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Get started with Hyperledger Aries: Accelerate your decentralized identity skills with a free instructor-led Workshop – Hyperledger Foundation

Written by Hyperledger | Sep 28, 2022 9:00:00 AM

Hyperledger Aries is one of the fastest growing open source projects propelling the advancement and adoption of decentralized identity and verifiable credentials out there today. More companies than ever are deploying Aries-based agents that allow for trusted online peer-to-peer interactions.

Hyperledger Foundation has partnered with member company Indicio and its team of deeply experienced developers and architects to develop a free workshop to help developers and architects gain a deeper understanding of decentralized identity and become familiar with the technologies that are made possible by using Hyperledger Aries. 

This four-hour hands-on workshop provides beginner level opportunities to install and run the Hyperledger Aries components just like you would if you were making a real Aries-based application. Learn where to find the necessary Git repos and see how to use the Indy Command Line Interface (Indy CLI), and run the Aries toolbox to create and issue a verifiable credential.

This course also introduces some current projects using Hyperledger Aries to help you accelerate your understanding of decentralized identity and build the skills necessary to successfully make changes to the underlying code with hands-on guidance to develop your own projects.

About the Course

Build Your Identity Solution Using Hyperledger Aries
Thursday, November 10, 2022 
8 AM to noon Pacific
Register for free

This course, “Intro to Decentralized Identity,” is part of the Hyperledger Foundation Community Workshop series. It is a four hour online course that introduces the core concepts and principles of decentralized identity. As you progress, you’ll learn how to use a Hyperledger Indy-based network, be introduced to the Indy CLI, and install and run the Hyperledger Aries toolbox to create, issue, and verify a verifiable credential.

Topics also include:

  • Decentralized identity concepts and principles
  • The verifiable credential data model
  • Decentralized identity ecosystem
  • Introduction to network tools Indyscan and SelfServe
  • Intro to Indy CLI and how to use the CLI to access a network
  • What Aries is
  • Install and run the Aries Toolbox
  • Create connections and issue a credential
  • How to verify a credential

Participants are encouraged to review the course prerequisites, including the installation of docker, installation of Indy-CLI, and download of important repositories. Information on prerequisites can be found here.

This course is offered by the Hyperledger Foundation for free to expand the use, contributions, and maintainer community of Hyperledger Indy and Aries. A recording of the course will be made available at the conclusion of the instructor-led event.

Registration links and further information about the prerequisites and course materials can be found at https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/events/Build+Your+Identity+Solution+Using+Hyperledger+Aries