How to do it...

To install Hyperledger on AWS, follow these steps:

Execute the following commands to update the software on your system:

        $ sudo apt-get update

Install curl and the golang software package:

        $ sudo apt-get install curl
        $ sudo apt-get install golang
        $ export GOPATH=$HOME/go
        $ export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

Install Node.js, npm, and Python:

        $ sudo apt-get install nodejs
        $ sudo apt-get install npm
        $ sudo apt-get install python

Install and upgrade docker and docker-compose:

        $ sudo apt-get install docker
        $ curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg |      
          sudo apt-key add -
        $ sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64]   
          https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu 
        $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
        $ sudo apt-get update
        $ apt-cache policy docker-ce
        $ sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce
        $ sudo apt-get install docker-compose
        $ sudo apt-get upgrade

Let's customize and update Node.js and golang to the proper versions:

        $ wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.11.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
        $ tar -xzvf go1.11.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
        $ sudo mv go/ /usr/local
        $ export GOPATH=/usr/local/go
        $ export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
        $ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo bash -
        $ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Verify the installed software package versions:

        $ curl --version
        $ /usr/local/go/bin/go version
        $ python -V
        $ node -v
        $ npm -version
        $ docker --version
        $ docker-compose --version

The result should look like this:

Install Hyperledger Fabric 1.3:

        $ curl -sSL http://bit.ly/2ysbOFE | sudo bash -s 1.3.0

It will take a few minutes to download the Docker images. When it is done, the results should look like this:

This completes the installation of the Hyperledger Fabric on the AWS EC2 machine. We will build up the network in the next recipe.