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 --depth 1 --branch v0.4.2 https://github.com/warden-protocol/wardenprotocol
cd $HOME/wardenprotocol
wget https://github.com/warden-protocol/wardenprotocol/releases/download/v0.4.2/wardend_Linux_x86_64.zip
unzip wardend_Linux_x86_64.zip
rm -rf wardend_Linux_x86_64.zip
chmod +x wardend
mv $HOME/wardenprotocol/wardend $(which wardend)
wardend version --long | grep -e version -e commit
# version: 0.4.2
# commit: 0bfb022a96b5da6e7cf5c348bdb17d0d4d62195b
We initialize the node to create the necessary configuration files
wardend init UTSA_guide --chain-id buenavista-1
Download Genesis
wget https://buenavista-genesis.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/genesis.json.tar.xz
tar -xJvf genesis.json.tar.xz
chmod +x genesis.json
rm genesis.json.tar.xz
mv genesis.json $HOME/.warden/config/genesis.json
sha256sum ~/.warden/config/genesis.json
# faaaf69d175c81417c714497ea01a50bdbfa4dab8973bed9116a35ed120d74f6
At this stage, we can download the address book
wget -O $HOME/.warden/config/addrbook.json "https://share.utsa.tech/warden/addrbook.json"
Set up node configuration
sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.0025uward\"/;" ~/.warden/config/app.toml
external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me)
peers="1eed7f989dee2a7d7cb0f067154dfc72eac09f5c@23.88.5.169:34656,92ba004ac4bcd5afbd46bc494ec906579d1f5c1d@52.30.124.80:26656,ed5781ea586d802b580fdc3515d75026262f4b9d@54.171.21.98:26656,8fa48bbd20d316382f339bd00f31d3a2678682d2@144.76.29.90:26656"
sed -i -e "s|^persistent_peers *=.*|persistent_peers = \"$peers\"|" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^filter_peers *=.*/filter_peers = \"true\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml
(OPTIONAL) Set up pruning
pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="1000"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$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
wardend comet show-validator
nano $HOME/.warden/validator.json
{
"pubkey": {#pubkey},
"amount": "1000000uward",
"moniker": "STAVR",
"identity": "",
"website": "",
"security": "",
"details": "",
"commission-rate": "0.05",
"commission-max-rate": "0.5",
"commission-max-change-rate": "0.5",
"min-self-delegation": "1"
}
wardend tx staking create-validator $HOME/.warden/validator.json \
--from=<key-name> \
--chain-id=buenavista-1 \
--fees=500uward
