💻Installation

Server preparation

apt update && apt upgrade -y

apt install curl iptables build-essential git wget jq make gcc nano tmux htop nvme-cli pkg-config libssl-dev libleveldb-dev tar clang bsdmainutils ncdu unzip libleveldb-dev -y

Install GO

ver="1.25.1"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
rm "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
go version

Node installation

git clone https://github.com/warden-protocol/wardenprotocol && cd wardenprotocol
git checkout v0.7.2
apt install -y just
just wardend

mv $HOME/wardenprotocol/build/wardend $HOME/go/bin/wardend

wardend version --long | grep -e commit -e version
# version: v0.7.2
# commit: b5221f6468410004de503cd5f66273e6a467369a

We initialize the node to create the necessary configuration files

wardend init UTSA_guide --chain-id warden_8765-1

Download Genesis

wget -O $HOME/.warden/config/genesis.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/warden-protocol/networks/refs/heads/main/mainnet/genesis.json"

sha256sum ~/.warden/config/genesis.json
#c64cf5e8031374f93e203cc9b34424c4313eece7e430a520fb14d3e435d0ce29

At this stage, we can download the address book

wget -O $HOME/.warden/config/addrbook.json "https://share.utsa.tech/warden/addrbook.json"

Set up node configuration

external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me)
sed -i.bak -e "s/^external_address *=.*/external_address = \"$external_address:26656\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml

cd $HOME/.warden/config
sed -i.bak 's|^\s*chain-id\s*=.*|chain-id = "warden_8765-1"|' client.toml
sed -i.bak 's|^\s*evm-chain-id\s*=.*|evm-chain-id = 8765|' app.toml
sed -i.bak 's|^\s*minimum-gas-prices\s*=.*|minimum-gas-prices = "10award"|' app.toml
sed -i.bak 's|^\s*seeds\s*=.*|seeds = "7dbf2c58286b59aae1d9c121f1cee59fc21a59ef@54.220.127.230:26656,02810bc9ed25af587213a4ddb1fa4ab3a0e9978d@54.74.49.211:26656,e5ce023918478f61a3606e93b9642ca24e027328@63.33.179.20:26656"|' config.toml
sed -i.bak 's|^\s*timeout_propose\s*=.*|timeout_propose = "1s"|' config.toml
sed -i.bak 's|^\s*timeout_propose_delta\s*=.*|timeout_propose_delta = "200ms"|' config.toml
sed -i.bak 's|^\s*timeout_prevote\s*=.*|timeout_prevote = "500ms"|' config.toml
sed -i.bak 's|^\s*timeout_prevote_delta\s*=.*|timeout_prevote_delta = "200ms"|' config.toml
sed -i.bak 's|^\s*timeout_precommit\s*=.*|timeout_precommit = "500ms"|' config.toml
sed -i.bak 's|^\s*timeout_precommit_delta\s*=.*|timeout_precommit_delta = "200ms"|' config.toml
sed -i.bak 's|^\s*timeout_commit\s*=.*|timeout_commit = "2s"|' config.toml
sed -i.bak 's|^\s*create_empty_blocks\s*=.*|create_empty_blocks = true|' config.toml

(OPTIONAL) Set up pruning

pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="100"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml

(OPTIONAL) Set up indexer

indexer="null"
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"$indexer\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml

(OPTIONAL) Enable/Disable Snapshots

snapshot_interval=1000
sed -i.bak -e "s/^snapshot-interval *=.*/snapshot-interval = \"$snapshot_interval\"/" ~/.warden/config/app.toml

Create a service file

tee /etc/systemd/system/wardend.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=wardend
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which wardend) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable wardend
systemctl restart wardend && journalctl -u wardend -f -o cat

If peers do not cling for a long time or you see errors error: wrong Block.Header.AppHash, you need to use State sync or boot from a Snapshot

Creating a validator

1. Get your pubkey

wardend comet show-validator

1. Create validator.json

nano $HOME/.warden/validator.json

1. Insert our config

{
  "pubkey": {#pubkey},
  "amount": "1000000000000000000award",
  "moniker": "<MONIKER>",
  "identity": "",
  "website": "",
  "security": "",
  "details": "",
  "commission-rate": "0.1",
  "commission-max-rate": "0.2",
  "commission-max-change-rate": "0.01",
  "min-self-delegation": "1"
}

1. Send the transaction

wardend tx staking create-validator $HOME/.warden/validator.json \
    --from=<key-name> \
    --chain-id=warden_8765-1 \
    --fees 2500award -y  --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.6

To view useful commands, go to Useful commands

To create a validator, go to Creating / Editing a Validator