Last update: September 24, 2020
Using wallets for key management
Hyperledger Besu does not support key management inside the client. Use:
- EthSigner with Besu to provide access to your key store and sign transactions.
- Third-party tools (for example, MetaMask and web3j) for creating accounts.
In Besu, you can use the JSON-RPC methods:
eth_getBalance
to retrieve the account balance.eth_sendRawTransaction
to transfer ether or create and interact with contracts. For more information, see Transactions).eea_sendRawTransaction
to send private transactions.
Tip
EthSigner implements eth_sendTransaction
and eea_sendTransaction
.