When I try to start the peer using
peer node start
I get the following error
hyperledger@linux-box:/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric$ peer node start
20:42:02.999 [crypto] main -> INFO 001 Log level recognized 'info', set to INFO
20:42:03.017 [main] serve -> INFO 002 Security enabled status: true
20:42:03.017 [main] serve -> INFO 004 Privacy enabled status: true
20:42:03.017 [crypto] func1 -> INFO 005 Registering validator [vp] with name [vp]...
20:42:03.017 [eventhub_producer] start -> INFO 003 event processor started
panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal 0xb code=0x1 addr=0x10 pc=0x8ad221]
goroutine 1 [running]:
panic(0xd43fe0, 0xc82000e120)
/opt/go/src/runtime/panic.go:481 +0x3e6
github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/crypto/utils.PEMtoPrivateKey(0x15409e0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/crypto/utils/keys.go:117 +0x91
github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/crypto.(*nodeImpl).retrieveEnrollmentData(0xc820226630, 0xc8201c35c8, 0x2, 0xc8201c35f0, 0xc, 0x0, 0x0)
/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/crypto/node_eca.go:120 +0xe55
github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/crypto.(*nodeImpl).registerCryptoEngine(0xc820226630, 0xc8201c35c8, 0x2, 0xc8201c35f0, 0xc, 0x0, 0x0)
/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/crypto/node_crypto.go:49 +0x5d6
github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/crypto.(*nodeImpl).register(0xc820226630, 0x2, 0xc8201c35c8, 0x2, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0xc8201c35c8, 0x2, 0xc8201c35f0, ...)
/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/crypto/node_impl.go:114 +0x5b8
github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/crypto.(*peerImpl).register(0xc820242840, 0x2, 0xc8201c35c8, 0x2, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0xc8201c35c8, 0x2, 0xc8201c35f0, ...)
/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/crypto/peer_impl.go:177 +0x20a
github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/crypto.(*validatorImpl).register(0xc8201fd600, 0xc8201c35c8, 0x2, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0xc8201c35c8, 0x2, 0xc8201c35f0, 0xc, ...)
/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/crypto/validator_impl.go:147 +0x20a
github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/crypto.RegisterValidator(0xc8201c35c8, 0x2, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0xc8201c35c8, 0x2, 0xc8201c35f0, 0xc, 0x0, ...)
/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/crypto/validator.go:55 +0x55d
main.getSecHelper.func1()
/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/main.go:360 +0x200
sync.(*Once).Do(0x1540ad8, 0xc8201fd768)
/opt/go/src/sync/once.go:44 +0xe4
main.getSecHelper(0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/main.go:380 +0x7d
main.serve(0x15409e0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/main.go:446 +0xc23
main.glob.func3(0x1503160, 0x15409e0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/main.go:95 +0x41
github.com/hyperledger/fabric/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute(0x1503160, 0x15409e0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/command.go:497 +0x62c
github.com/hyperledger/fabric/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute(0x1502de0, 0x0, 0x0)
/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/vendor/github.com/spf13/cobra/command.go:584 +0x46a
main.main()
/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer/main.go:314 +0x18d9
My core.yaml contains the default contents , with security and privacy enabled.
Is this a bug ?
Well I still think the fact that we panic is a bug, but my guess is that you have not built and/or started membership services which are required when security is enabled: https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/blob/master/docs/API/SandboxSetup.md#security-setup-optional
Edit: I originally missed something in the stack trace above. Looks like you are running on a very old version of the fabric code. For example github.com/hyperledger/fabric/core/crypto/utils/keys.go is no longer in the current code. I checked out your fork and it seems you are still pretty far behind. Not sure if you are building out of your fork or not, but looks like you definitely have old code and need to pull down upstream changes