State History Plugin

Description

The state_history_plugin is useful for capturing historical data about the blockchain state. The plugin receives blockchain data from other connected nodes and caches the data into files. The plugin listens on a socket for applications to connect and sends blockchain data back based on the plugin options specified when starting nodeos.

Usage

# config.ini
plugin = eosio::state_history_plugin
[options]
# command-line
nodeos ... --plugin eosio::state_history_plugin [operations] [options]

Operations

These can only be specified from the nodeos command-line:

Command Line Options for eosio::state_history_plugin:

  --delete-state-history                clear state history files

Options

These can be specified from both the nodeos command-line or the config.ini file:

Config Options for eosio::state_history_plugin:

  --state-history-dir arg (="state-history")
                                        the location of the state-history 
                                        directory (absolute path or relative to
                                        application data dir)
  --state-history-retained-dir arg (="")
                                        the location of the state history 
                                        retained directory (absolute path or 
                                        relative to state-history dir).
                                        If the value is empty, it is set to the
                                        value of state-history directory.
  --state-history-archive-dir arg (="archive")
                                        the location of the state history 
                                        archive directory (absolute path or 
                                        relative to state-history dir).
                                        If the value is empty, blocks files 
                                        beyond the retained limit will be 
                                        deleted.
                                        All files in the archive directory are 
                                        completely under user's control, i.e. 
                                        they won't be accessed by nodeos 
                                        anymore.
  --state-history-stride arg (=4294967295)
                                        split the state history log files when 
                                        the block number is the multiple of the
                                        stride
                                        When the stride is reached, the current
                                        history log and index will be renamed 
                                        '*-history-<start num>-<end 
                                        num>.log/index'
                                        and a new current history log and index
                                        will be created with the most recent 
                                        blocks. All files following
                                        this format will be used to construct 
                                        an extended history log.
  --max-retained-history-files arg (=4294967295)
                                        the maximum number of history file 
                                        groups to retain so that the blocks in 
                                        those files can be queried.
                                        When the number is reached, the oldest 
                                        history file would be moved to archive 
                                        dir or deleted if the archive dir is 
                                        empty.
                                        The retained history log files should 
                                        not be manipulated by users.
  --trace-history                       enable trace history
  --chain-state-history                 enable chain state history
  --state-history-endpoint arg (=127.0.0.1:8080)
                                        the endpoint upon which to listen for 
                                        incoming connections. Caution: only 
                                        expose this port to your internal 
                                        network.
  --trace-history-debug-mode            enable debug mode for trace history
  --context-free-data-compression arg (=zlib)
                                        compression mode for context free data 
                                        in transaction traces. Supported 
                                        options are "zlib" and "none"

Examples

history-tools

Dependencies

Load Dependency Examples

# config.ini
plugin = eosio::chain_plugin --disable-replay-opts
# command-line
nodeos ... --plugin eosio::chain_plugin --disable-replay-opts

How-To Guides