ARTIFACT_PATH

The path of the artifact JSON file of the VendingMachine smart contract

CONTRACT_ADDRESS

The address of the VendingMachine smart contract

PROVIDER_URL

CHAIN_ID

CLIQUE_PERIOD

The period of the Clique consensus algorithm

CLIQUE_EPOCH

The epoch of the Clique consensus algorithm

NODE_BALANCE

NODE_DATA_DIR

It is the directory where the node's data is stored

NODE_LISTEN_PORT

It is the port number the node uses for peer-to-peer communication

NODE_DISCOVERY_PORT

It is the port number the node uses for discovery protocol communication

MINER_ETHERBASE

It is the account address that mining rewards will be sent

BOOTNODE

It is the enode URL of the bootnode that this node will connect to during network initialization

SYNC_MODE

To specify the synchronization mode for the node

DATA_DIR

NODE_ADDRESS

MINER_THREADS

It is the number of CPU threads to use for mining

The external IP address of the node (in the form extip:<IP_ADDRESS>)

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