Swarm Node Onboarding

Swarm Node onboarding process

1. The Swarm member
   • creates a VM with the specifications agreed (see VM specification) including installation of Docker and Docker Compose
   • at least the following ougoing connections for the VM are required (port 443)
2. in parallel: The Swarm Operator creates a personalized Swarm Member container image and provides that container to the Swarm members repository within the project
3. The Swarm Member starts its personalized image with a docker compose command

The following automatic process runs when starting the personalized container image

• the Swarm Operator (SWOP) server is called
  • to bootstrap the Swarm mesh network setup
  • during that process
    • X.509 certificates are generated for different containers in the Swarm mesh of the participants
    • the blockchain Swarm network is initialized and the Swarm containers are started