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="1.20.3"
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/ingenuity-build/quicksilver && cd quicksilver
git checkout v1.6.1
make install
quicksilverd version --long | grep -e version -e commit -e build_tags
# version: v1.6.1
# build_tags: netgo ledger muslc,
# commit: 30b6d338df813f60f6c7d1f2ec4d0981dfa0ddb8
We initialize the node to create the necessary configuration files
quicksilverd init UTSA_guide --chain-id rhye-2
Download Genesis
wget -O $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/genesis.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/obajay/nodes-Guides/main/Projects/Quicksilver/Tetstnet/genesis.json"
# check genesis
sha256sum ~/.quicksilverd/config/genesis.json
# d37084260efd67a3e57f5ffd87399cfcd445590408cefa67eb8bd42719c20c5e
At this stage, we can download the address book
#wget -O $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/addrbook.json ""
Set up node configuration
quicksilverd config chain-id rhye-2
quicksilverd config keyring-backend os
sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.0001uqck\"/;" ~/.quicksilverd/config/app.toml
external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me)
sed -i.bak -e "s/^external_address *=.*/external_address = \"$external_address:26656\"/" $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/config.toml
peers="e6bf55bc9f08958b7518bea455423375db78d1ef@65.108.13.176:26656,8e14e58b054248a04be96e4a40d6359e93b636ac@65.108.65.94:26656,5a3c424c19d9ab694190a7805a2b1a146460d752@65.108.2.27:26656"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/config.toml
(OPTIONAL) Set up pruning
pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="1000"
pruning_keep_every="0"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/app.toml
(OPTIONAL) Set up indexer
indexer="null" && \
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"$indexer\"/" $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/config.toml
(OPTIONAL) Enable/Disable Snapshots
snapshot_interval=1000
sed -i.bak -e "s/^snapshot-interval *=.*/snapshot-interval = \"$snapshot_interval\"/" ~/.quicksilverd/config/app.toml
Create a service file
tee /etc/systemd/system/quicksilverd.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=quicksilver
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which quicksilverd) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable quicksilverd
systemctl restart quicksilverd && sudo journalctl -u quicksilverd -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
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