Add flag & toml config for gRPC server

server/config/config.go

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	defaultMinGasPrices = ""
+
+	// DefaultGRPCAddress is the default address the gRPC server binds to.
+	DefaultGRPCAddress = "0.0.0.0:9090"
 )
 
 // BaseConfig defines the server's basic configuration
@@ -145,8 +148,8 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 			RPCMaxBodyBytes:    1000000,
 		},
 		GRPC: GRPCConfig{
-			Enable:  false,
-			Address: "0.0.0.0:9090",
+			Enable:  true,
+			Address: DefaultGRPCAddress,
 		},
 	}
 }

server/config/toml.go

@@ -53,21 +53,21 @@ inter-block-cache = {{ .BaseConfig.InterBlockCache }}
 
 [telemetry]
 
-# Prefixed with keys to separate services
+# Prefixed with keys to separate services.
 service-name = "{{ .Telemetry.ServiceName }}"
 
 # Enabled enables the application telemetry functionality. When enabled,
 # an in-memory sink is also enabled by default. Operators may also enabled
 # other sinks such as Prometheus.
 enabled = {{ .Telemetry.Enabled }}
 
-# Enable prefixing gauge values with hostname
+# Enable prefixing gauge values with hostname.
 enable-hostname = {{ .Telemetry.EnableHostname }}
 
-# Enable adding hostname to labels
+# Enable adding hostname to labels.
 enable-hostname-label = {{ .Telemetry.EnableHostnameLabel }}
 
-# Enable adding service to labels
+# Enable adding service to labels.
 enable-service-label = {{ .Telemetry.EnableServiceLabel }}
 
 # PrometheusRetentionTime, when positive, enables a Prometheus metrics sink.
@@ -94,23 +94,35 @@ enable = {{ .API.Enable }}
 # Swagger defines if swagger documentation should automatically be registered.
 swagger = {{ .API.Swagger }}
 
-# Address defines the API server to listen on
+# Address defines the API server to listen on.
 address = "{{ .API.Address }}"
 
-# MaxOpenConnections defines the number of maximum open connections
+# MaxOpenConnections defines the number of maximum open connections.
 max-open-connections = {{ .API.MaxOpenConnections }}
 
-# RPCReadTimeout defines the Tendermint RPC read timeout (in seconds)
+# RPCReadTimeout defines the Tendermint RPC read timeout (in seconds).
 rpc-read-timeout = {{ .API.RPCReadTimeout }}
 
-# RPCWriteTimeout defines the Tendermint RPC write timeout (in seconds)
+# RPCWriteTimeout defines the Tendermint RPC write timeout (in seconds).
 rpc-write-timeout = {{ .API.RPCWriteTimeout }}
 
-# RPCMaxBodyBytes defines the Tendermint maximum response body (in bytes)
+# RPCMaxBodyBytes defines the Tendermint maximum response body (in bytes).
 rpc-max-body-bytes = {{ .API.RPCMaxBodyBytes }}
 
-# EnableUnsafeCORS defines if CORS should be enabled (unsafe - use it at your own risk)
+# EnableUnsafeCORS defines if CORS should be enabled (unsafe - use it at your own risk).
 enabled-unsafe-cors = {{ .API.EnableUnsafeCORS }}
+
+###############################################################################
+###                           gRPC Configuration                            ###
+###############################################################################
+
+[grpc]
+
+# Enable defines if the gRPC server should be enabled.
+enable = {{ .GRPC.Enable }}
+
+# Address defines the gRPC server address to bind to.
+address = "{{ .GRPC.Address }}"
 `
 
 var configTemplate *template.Template

server/grpc/server_test.go

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestGRPC() {
 		*bankRes.GetBalance(),
 	)
 	blockHeight := header.Get(servergrpc.GRPCBlockHeightHeader)
-	s.Require().NotEqual("", blockHeight[0]) // Should contain the block height
+	s.Require().NotEmpty(blockHeight[0]) // Should contain the block height
 
 	// Request metadata should work
 	bankRes, err = bankClient.Balance(

server/start.go

@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ const (
 	FlagPruningInterval   = "pruning-interval"
 )
 
+// GRPC-related flags.
+const (
+	flagGRPCEnable  = "grpc.enable"
+	flagGRPCAddress = "grpc.address"
+)
+
 // StartCmd runs the service passed in, either stand-alone or in-process with
 // Tendermint.
 func StartCmd(appCreator types.AppCreator, defaultNodeHome string) *cobra.Command {
@@ -123,6 +129,9 @@ which accepts a path for the resulting pprof file.
 	cmd.Flags().Uint64(FlagPruningInterval, 0, "Height interval at which pruned heights are removed from disk (ignored if pruning is not 'custom')")
 	cmd.Flags().Uint(FlagInvCheckPeriod, 0, "Assert registered invariants every N blocks")
 
+	cmd.Flags().Bool(flagGRPCEnable, true, "Define if the gRPC server should be enabled")
+	cmd.Flags().String(flagGRPCAddress, config.DefaultGRPCAddress, "the gRPC server address to listen on")
+
 	// add support for all Tendermint-specific command line options
 	tcmd.AddNodeFlags(cmd)
 	return cmd

testutil/network/network.go

@@ -439,6 +439,10 @@ func (n *Network) Cleanup() {
 		if v.api != nil {
 			_ = v.api.Close()
 		}
+
+		if v.grpc != nil {
+			v.grpc.Stop()
+		}
 	}
 
 	if n.Config.CleanupDir {