Can I configure my truffle project to use an .ipc endpoint file instead of an ethereum RPC listener?

Question

I'm working on a project that uses truffle framework and want to test my code on a private ethereum network. When I run truffle console, it connects to the network specified in truffle.js, like this:

module.exports = {
  networks: {
    development: {
      host: "localhost",
      port: 8545,
      network_id: "*" // Match any network id
    }
  }
};

Is there a syntax that I can use to point truffle to a geth.ipc file somewhere on the system, or is truffle limited to network endpoints?

Answer 1

By definition, the endpoint is a RPC listener, not a file.
You can use geth to create a testnet.
To use it, you need to use it as an endpoint.

See the configuration options of geth to specify the port if it's not connecting right away.

testrpc is also allowing you to create a testnetwork (8535 is the default port).