neptune-explorer

A web-based block explorer for the Neptune blockchain. neptune-explorer provides a basic HTML view and a REST RPC API.

As of 2024-05-22 this code is running at https://explorer.neptune.cash.

Some design notes are available.

Installing

Compile from Source -- Linux Debian/Ubuntu

git clone https://github.com/Neptune-Crypto/neptune-explorer.git
cd neptune-explorer
cargo install --locked --path .

Windows, Mac

not tested or supported. Please let us know if you get it work. patches accepted.

Running

1. install neptune-core and start it, or otherwise find a running neptune-core instance.
2. start neptune-explorer

nohup neptune-explorer 2>&1 > /path/to/logs/neptune-explorer.log &

Notes:

• The block-explorer automatically uses the same network (mainnet, testnet, etc) as the neptune-core instance it is connected to, and the network is displayed in the web interface.
• if neptune-core RPC server is running on a non-standard port, you can provide it with the --port flag.
• Site name can be specified with the --site-name flag.

Connecting via Browser

Just navigate to http://localhost:3000/

(note: the port is not yet configurable.)

SSL/TLS, Nginx, etc.

If hosting for public use, it is suggested to use nginx or similar in reverse-proxy mode to connect to http://localhost:3000. Nginx can then handle SSL/TLS certs and connections, as neptune-explorer has no built-in support for that.

Logging

All logging is output to standard out.

The log level can be set through the environment variable RUST_LOG. Valid values are: trace, debug, info, warn, and error. The default value is info. E.g.: RUST_LOG=trace cargo run.