Connection

Table of Contents

• Establish Connection
• Examples
  • New connection over new clients
  • New connection over existing clients
• Non-zero Delay Connection

Establish Connection

Use the create connection command to create a new connection.

USAGE:
    hermes create connection [OPTIONS] --a-chain <A_CHAIN_ID> --b-chain <B_CHAIN_ID>

    hermes create connection [OPTIONS] --a-chain <A_CHAIN_ID> --a-client <A_CLIENT_ID> --b-client <B_CLIENT_ID>

DESCRIPTION:
    Create a new connection between two chains

OPTIONS:
        --delay <DELAY>    Delay period parameter for the new connection (seconds) [default: 0]

FLAGS:
        --a-chain <A_CHAIN_ID>      Identifier of the side `a` chain for the new connection
        --a-client <A_CLIENT_ID>    Identifier of client hosted on chain `a`; default: None (creates
                                    a new client)
        --b-chain <B_CHAIN_ID>      Identifier of the side `b` chain for the new connection
        --b-client <B_CLIENT_ID>    Identifier of client hosted on chain `b`; default: None (creates
                                    a new client)

Examples

New connection over new clients

Create a new connection between ibc-0 and ibc-1 over new clients:

hermes create connection --a-chain ibc-0 --b-chain ibc-1

🥂  ibc-0 => OpenInitConnection(
    OpenInit(
        Attributes {
            height: Height { revision: 0, height: 4073 },
            connection_id: Some(
                ConnectionId(
                    "connection-8",
                ),
            ),
            client_id: ClientId(
                "07-tendermint-8",
            ),
            counterparty_connection_id: None,
            counterparty_client_id: ClientId(
                "07-tendermint-8",
            ),
        },
    ),
)

🥂  ibc-1 => OpenTryConnection(
    OpenTry(
        Attributes {
            height: Height { revision: 1, height: 4069 },
            connection_id: Some(
                ConnectionId(
                    "connection-8",
                ),
            ),
            client_id: ClientId(
                "07-tendermint-8",
            ),
            counterparty_connection_id: Some(
                ConnectionId(
                    "connection-8",
                ),
            ),
            counterparty_client_id: ClientId(
                "07-tendermint-8",
            ),
        },
    ),
)

🥂  ibc-0 => OpenAckConnection(
    OpenAck(
        Attributes {
            height: Height { revision: 0, height: 4081 },
            connection_id: Some(
                ConnectionId(
                    "connection-8",
                ),
            ),
            client_id: ClientId(
                "07-tendermint-8",
            ),
            counterparty_connection_id: Some(
                ConnectionId(
                    "connection-8",
                ),
            ),
            counterparty_client_id: ClientId(
                "07-tendermint-8",
            ),
        },
    ),
)

🥂  ibc-1 => OpenConfirmConnection(
    OpenConfirm(
        Attributes {
            height: Height { revision: 1, height: 4073 },
            connection_id: Some(
                ConnectionId(
                    "connection-8",
                ),
            ),
            client_id: ClientId(
                "07-tendermint-8",
            ),
            counterparty_connection_id: Some(
                ConnectionId(
                    "connection-8",
                ),
            ),
            counterparty_client_id: ClientId(
                "07-tendermint-8",
            ),
        },
    ),
)

🥂🥂🥂  Connection handshake finished for [Connection {
    delay_period: 0s,
    a_side: ConnectionSide {
        chain: ProdChainHandle {
            chain_id: ChainId {
                id: "ibc-0",
                version: 0,
            },
            runtime_sender: Sender { .. },
        },
        client_id: ClientId(
            "07-tendermint-8",
        ),
        connection_id: ConnectionId(
            "connection-8",
        ),
    },
    b_side: ConnectionSide {
        chain: ProdChainHandle {
            chain_id: ChainId {
                id: "ibc-1",
                version: 1,
            },
            runtime_sender: Sender { .. },
        },
        client_id: ClientId(
            "07-tendermint-8",
        ),
        connection_id: ConnectionId(
            "connection-8",
        ),
    },
}]

Success: Connection {
    delay_period: 0s,
    a_side: ConnectionSide {
        chain: ProdChainHandle {
            chain_id: ChainId {
                id: "ibc-0",
                version: 0,
            },
            runtime_sender: Sender { .. },
        },
        client_id: ClientId(
            "07-tendermint-8",
        ),
        connection_id: ConnectionId(
            "connection-8",
        ),
    },
    b_side: ConnectionSide {
        chain: ProdChainHandle {
            chain_id: ChainId {
                id: "ibc-1",
                version: 1,
            },
            runtime_sender: Sender { .. },
        },
        client_id: ClientId(
            "07-tendermint-8",
        ),
        connection_id: ConnectionId(
            "connection-8",
        ),
    },
}

New connection over existing clients

Create a new connection between ibc-0 and ibc-1 over existing clients, both with client id 07-tendermint-0:

hermes create connection --a-chain ibc-0 --a-client 07-tendermint-0 --b-client 07-tendermint-0

Notice that one can omit the destination chain parameter, as Hermes will automatically figure it out by looking up the given client on ibc-0.

Non-zero Delay Connection

A connection can be created with a delay period parameter. This parameter specifies a period of time that must elpase after a successful client state update and before a packet with proofs using its commitment root can pe processed on chain. For more information see how packet delay works and the connection delay specification.