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I have a 2 node Ethereum system already setup. I am trying to have a web3 client talking to it. I installed web3 on a client machine and it gave no errors.

However, I try to setup index.js and do node web3. It gives me an error.

This is the error I see: Web3.providers.HttpProvider("http://172.17.0.5:8545") = web3; ^

TypeError: Cannot read property 'HttpProvider' of undefined

Basically, this means it is unable to pick up any of the web3 providers. I tried with WebSocketProvider and IPCProvider, but still see this issue.

any inputs on what the issue could be.

thx - Anand

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  • If you share JavaScript code it will be helpful for us to understand your issue
    – Soham Lawar
    Sep 24, 2018 at 12:05
  • I've not written any code yet. Just installed web3 and want to connect to a geth instance I have on another machine.
    – Omi
    Sep 24, 2018 at 13:26
  • In the index.js file in the web3 folder, I wrote the following -
    – Omi
    Sep 24, 2018 at 13:29
  • var Web3 = require('web3'); var web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider("172.17.0.5:8545"));
    – Omi
    Sep 24, 2018 at 13:29
  • Try to connect to ethereum node using metamask.
    – Soham Lawar
    Sep 24, 2018 at 13:47

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Add these parameters to your geth process:

--rpc 
--rpcapi web3,eth,personal,miner,net,txpool
--rpcaddr 172.17.WHATEVER

Note, that this is for tests only, and it is not a safe configuration, because the accounts are exposed

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  • Didn't work. i in fact did a telnet from the client machine where web3 is installed to the geth node IP, port number (same as the IP/port I included in the index.js) and that worked.
    – Omi
    Sep 25, 2018 at 6:24

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