Windows

Install LTO Network full node plus supporting tools on Windows 10.

LTO Network full node

The LTO full node is comprised of a set of Docker containers. For development, use docker compose as orchestration tool.

Docker Desktop

1. Download Docker Desktop for Windows.

2. Double-click Docker Desktop for Windows Installer.exe to run the installer.

3. Docker does not start automatically. To start it, search for Docker and select Docker Desktop for Windows in the search results.

For more detailed instructions please read the Installation guide in the Docker documentation.

Docker Desktop includes docker compose, so it's not needed to install that separately.

LTO full node

1. Download the docker composer configuration file for LTO full node.

2. In PowerShell (or another terminal) run docker-composer up.

Live contracts tester

The live contract tester (lctest) is build on Behat and runs on PHP. It requires PHP 7+ with the mongodb and yaml PECL extension.

PHP CLI

1. Install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015.
2. Download PHP for Windows. Recommended is the 64-bit Non-thread-safe version.
3. Expand the zip file into the path C:\PHP7.

4. Configure PHP to run correctly on your system:

   1. In the C:\PHP7 folder, rename the file php.ini-development to php.ini.

   2. Edit the php.ini file in a text editor (e.g. Notepad++, Atom, or Sublime Text).

   3. Change the following settings in the file and save the file:

      1. Uncomment the line that reads ; extension_dir = "ext" (remove the ; so the line is just extension_dir = "ext").

      2. In the section where there are a bunch of extension= lines, uncomment the following lines:

         1. extension=php_curl.dll

         2. extension=php_openssl.dll

         3. extension=php_sodium.dll

5. Add C:\PHP7 to your Windows system path:

   1. Open the System Control Panel.

   2. Click 'Advanced System Settings'.

   3. Click the 'Environment Variables...' button.

   4. Click on the Path row under 'System variables', and click 'Edit...'

   5. Click 'New' and add the row C:\PHP7.

   6. Click OK, then OK, then OK, and close out of the System Control Panel.

6. Open PowerShell (or another terminal emulator), and type in php -v to verify PHP is working.

PECL extensions for PHP

MongoDB

1. Visit https://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/mongodb/ and choose the latest stable version (not alpha, beta or RC).
2. Download the version that matches your PHP installation. For PHP 7.3 64-bit Non-thread-safe, choose the version that ends with 7.3-nts-vc15-x64.zip.

3. Extract the zip file into path C:\PHP7\ext.

4. Configure PHP to run correctly on your system and add the following line: extension=php_mongodb.dll.

5. In PowerShell (or another terminal emulator) type php --re mongodb to verify the extension is installed correctly.

Yaml

1. Visit https://windows.php.net/downloads/pecl/releases/yaml/ and choose the latest stable version (not alpha, beta or RC).
2. Download the version that matches your PHP installation. For PHP 7.3 64-bit Non-thread-safe, choose the version that ends with 7.3-nts-vc15-x64.zip.

3. Extract the zip file into path C:\PHP7\ext.

4. Configure PHP to run correctly on your system and add the following line: extension=php_yaml.dll.

5. In PowerShell (or another terminal emulator) type php --re yaml to verify the extension is installed correctly.

lctest.phar

1. Download lctest.phar from the LTO livecontracs-tester repository.
2. Run php lctest.phar to verify it's working correctly.