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Installation

Minimum hardware requirement​

4 Cores, 8G Ram, 160G NVME, Ubuntu 22.04

Installation of required packages​

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y

Installation GO​

cd ~
VER="1.21.6" # Make sure that this version does not broke any other apps you run!
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$VER.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
[ ! -f ~/.bash_profile ] && touch ~/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:~/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
[ ! -d ~/go/bin ] && mkdir -p ~/go/bin

Downloading and installing node​

cd $HOME && rm -rf axoned
git clone https://github.com/axone-protocol/axoned
cd axoned
git checkout v10.0.0
make install

Set node configuration​

axoned config chain-id axone-dentrite-1
axoned config keyring-backend test
axoned config node tcp://localhost:17657
axoned init "NodeName" --chain-id axone-dentrite-1

Downloading genesis and addressbook​

curl -L https://snapshots.nodesync.top/Testnet/Axone/genesis.json > $HOME/.axoned/config/genesis.json
curl -L https://snapshots.nodesync.top/Testnet/Axone/addrbook.json > $HOME/.axoned/config/addrbook.json
# Set seeds
sed -i -e 's|^seeds *=.*|seeds = "3f472746f46493309650e5a033076689996c8881@axone-testnet.rpc.kjnodes.com:13659"|' $HOME/.axoned/config/config.toml

# Set minimum gas price
sed -i -e 's|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.001uaxone"|' $HOME/.axoned/config/app.toml

# Set pruning
sed -i \
  -e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "100"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "17"|' \
  $HOME/.axoned/config/app.toml

# Enable prometheus
sed -i -e 's|^prometheus *=.*|prometheus = true|' $HOME/.axoned/config/config.toml

# Change ports
sed -i -e "s%:1317%:17617%; s%:8080%:17680%; s%:9090%:17690%; s%:9091%:17691%; s%:8545%:17645%; s%:8546%:17646%; s%:6065%:17665%" $HOME/.axoned/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s%:26658%:17658%; s%:26657%:17657%; s%:6060%:17660%; s%:26656%:17656%; s%:26660%:17661%" $HOME/.axoned/config/config.toml

# Download latest chain data snapshot
curl https://snapshots.nodesync.top/Testnet/Axone/axone_snap.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C "$HOME/.axoned"

Creating service file​

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/axoned.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=axone Validator
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=root
ExecStart=$(which axoned) start
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable axoned

Snapshot​

sudo systemctl stop axoned

cp $HOME/.axoned/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.axoned/priv_validator_state.json.backup

axoned tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.axoned --keep-addr-book
curl https://snapshots.nodesync.top/Testnet/Axone/axone_snap.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.axoned

mv $HOME/.axoned/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.axoned/data/priv_validator_state.json

sudo systemctl restart axoned
sudo journalctl -u axoned -f --no-hostname -o cat