Ok so I think I am very close.

I am able to create the blockchain as per the instructions here:

https://neura-sx.gitbooks.io/graphene-book/content/book/testnets/tutorial-private-testnet.html

The piece I need help on is how to import the balances to my account.

I specified the "nathan" private key and is said there are no balances to import.

Does anyone know how to import the initial set of tokens via the BitShares GUI?

Hello there!

SHORT VERSION:
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I am trying to create a private tesnet and connect to it via the Bitshares GUI by specfying my testnet IP Address and port in the Bitshares Client settings and am unable to create any accounts.

LONG VERSION:
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I used this reference as my guide: http://docs.bitshares.org/testnet/private-testnet.html#

So I successfully compiled and have a fully functioning Graphene testnet blockchain on my cloud server.

I have functional versions of:

witness_node
cli_wallet

I made the following changes in the /data/config.ini file:

rpc-endpoint = my_public_ip_address:11011
genesis-json = my-genesis.json
enable-stale-production = true

witness-id = "1.6.1"
witness-id = "1.6.2"
witness-id = "1.6.3"
witness-id = "1.6.4"
witness-id = "1.6.5"
witness-id = "1.6.6"
witness-id = "1.6.7"
witness-id = "1.6.8"
witness-id = "1.6.9"
witness-id = "1.6.10"
witness-id = "1.6.11"

I created the wallet using cli_wallet
I imported the nathan balance
I upgraded nathan's account so that I could create additional accounts
i created an account named "account01"
I transferred   2000000000 BTS from nathan to account01 and it was succesfull

I know downloaded the bitshares wallet and configured it to connect to my testnets public facing IP address on port 11011

1) It recognizes that there is an "account01" but it wont accept the private key as a password
2) When I go to create a new account altogether I get the following error:

When I try to create a new account I keep getting errors:

Failed to create account: john-test - 0 exception: unspecified 10 assert_exception: Assert Exception operations.size() > 0: A transaction must have at least one operation {"trx":{"ref_block_num":12260,"ref_block_prefix":2906561686,"expiration":"2017-11-30T00:15:21","operations":[],"extensions":[]}} th_a transaction.cpp:57 validate {"call.method":"call","call.params":[3,"broadcast_transaction",[{"ref_block_num":12260,"ref_block_prefix":2906561686,"expiration":"2017-11-30T00:15:21","operations":[],"extensions":[],"signatures":[]}]]} th_a websocket_api.cpp:121 on_message {"error":"10 assert_exception: Assert Exception\noperations.size() > 0: A transaction must have at least one operation\n {\"trx\":{\"ref_block_num\":12260,\"ref_block_prefix\":2906561686,\"expiration\":\"2017-11-30T00:15:21\",\"operations\":[],\"extensions\":[]}}\n th_a transaction.cpp:57 validate\n\n {\"call.method\":\"call\",\"call.params\":[3,\"broadcast_transaction\",[{\"ref_block_num\":12260,\"ref_block_prefix\":2906561686,\"expiration\":\"2017-11-30T00:15:21\",\"operations\":[],\"extensions\":[],\"signatures\":[]}]]}\n th_a websocket_api.cpp:121 on_message","data":{"id":97003,"error":{"code":1,"message":"10 assert_exception: Assert Exception\noperations.size() > 0: A transaction must have at least one operation\n {\"trx\":{\"ref_block_num\":12260,\"ref_block_prefix\":2906561686,\"expiration\":\"2017-11-30T00:15:21\",\"operations\":[],\"extensions\":[]}}\n th_a transaction.cpp:57 validate\n\n {\"call.method\":\"call\",\"call.params\":[3,\"broadcast_transaction\",[{\"ref_block_num\":12260,\"ref_block_prefix\":2906561686,\"expiration\":\"2017-11-30T00:15:21\",\"operations\":[],\"extensions\":[],\"signatures\":[]}]]}\n th_a websocket_api.cpp:121 on_message","data":{"code":10,"name":"assert_exception","message":"Assert Exception","stack":[{"context":{"level":"error","file":"transaction.cpp","line":57,"method":"validate","hostname":"","thread_name":"th_a","timestamp":"2017-11-30T00:14:51"},"format":"operations.size() > 0: A transaction must have at least one operation","data":{"trx":{"ref_block_num":12260,"ref_block_prefix":2906561686,"expiration":"2017-11-30T00:15:21","operations":[],"extensions":[]}}},{"context":{"level":"warn","file":"websocket_api.cpp","line":121,"method":"on_message","hostname":"","thread_name":"th_a","timestamp":"2017-11-30T00:14:51"},"format":"","data":{"call.method":"call","call.params":[3,"broadcast_transaction",[{"ref_block_num":12260,"ref_block_prefix":2906561686,"expiration":"2017-11-30T00:15:21","operations":[],"extensions":[],"signatures":[]}]]}}]}}}} th_a state.cpp:38 handle_reply
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Hello there!

I recently compiled bitshares form the source code and was having issues connecting cli_wallet to the witness node.

After some reading int he forum, someone has suggested disabling ufw altogether and reboot.

That actually worked however I am weary of leaving my cloud server exposed with no firewall up.

Here are is the CLI command with the error.

$ ./cli_wallet --wallet-file=my-wallet.json --chain-id (THIS IS MY CHAIN ID - I REMOVED IT FROM HERE) --server-rpc-endpoint=ws://127.0.0.1:11011

Logging RPC to file: logs/rpc/rpc.log
1069602ms th_a       main.cpp:120                  main                 ] key_to_wif( committee_private_key ): (REMOVED BY ME)
1069603ms th_a       main.cpp:124                  main                 ] nathan_pub_key: (REMOVED BY ME)
1069603ms th_a       main.cpp:125                  main                 ] key_to_wif( nathan_private_key ): (REMOVED BY ME)
1069606ms th_a       main.cpp:172                  main                 ] wdata.ws_server: ws://127.0.0.1:11011
0 exception: unspecified
Timer Expired
    {"message":"Timer Expired"}
    asio  websocket.cpp:449 operator()

    {"uri":"ws://127.0.0.1:11011"}
    th_a  websocket.cpp:678 connect

Does anyone know how to have the CLI play nice with UFW?

Thank you in advance!

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JW