Kernel

Introduction

The Andromeda Kernel acts as the core of the operating system.

The Kernel receives and handles packets from ADOs to be relayed to a specified recipient. The Kernel keeps track of the original sender of the message. It also verifies that the packet is sent by an Andromeda certified ADO before relaying the message.

The Kernel is also responsible for:

• Relaying any IBC messages across any two chains that have an Andromeda Kernel deployed and a channel set up.

• Keeping track of the other AMP ADOs such as the ADODB, VFS, and Economics.

All of our ADOs have an AMPReceive execute message to handle receiving packets from the Kernel.

The Kernels are set up by the Andromeda team on each chain. This means that as a regular user, you will not need to interact with this ADO yourself in most cases. This page serves as additional information on how it works for people that are interested into getting a deep understanding of our system.

The only only message that users will be calling is the Recover execute message that will recover IBC funds sent in case the IBC message fails.

InstantiateMsg

Rust

pub struct InstantiateMsg {
    pub owner: Option<String>,
    pub chain_name: String
}

Name	Type	Description
owner	Option<String>	Optional address to specify as the owner of the ADO being created. Defaults to the sender if not specified.
chain_name	String	The name of the chain we are deploying this kernel for.

ExecuteMsg

AMPReceive

Receives an AMP packet from another ADO. The packet is received, unpacked and the messages are relayed to their intended destination.

Only an AMPPkt sent from one of the Andromeda ADOs is accepted.

Rust

pub enum ExecuteMsg {
    AMPReceive(AMPPkt),
    }

Information about the AMPPkt struct can be found here.

Send

Constructs an AMPPkt with a given AMPMsg and sends it to the recipient.

Rust

pub enum ExecuteMsg {
       Send {
        message: AMPMsg,
    },
}

Name	Type	Description
message	AMPMsg	The message to send.

Create

Creates an ADO with the given type and message.

Rust

pub enum ExecuteMsg {
Create {
        ado_type: String,
        msg: Binary,
        owner: Option<AndrAddr>,
        chain: Option<String>,
    },
 }

UpsertKeyAddress

Used to save the addresses of the AMP ADOs that the Kernel will be interacting with such as the ADODB, Economics, and VFS.

Only available to the owner of the Kernel.

Rust

pub enum ExecuteMsg {
    UpsertKeyAddress {
        key: String,
        value: String,
    }
}

Name	Type	Description
key	String	The name of the AMP ADO we want to save the address for.
value	String	The address of the ADO.

AssignChannels

Assigns a given channel between the current chain and the specified target chain. For a successfull channel to be set up, both the channel ids need to be specified.

Only available to the owner of the Kernel.

Calling this message again, will override any previously set channels.

Rust

pub enum ExecuteMsg {
 AssignChannels {
        ics20_channel_id: Option<String>,
        direct_channel_id: Option<String>,
        chain: String,
        kernel_address: String,
    },
  }

Name	Type	Description
ics20_channel_id	Option<String>	The id of the ics20 channel.
direct_channel_id	Option<String>	The direct channel id.
chain	String	The name of the target chain.
kernel_address	String	The Kernel address of the target chain.

Recover

Recovers sent IBC funds to the user in case an IBC message fails.

Rust

pub enum ExecuteMsg {
    Recover {},
}

JSON

{
"recover":{}
}

UpdateChainName

Update the name of the chain the kernel is deployed on. This name is initially specified at instantiation.

Only available to the owner of the Kernel ADO.

Rust

pub enum ExecuteMsg {
   UpdateChainName {
        chain_name: String,
    },
}

JSON

{
"update_chain_name":{
    "chain_name":"andromeda"
    }
}

Name	Type	Description
chain_name	String	The new assigned name of the chain the kernel is deployed on.

RegisterUserCrossChain

Used to register a VFS username cross-chain.

This message can only be called by the VFS.

Rust

pub enum ExecuteMsg {
 RegisterUserCrossChain {
        username: String,
        address: String,
        chain: String,
    },
  }

Name	Type	Description
username	String	The username to be registerd.
address	String	The address on the other chain to save the username to.
chain	String	The name of the second chain.

Ownership

The set of ownerhsip messages. These messages are the same as the ones found in the ADO base section.

QueryMsg

KeyAddress

Queries the address of the specified key.

Currently there are three keys that can be used: vfs : Gets the address of the VFS ADO used by the kernel.

adodb: Gets the address of the ADODB ADO used by the kernel.

economics: Gets the address of the Economics ADO used by the kernel.

Rust

pub enum QueryMsg{  
   #[returns(Addr)]
    KeyAddress { key: String }
    }

JSON

{
"key_address":{
    "key":"adodb"
    }
}

Name	Type	Description
key	String	The key to get the address for.

Returns the address in a string.

VerifyAddress

Checks if the specified address was created by an Andromeda ADO by checking and comparing the code_Id of the address with the code_Ids stored in the ADODB.

Rust

pub enum QueryMsg{
    #[returns(bool)]
    VerifyAddress { address: String },
    }

JSON

{
"verify_address":{
    "address":"andr1..."
    }
}

Name	Type	Description
address	String	The address to check.

Returns true if the address was created by an Andromeda ADO and false otherwise.

ChannelInfo

Gets the saved channel information such as channel ids for the specified chain.

Rust

pub enum QueryMsg {
    #[returns(Option<ChannelInfoResponse>)]
    ChannelInfo { chain: String }
    }

JSON

{
"channel_info":{
    "chain":"juno"
    }
}

Name	Type	Description
chain	String	The name of the chain to get the channel information for.

ChannelInfoResponse

pub struct ChannelInfoResponse {
    pub ics20: Option<String>,
    pub direct: Option<String>,
    pub kernel_address: String,
    pub supported_modules: Vec<String>,
}

Name	Type	Description
ics20	Option<String>	The ics20 id.
direct	Option<String>	The direct channel id.
kernel_address	String	The kernel address of the specifed chain.
supported_modules	Vec<String>	A list of supported modules by the specified chain.

Recoveries

Gets any fund recoveries available for the specified address.

Rust

pub enum QueryMsg {   
    #[returns(Vec<::cosmwasm_std::Coin>)]
    Recoveries { addr: Addr },
    }
}

JSON

{
"recoveries":{
    "addr":"andr1..."
    }
}

Name	Type	Description
addr	Addr	The address to check recoveries for.

Returns a Vec<Coin> containing the recoverable funds.

ChainName

Returns the saved chain name specified at instantiation.

Rust

pub enum QueryMsg {
    #[returns(ChainNameResponse)]
    ChainName {},
    }

JSON

{
"chain_name":{}
}

ChainNameResponse

The struct containing the chain name.

Rust

pub struct ChainNameResponse {
    pub chain_name: String,
}

{
"chain_name:"andr1..."
}

Name	Type	Description
chain_name	String	The name of the chain the kernel is deployed on.

Version

Queries the version of the ADO.

Rust

pub enum AndromedaQuery {
     #[returns(VersionResponse)]
     Version {}
     }

JSON

{
"version":{}
}

VersionResponse

Rust

pub struct VersionResponse {
    pub version: String,
}

JSON

{
"version": "0.1.0"
}

Name	Type	Descripton
version	String	The version of the ADO.

Owner

Queries the owner of the contract.

Rust

pub enum AndromedaQuery{
    #[returns(ContractOwnerResponse)]
    Owner{}
}

JSON

{
  "owner":{}
  }
}

ContractOwnerResponse

Rust

pub struct ContractOwnerResponse {
    pub owner: String
}

JSON

{
"owner":"andr1..."
}

Type

Queries the ADO type.

Rust

pub enum AndromedaQuery {
    #[returns(TypeResponse)]
    Type {}
}

JSON

{
"type":{}
}

TypeResponse

Rust

pub struct TypeResponse {
    pub ado_type: String,
    }

JSON

{
"ado_type":"auction"
}

Name	Type	Description
ado_type	String	The type of the ado.