System and method for providing a representational state transfer proxy service for a blockchain cloud service

A method for providing a representational state transfer (REST) proxy service in a blockchain cloud service, the system comprising:

• providing a computer including one or more microprocessors;
• providing a container runtime service running on the computer, the container runtime service comprising at least one container from a plurality of containers defined within a stack at a repository, wherein each of the plurality of containers comprise a library and a configuration;
• provisioning two or more distributed ledgers in respective containers of the container runtime service, wherein each of the respective containers are started by via a platform service manager application programming interface (API), wherein each distributed ledger is provisioned as a blockchain cloud service in the container runtime service;
• executing a REST proxy service in another container of the container runtime service, wherein the REST proxy service provides access to client applications to one or more smart contracts provided within the blockchain cloud service within the container, and wherein the REST proxy service exposes one or more functions of a management console associated with one of the provisioned distributed ledgers;
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• upon receiving, via a load balancing service, an incoming REST call directed to a smart contract of the one or more smart contracts, authenticating, by the REST proxy, the REST call via an authenticator of the REST proxy.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions thereon for providing a representational state transfer (REST) proxy service in a blockchain cloud service, which when read and executed cause a computer to perform steps comprising:

• providing a computer including one or more microprocessors;
• providing a container runtime service running on the computer, the container runtime service comprising at least one container from a plurality of containers defined within a stack at a repository, wherein each of the plurality of containers comprise a library and a configuration;
• provisioning two or more distributed ledgers in respective containers of the container runtime service, wherein each of the respective containers are started by via a platform service manager application programming interface (API), wherein each distributed ledger is provisioned as a blockchain cloud service in the container runtime service;
• executing a REST proxy service in another container of the container runtime service, wherein the REST proxy service provides access to client applications to one or more smart contracts provided within the blockchain cloud service within the container, and wherein the REST proxy service exposes one or more functions of a management console associated with one of the provisioned distributed ledgers;
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• upon receiving, via a load balancing service, an incoming REST call directed to a smart contract of the one or more smart contracts, authenticating, by the REST proxy, the REST call via an authenticator of the REST proxy.