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Obtaining the Docker Images

(See Install With Docker for instructions on running the Canton Docker images.) You can download the Canton docker images using:
Download Canton docker images by network:
Visit https://europe-docker.pkg.dev/v2/da-images/public/docker/canton-participant/tags/list to see available tags. These docker images are published starting with Canton version 3.4.8. Snapshot releases are available at /da-images/public-unstable/docker/ instead of /da-images/public/docker/, but they are not recommended for any production usage and they are periodically cleaned up.

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Work With the Docker Containers

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Using the Participant Image

As a convenience, we provide a pre-configured participant image that can be used to start a Canton participant with sensible defaults. Using this image requires setting several environment variables:
Note that you’ll need a valid postgres instance. This image requires you to initialize the participant via a bootstrap script. See Manual identity initialization for more details. To see all configuration defaults and possible env vars, run

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Logging

Logs are JSON encoded and sent to stdout. The log level is set via -e LOG_LEVEL_STDOUT=INFO. It defaults to DEBUG.

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Bound Ports

canton-participant image binds:
  • Ledger API port: 5001
  • Admin API port: 5002
  • HTTP Ledger API port: 7575
  • GRPC Health Server port: 5061
canton-mediator image binds:
  • Admin API port: 5007
  • GRPC Health Server port: 5061
canton-sequencer image binds:
  • Public API: 5008
  • Admin API: 5009
  • GRPC Health Server port: 5061

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Supplying custom configuration and DARs

To supply custom configuration, either
  1. add it via ADDITIONAL_CONFIG environment variable, or
  2. mount /app/additional-config.conf into the container.
Dars must be added dynamically. This is done via remote console or the admin API. To run a participant console with custom configuration:
The --console flag starts canton in interactive console mode.