How to Bake with Peak GUI

Preparation

For this tutorial, you’ll need to have already followed one of the following tutorials:

• How to Bake
• How to Bake on Ghostnet

The TezPeak GUI is a graphical user interface for TezBake, which is a command-line tool for baking and endorsing Tezos blocks. It’s a great way to get started with baking and endorsing without having to use the command line on a day-to-day basis.

Please note that tezbake version 0.13.0-beta minimum is required to use TezPeak.

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Installation

Download and install TezPeak via TezBake

tezbake setup --peak

Setup TezPeak configuration

cd /bake-buddy/peak/ && touch config.hjson

Open the config.hjson file with your favorite text editor.

Sample TezPeak configuration with 1 baker

Here’s an example of a config.hjson file:

{
    id: BakingBenjamins
    listen: "0.0.0.0:8733"
    bakers: [
    	tz1S5WxdZR5f9NzsPXhr7L9L1vrEb5spZFur
    ]
}

This configuration file names the baker “BakingBenjamins”, listens to anyone trying to connect to the TezPeak GUI web interface on port 8733, and specifies the baker’s address.

Change id: to have your baker’s name and bakers: to have your baker’s address.

You can also make TezPeak GUI only available on the local computer if you have an all-in-one setup (i.e. the baker and the GUI are on the same computer which has a graphical user interface):

{
    id: BakingBenjamins
    listen: "127.0.0.1:8733"
    bakers: [
    	tz1S5WxdZR5f9NzsPXhr7L9L1vrEb5spZFur
    ]
}

Minimal TezPeak configuration example

Here’s the TezPeak minimal configuration, showing you can also have multiple bakers:

{
   listen: "0.0.0.0:8733"
   bakers: [
      tz1P6WKJu2rcbxKiKRZHKQKmKrpC9TfW1AwM
      tz1hZvgjekGo7DmQjWh7XnY5eLQD8wNYPczE
   ]
}

Full TezPeak configuration examples

Here’s the TezPeak configuration with all available options:

{
   # Id to show in the header
   id: ""
   # Address to listen on
   listen: 127.0.0.1:8733
   # List of bakers to monitor
   bakers: [
   ]
   # Baker's node to connect to
   node: http://localhost:8732
   # List of reference nodes to connect to
   # The reference nodes are used to get the rights and blocks if the baker's node is not available
   reference_nodes: {
      "Tezos Foundation": {
         address: https://rpc.tzbeta.net/
         is_rights_provider: true
         is_block_provider: false
      },
      "tzkt": {
         address: https://rpc.tzkt.io/mainnet/
         is_rights_provider: false
         is_block_provider: true
      }
   }
   # The mode tezpeak should operate in
   # auto - if bound to localhost, it will operate in private mode if not, it will operate in public mode
   # public - assumes public environment, only readonly operations are allowed
   # private - assumes private environment, all operations are allowed
   mode: auto
   # The number of blocks to look for the rights
   # 50 means 25 blocks in the past and 25 blocks in the future
   block_window: 50
}

Start TezPeak and connect to it

tezbake start --peak

If you’re connecting to the TezPeak GUI from a different computer, you’ll need to open a web browser and navigate to http://<your-baker-ip>:8733.

If you’re connecting from the same computer, you can use http://127.0.0.1:8733 or http://localhost:8733.

TezPeak example screenshot

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