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Deploy to Your Blockchain

In this guide, you'll use cleos to deploy and test the wax smart contract you created and compiled in the Create a Smart Contract tutorial.

Before You Begin​

  • nodeos must be running 

    nodeos -e -p eosio \
        --plugin eosio::producer_plugin \
        --plugin eosio::chain_api_plugin \
        --plugin eosio::http_plugin \
        --access-control-allow-origin='*' \
        --contracts-console \
        --http-validate-host=false \
        --verbose-http-errors >> nodeos.log 2>&1 &

  • Your wallet must be Opened and Unlocked

    cleos wallet open
    cleos wallet unlock --password PW5KRXKVx25yjL3FvxxY9YxYxxYY9Yxx99yyXTRH8DjppKpD9tKtVz

  • You must create a WAX Account for your smart contract. Refer to Create Accounts if you haven't completed this step.

Deploy Your Smart Contract​

To deploy your smart contract's WASM file to your local blockchain, use cleos set contract from the command line:

ParameterExampleDescription
accountwaxsc1Your smart contract's account.
path/users/wax-blockchain/wax-cdt/mycontracts/waxFull path to your WASM file.
permission-p waxsc1@activeActive or Owner permission for your smart contract's account.
cleos set contract waxsc1 /users/wax-blockchain/wax-cdt/mycontracts/wax -p waxsc1@active

The console prints the following confirmation:

Reading WASM from /users/wax-blockchain/wax-cdt/mycontracts/wax/wax.wasm...
Publishing contract...
executed transaction: 8a79664a3f0457513fabaa5753c41b18588cb2994cd5e3164328eafc9663f7a8  2832 bytes  57440 us
#         eosio <= eosio::setcode               {"account":"waxsc1","vmtype":0,"vmversion":0,"code":"0061736d01000000013a0b60017f0060027f7f0060037f7...
#         eosio <= eosio::setabi                {"account":"waxsc1","abi":"0e656f73696f3a3a6162692f312e3100010567726565740000010000000080acd46505677...
warning: transaction executed locally, but may not be confirmed by the network yet         ]

Your smart contract should now be live on your local blockchain.

Test Your Smart Contract​

To test your smart contract, use cleos push action from the command line:

ParameterExampleDescription
accountwaxsc1Your smart contract's account.
actionhiName of action.
datastream'["YourName"]'Enter your name or any other string.
permission-p waxsc1@activeActive or Owner permission for your smart contract's account.
cleos push action waxsc1 hi '["YourName"]' -p waxsc1@active

The console prints the following:

executed transaction: 6a0b1489d903f2cacc6480830358f07aaf65b20bf1d7e855dc20097f4d64dc52  104 bytes  1727 us
#        waxsc2 <= waxsc2::hi                   {"nm":"YourName"}
>> Name : YourName
warning: transaction executed locally, but may not be confirmed by the network yet         ]

If you receive an error that the transaction took too long, run cleos push action again. If you still receive an error, try restarting nodeos.

Error 3080006: Transaction took too long
Error Details:
deadline exceeded
pending console output: