Setup QuarkChain Explorer Quickly (Use Docker)

Core Technicals
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Suppose there is a QuarkChain cluster running on the host (e.g. 192.168.183.237) with default RPC port 38291.

Launch Docker container:

docker run -it -w /quarkchain-dev --net=host quarkchaindocker/quarkchainweb

Register host IP:

//inside Docker container

root@ubuntu:/quarkchain-dev# vi web/web/settings.py

//append host IP to ALLOWED_HOSTS, such as:

ALLOWED_HOSTS = [“localhost”, “192.168.183.237”]

Start the web server:

//inside Docker container

root@ubuntu:/quarkchain-dev# . env/bin/activate

(env) root@ubuntu:/quarkchain-dev# export PYTHONPATH=.

(env) root@ubuntu:/quarkchain-dev# env/bin/python web/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8080 --insecure

Then you can access http://localhost:8080/ (inside host), or http://192.168.183.237:8080 (outside host) to explore local quarkchain.

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Should we update the README file to reflect this? I think the old README is pretty outdated.

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This guide is for external user, while quarkchain-dev is a private repo and it seems the README is for local development. Not sure to update.