Manual Deployment

General deployment instructions for a hardware or cloud services environment
For automated deployment on AWS, see Ansible deployment.
For local deployment only using Docker, see Docker Integration.​
Check your environment is prepared with General Requirements and Database Storage Requirements.
BlockScout requires a full archive node in order to import every state change for every address on the target network. For client specific settings related to a node running Erigon/Geth/Nethermind, please see Client Settings.
For testing purposes, instead of an archive node, a test Ethereum client can be used. For instance, ganache-cli​
Deployment Steps
1) git clone https://github.com/blockscout/blockscout
2) cd blockscout
3) Provide DB URL:
export DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:[email protected]:5432/blockscout
Linux: Update the database username and password configuration
Mac: Use logged-in user name and empty password
Optional: Change credentials in apps/explorer/config/test.exs for test env
Example usage: Changing the default Postgres port from localhost:5432 if Boxen is installed.
4) Install Mix dependencies and compile them mix do deps.get, local.rebar --force, deps.compile
5) Generate a new secret_key_base for the DB by setting a corresponding ENV var:
export SECRET_KEY_BASE=VTIB3uHDNbvrY0+60ZWgUoUBKDn9ppLR8MI4CpRz4/qLyEFs54ktJfaNT6Z221No
In order to generate a new secret_key_base run mix phx.gen.secret
6) If you have deployed previously, remove static assets from the previous build mix phx.digest.clean.
7) Set environment variables as needed.
CLI Example:
export ETHEREUM_JSONRPC_VARIANT=nethermind
export ETHEREUM_JSONRPC_HTTP_URL=http://localhost:8545
export DATABASE_URL=postgresql://...
export COIN=DAI
export ... 
The ETHEREUM_JSONRPC_VARIANT will vary depending on your client (nethermind, geth etc). More information on client settings.
8) Install and start smart contract verification microservice. You can use docker, build from source, or use cargo directly (example below).
1.cargo install --git https://github.com/blockscout/blockscout-rs smart-contract-verifier-http
2.Run the binary as smart-contract-verifier-http
3.Set ENV variables in CLI to enable the rust microservice for Blockscout (these can also be set at runtime).
export ENABLE_RUST_VERIFICATION_SERVICE=true
export RUST_VERIFICATION_SERVICE_URL=http://0.0.0.0:8043/
9) Compile the application:mix compile
10) If not already running, start Postgres: pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres start
To check postgres status: pg_isready
11) Create and migrate database mix do ecto.create, ecto.migrate
If you are in dev environment and have run the application previously with a different blockchain, drop the previous database mix do ecto.drop, ecto.create, ecto.migrate
Be careful since it will delete all data from the DB. Don't execute it on production if you don't want to lose all the data!
12) Install Node.js dependencies
Optional: If preferred, use npm ci rather than npm install to strictly follow all package versions in package-lock.json.
cd apps/block_scout_web/assets; npm install && node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --mode production; cd -
cd apps/explorer && npm install; cd -
13) Build static assets for deployment mix phx.digest
14) Enable HTTPS in development. The Phoenix server only runs with HTTPS.
cd apps/block_scout_web; mix phx.gen.cert blockscout blockscout.local; cd -
Add blockscout and blockscout.local to your /etc/hosts
   127.0.0.1       localhost blockscout blockscout.local
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   255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
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   ::1             localhost blockscout blockscout.local
If using Chrome, Enable chrome://flags/#allow-insecure-localhost
15) Return to the root directory and start the Phoenix Server. mix phx.server
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