Installation

Installation

Minimum Hardware Requirements 4x CPUs; the faster clock speed the better 8GB RAM 100GB of storage (SSD or NVME)

Setup validator name

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MONIKER="YOUR_MONIKER_GOES_HERE"

Install dependencies

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sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install git curl build-essential make jq gcc snapd chrony lz4 tmux unzip bc -y

INSTALL GO

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rm -rf $HOME/go
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
cd $HOME
curl https://dl.google.com/go/go1.20.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -C/usr/local -zxvf -
cat <<'EOF' >>$HOME/.profile
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GO111MODULE=on
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin
EOF
source $HOME/.profile
go version

Install Node

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cd $HOME
rm -rf swisstronik-chain
git clone https://github.com/SigmaGmbH/swisstronik-chain swisstronik
cd swisstronik
git submodule update --init --recursive
make build
make install

Initialize Node

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swisstronikd init MyNode --chain-in swisstronik_1291-1

Download genesis and addrbook

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curl -Ls https://snapshots.aknodes.net/snapshots/swisstronik/genesis.json > $HOME/.swisstronik/config/genesis.json

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curl -Ls https://snapshots.aknodes.net/snapshots/swisstronik/addrbook.json > $HOME/.swisstronik/config/addrbook.json

Create Service

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sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/swisstronikd.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=swisstronik node
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.swisstronik
ExecStart=$(which swisstronikd) start --home $HOME/.swisstronik
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Download Snapshot

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swisstronikd tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.swisstronik --keep-addr-book 
curl https://snapshots.aknodes.net/snapshots/swisstronik/snapshot-swisstronik.AKNodes.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.swisstronik

Start the node

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sudo systemctl restart swisstronikd
journalctl -u swisstronikd -f