[SOLVED] What does PRIVATE_CONFIG=tm.ipc mean and how to generate tm.ipc file?

What does PRIVATE_CONFIG=tm.ipc mean and how to generate tm.ipc file?

i have tried the below command using PRIVATE_CONFIG=ignore.Can anyone help me to find some explanation regarding how tm.ipc is generated and what is its use

PRIVATE_CONFIG=tm.ipc nohup geth --datadir new-node-1 --nodiscover --verbosity 5 --networkid 31337 --raft --raftport 50000 --rpc --rpcaddr 0.0.0.0 --rpcport 22000 --rpcapi admin,db,eth,debug,miner,net,shh,txpool,personal,web3,quorum,raft --emitcheckpoints --port 21000 2>>node.log &

Solution

The tm.ipc socket file is created by the transaction manager (Constellation or Tessera).

It's used by Quorum to communicate with the transaction manager for private transactions and Quorum expects PRIVATE_CONFIG to specify the location of the sokcet file.

If you are only interested in public transactions then you don't need a transaction manager, hence the PRIVATE_CONFIG=ignore setting. Documentation for this can be found here