux and Mac).

2) FPC builds without SGX SDK dependencies (targets x86/arm-based platforms on Linux and Mac).



We now elaborate on how to build the FPC components without the SGX SDK.

Note that this is indented for developing purpose only and does not provide any protection at all.



In your `config.override.mk` set the following to variables:

```Makefile

FPC_CCENV_IMAGE=ubuntu:22.04

ERCC_GOTAGS=

```

This configuration sets a standard Ubuntu image as alternative to our `fabric-private-chaincode-ccenv` image and overrides the default build tags we use to build `ercc`.



Next you can build `ercc` using the following command:

```bash

GOOS=linux make -C $FPC_PATH/ercc build docker

```



For building a chaincode, for instance `$FPC_PATH/samples/chaincode/kv-test-go`, just run: 

```bash

GOOS=linux make -C $FPC_PATH/samples/chaincode/kv-test-go with_go docker

```



You can test your FPC chaincode easily with one of the [sample deployments](samples/deployment) tutorials.

We recommend to start with [the-simple-testing-network](samples/deployment/fabric-smart-client/the-simple-testing-network).



Notes:

- On Mac use a recent version of bash (`brew install bash`).

- TODO more to come



### Troubleshooting



This section elaborate on common issues with building Fabric Private Chaincode.



#### Docker



Building the project requires docker. We do not recommend to run `sudo make`

to resolve issues with mis-configured docker environments as this also changes your `$GOPATH`. Please see hints on

[docker](#docker) installation above.



The makefiles do not ensure that docker files are always rebuild to

match the latest version of the code in the repo.  If you suspect you

have an issue with outdated docker images, you can run `make clobber

build` which forces a rebuild.  It also ensures that all other

download, build or test artifacts are scrubbed from your repo and might

help overcoming other problems. Be advised that that the rebuild can

take a fair amount of time.



#### Working from behind a proxy



The current code should work behind a proxy assuming

  * you have defined the corresponding environment variables (i.e.,

    `http_proxy`, `https_proxy` and, potentially, `no_proxy`) properly, and

  * docker (daemon & client) is properly set up for proxies as

    outlined in the Docker documentation for

    [clients](https://docs.docker.com/network/proxy/) and the

    [daemon](https://docs.docker.com/config/daemon/systemd/#httphttps-proxy).

  * the docker version is correct.

    Otherwise you may run into problems with DNS resolution inside the container.

  * the docker-compose version is correct.

    For example, the docker-compose from Ubuntu 18.04 (docker-compose 1.17)

    is _not_ recent enough to understand `~/.docker/config.json` and related proxy options.



Furthermore, for docker-compose networks to work properly with proxies, the `noProxy`

variable in your `~/.docker/config.json` should at least contain `127.0.0.1,127.0.1.1,localhost,.org1.example.com,.example.com`.



Another problem you might encounter when running the integration tests

insofar that some '0.0.0.0' in `integration/config/core.yaml` used by

clients -- e.g., the peer CLI using the `address: 0.0.0.0:7051` config

as part of the `peer` section -- result in the client being unable

to find the server. The likely error you will see is

 `err: rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = transport is closing`.

In that case, you will have to replace the '0.0.0.0' with a concrete

ip address such as '127.0.0.1'.



#### Environment settings



Our build system requires a few variables to be set in your environment. Missing variables may cause `make` to fail.

Below you find a summary of all variables which you should carefully check and add to your environment.



```bash

# Path to your SGX SDK and SGX SSL

export SGX_SDK=/opt/intel/sgxsdk

export SGX_SSL=/opt/intel/sgxssl



# Path to nanopb

export NANOPB_PATH=$HOME/nanopb



# SGX simulation mode

export SGX_MODE=SIM



# SGX simulation mode

export SGX_MODE=HW

```

The file `config.mk` contains various defaults for some of these, but

all can be (re)defined also in an optional file `config.override.mk`.



#### Clang-format



Some users may experience problems with clang-format. In particular, the error `command not found: clang-format`

appears even after installing it via `apt-get install clang-format`. See [here](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1034996/vim-clang-format-clang-format-is-not-found)

for how to fix this.



#### ERCC setup failures



If, e.g., running the integration tests executed when you run `make`,

you get errors of following form:



```

Error: endorsement failure during invoke. response: status:500 message:"Setup failed: Can not register enclave at ercc: Error while retrieving attestation report: IAS returned error: Code 401 Access Denied"

```



In case you run in SGX HW mode, check that your files in `config/ias`

are set properly as explained in [Section Intel Attestation Service

(IAS)](#intel-attestation-service-ias).  Note that if you run

initially in simulation mode and these files do not exist, the build

will create dummy files. In case you switch later to HW mode without

configuring these files correctly for HW mode, this will result in

above error.



#### no Raft leader



The following error message sometimes appears when running the integration tests in the `$FPC_PATH/integration` folder.

The output contains the following:

```

got unexpected status: SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE -- no Raft leader

```



Rerunning the tests usually works.

If this error appers during the make step of [building FPC](../fabric-private-chaincode/README.md#build-fabric-private-chaincode) than uncommenting some integration tests fixes the issue.



#### Working with the FPC dev container



To make starting and stopping the dev container more reliable it is advised to use the following commands:

* Start the container and get a shell: `make -C $FPC_PATH/utils/docker run-dev`

* Get another shell inside the dev container: `docker exec -it fpc-development-main /bin/bash`

* Stop the container: `docker stop fpc-development-main`



#### Development on Apple Mac (M1 or newer)



For developers using Apple Mac (M1 or newer) we suggest to use the prebuilt FPC dev container.

Add the following configuration to your `config.override.mk`, pull the docker images and start the FPC dev container as described above in [Option 1: Using the Docker-based FPC Development Environment](#option-1-using-the-docker-based-fpc-development-environment).

Note that SGX is not supported on Apple platforms, and hence, FPC chaincode can only be used in simulation mode.

Alternatively, a cloud-based development environment can be used with SGX HW support, see our tutorial [How to use FPC with Azure Confidential Computing](samples/deployment/azure/FPC_on_Azure.md).



```Makefile

DOCKER_BUILD_CMD=buildx build

DOCKER_BUILD_OPTS=--platform linux/amd64

DOCKER_DEV_RUN_OPTS=--platform linux/amd64

```



### Building Documentation



To build documentation (e.g., images from the PlantUML `.puml` files), you will have to install `java` and download `plantuml.jar`. Either put `plantuml.jar` into

in your `CLASSPATH` environment variable or override `PLANTUML_JAR` or `PLANTUML_CMD` in `config.override.mk`

(see `config.mk` for default definition of the two variables). Additionally, you will need the `dot` program from the

graphviz package (e.g., via `apt-get install graphviz` on Ubuntu).



By running the following command you can generate the documentation.

```bash

cd docs

make

```



## Developing with Fabric Private Chaincode



In the [samples](samples) folder you find a few examples how to develop applications using FPC and run them

on a Fabric network.

In particular, [samples/application](samples/application) contains examples of the FPC Client SDK for Go.

In [samples/chaincode](samples/chaincode) we give illustrate the use of the FPC Chaincode API;

and in [samples/deployment](samples/deployment) we show how to deploy and run FPC chaincode on the Fabric-samples test network and with K8s (minikube).



More details about FPC APIs in the [Reference Guides](#reference-guides) Section.



### Your first private chaincode



Create, build and test your first private chaincode with the [Hello World Tutorial](samples/chaincode/helloworld/README.md).



### Developing and deploying on Azure Confidential Computing



We provide a brief [FPC on Azure Tutorial](samples/deployment/azure/FPC_on_Azure.md) with the required steps to set up a confidential computing instance on Azure to develop and test FPC with SGX hardware mode enabled. 



## Reference Guides



### Management API



While the management API for Fabric is mostly unchanged, some modifications are needed for FPC to work.

In particular, FPC extends the Fabric's lifecycle API with additional commands to create an FPC enclave and handle the key provisioning.

These are detailed separately in the **[FPC Management API document](docs/design/fabric-v2%2B/fpc-management.md)**



### FPC Shim



The FPC Shim follows the programming model used in the standard Fabric Go shim and offers a C++ based FPC Shim to FPC chaincode developers. It currently comprises only a subset of the standard Fabric Shim and is complemented in the future.

These details are documented separately in the Shim header file itself: **[`ecc_enclave/enclave/shim.h`](ecc_enclave/enclave/shim.h)**



*Important*: The initial version of FPC, FPC 1.0 (aka FPC Lite), has a

few constraints in applicability and programming model.  Hence, study carefully the

[section discussing this in the FPC RFC](https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-rfcs/blob/main/text/0000-fabric-private-chaincode-1.0.md#fpc-10-application-domain)

and the comments at the top of [`shim.h`](ecc_enclave/enclave/shim.h)

before designing, implementing and deploying an FPC-based solution.



### FPC Client SDK



In order to interact with a FPC chaincode you can use the FPC Client SDK for Go or use the Peer CLI tool provided with FPC.

Both make FPC related client-side encryption and decryption transparent to the user, i.e., client-side programming is mostly standard Fabric and agnostic to FPC.



The FPC Client SDK for Go is located in [client_sdk/go](client_sdk/go). See also [Godocs](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hyperledger/fabric-private-chaincode/client_sdk/go/).



For the command-line invocations, use the **`$FPC_PATH/fabric/bin/peer.sh`** wrapper script. We refer to our integration tests for usage examples.



## Getting Help



Found a bug? Need help to fix an issue? You have a great idea for a new feature? Talk to us! You can reach us on

[Discord](https://discord.gg/hyperledger) in #fabric-private-chaincode.



We also have a weekly meeting every Tuesday at 3 pm GMT on [Zoom](https://zoom.us/my/hyperledger.community.3). Please

see the Hyperledger [community calendar](https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/HYP/Calendar+of+Public+Meetings) for

details.



## Contributions Welcome



For more information on how to contribute to Fabric Private Chaincode please see our [contribution](CONTRIBUTING.md)

section.



## References



- Marcus Brandenburger, Christian Cachin, Rüdiger Kapitza, Alessandro

  Sorniotti: Blockchain and Trusted Computing: Problems, Pitfalls, and a

  Solution for Hyperledger Fabric. https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.08541



- [Fabric Private Chaincode RFC](https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-rfcs/blob/main/text/0000-fabric-private-chaincode-1.0.md)



- Presentation at the Hyperledger Fabric contributor meeting

  August 21, 2019.

  Motivation, background and the inital architecture.

  [Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ewl7PcY9t27lScv2O2VaeHMsk13oe5B2MqU-qzDiR80)



- Presentation of at the Hyperledger Fabric contributor meeting

  November 11, 2020.

  The design and rationale for FPC Lite (FPC 1.0).

  [Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KX3_gB70H6PZw5uvYbIPYPOMt8qsh2nLRsGmXEf98Ls/edit#slide=id.ga89b65b885_0_0)



## Project Status



Hyperledger Fabric Private Chaincode was accepted via a Hyperledger Fabric [RFC](https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-rfcs/blob/main/text/0000-fabric-private-chaincode-1.0.md) and is now under development.

Before, the project operated as a Hyperledger Labs project.

This code is provided solely to demonstrate basic Fabric Private Chaincode

mechanisms and to facilitate collaboration to refine the project architecture

and define minimum viable product requirements. The code provided in this

repository is prototype code and not intended for production use.



## Initial Committers



- [Marcus Brandenburger](https://github.com/mbrandenburger) ([email protected])

- [Christian Cachin](https://github.com/cca88) ([email protected])

- [Rüdiger Kapitza](https://github.com/rrkapitz) ([email protected])

- [Alessandro Sorniotti](https://github.com/ale-linux) ([email protected])



## Core Team FPC 1.0

- [Mic Bowman](https://github.com/cmickeyb) ([email protected])

- [Marcus Brandenburger](https://github.com/mbrandenburger) ([email protected])

- [Jeb Linton](https://github.com/jrlinton) ([email protected])

- [Michael Steiner](https://github.com/g2flyer) ([email protected])

- [Bruno Vavala](https://github.com/bvavala) ([email protected])



## Sponsor



[Gari Singh](https://github.com/mastersingh24) ([email protected])



## License



Hyperledger Fabric Private Chaincode source code files are made

available under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (Apache-2.0), located in the

[LICENSE file](LICENSE).