💻Sidecar (✔️Install)

The validator sidecar service allows validators to vote on oracle data during the CometBFT consensus process

Install the sidecar

# create the necessary directories
mkdir -p $HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/bin
mkdir -p $HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/keys

Install the binary file

wget -O $HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/bin/zenrock-sidecar https://github.com/Zenrock-Foundation/zrchain/releases/download/v6.3.8/validator_sidecar
chmod +x $HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/bin/zenrock-sidecar

Copy zenrock-validators

cd $HOME
git clone https://github.com/zenrocklabs/zenrock-validators

Set a password for sidecar wallets

read -p "Enter password for the keys: " key_pass

Build BLS binary

cd $HOME/zenrock-validators/utils/keygen/bls/
go mod tidy
go build

Create a BLS key

bls_output_file=$HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/keys/bls.key.json
$HOME/zenrock-validators/utils/keygen/bls/bls --password $key_pass -output-file $bls_output_file

Build ecdsa binary

cd $HOME/zenrock-validators/utils/keygen/ecdsa/
go mod tidy
go build

Create a ecdsa key

ecdsa_output_file=$HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/keys/ecdsa.key.json
ecdsa_creation=$($HOME/zenrock-validators/utils/keygen/ecdsa/ecdsa --password $key_pass -output-file $ecdsa_output_file)
ecdsa_address=$(echo "$ecdsa_creation" | grep "Public address" | cut -d: -f2)

echo "ecdsa address: $ecdsa_address"
#Public address:  0xe766944B5a25B1DE938eF19D15D1F5d3B4fe6E2D

IMPORTANT - to continue, you need to top up the generated ecdsa key with Ethereum Holesky test tokens You can use the faucet - https://stakely.io/faucet/ethereum-holesky-testnet-eth

IMPORTANT - to continue you need to register on https://app.infura.io and get the following endpoints:

• mainnet eth: https://xxx

• holesky eth: https://xxx

• holesky eth: wss://xxx

Set variables

EIGEN_OPERATOR_CONFIG="$HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/eigen_operator_config.yaml"
TESTNET_HOLESKY_ENDPOINT="<HTTPS_TESTNET_HOLESKY_ENDPOINT>"
MAINNET_ENDPOINT="<HTTPS_MAINNET_ENDPOINT>"
OPERATOR_VALIDATOR_ADDRESS_TBD="<ADDR_zenrockVALOPER>"
OPERATOR_ADDRESS_TBU=$ecdsa_address
ETH_RPC_URL="<HTTPS_TESTNET_HOLESKY_ENDPOINT>"
ETH_WS_URL="<WSS_TESTNET_HOLESKY_ENDPOINT>"
ECDSA_KEY_PATH=$ecdsa_output_file
BLS_KEY_PATH=$bls_output_file

Copy the original configuration files

cp $HOME/zenrock-validators/scaffold_setup/configs_testnet/eigen_operator_config.yaml $HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/
cp $HOME/zenrock-validators/scaffold_setup/configs_testnet/config.yaml $HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/

Change data in config.yaml

sed -i "s|EIGEN_OPERATOR_CONFIG|$EIGEN_OPERATOR_CONFIG|g" "$HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/config.yaml"
sed -i "s|TESTNET_HOLESKY_ENDPOINT|$TESTNET_HOLESKY_ENDPOINT|g" "$HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/config.yaml"
sed -i "s|MAINNET_ENDPOINT|$MAINNET_ENDPOINT|g" "$HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/config.yaml"

Change data in eigen_operator_config.yaml

sed -i "s|OPERATOR_VALIDATOR_ADDRESS_TBD|$OPERATOR_VALIDATOR_ADDRESS_TBD|g" "$HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/eigen_operator_config.yaml"
sed -i "s|OPERATOR_ADDRESS_TBU|$OPERATOR_ADDRESS_TBU|g" "$HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/eigen_operator_config.yaml"
sed -i "s|ETH_RPC_URL|$ETH_RPC_URL|g" "$HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/eigen_operator_config.yaml"
sed -i "s|ETH_WS_URL|$ETH_WS_URL|g" "$HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/eigen_operator_config.yaml"
sed -i "s|ECDSA_KEY_PATH|$ECDSA_KEY_PATH|g" "$HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/eigen_operator_config.yaml"
sed -i "s|BLS_KEY_PATH|$BLS_KEY_PATH|g" "$HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/eigen_operator_config.yaml"

Create a service file

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

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/bin/zenrock-sidecar
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=30
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="OPERATOR_BLS_KEY_PASSWORD=$key_pass"
Environment="OPERATOR_ECDSA_KEY_PASSWORD=$key_pass"
Environment="SIDECAR_CONFIG_FILE=$HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/config.yaml"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

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

Don't forget to save the directory $HOME/.zrchain/sidecar/