🔌 Installation

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/warden-protocol/wardenprotocol && cd wardenprotocol

wget https://github.com/warden-protocol/wardenprotocol/releases/download/v0.5.2/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 $HOME/go/bin

wardend version --long | grep -e version -e commit
# version: 0.5.2
# commit: e9ba0b8a2aa05787360270df19480c33429843d4

We initialize the node to create the necessary configuration files

wardend init MONIKER-NAME --chain-id chiado_10010-1

Download Genesis & Addrbook

wget -O $HOME/.warden/config/genesis.json "https://noderuner.xyz/testnet/warden/genesis.json"
sha256sum ~/.warden/config/genesis.json
# 8d6bff68b3c709f4d29c1ddae0d4b8394498911efcfdae16350c400c0e54e686

wget -O $HOME/.warden/config/addrbook.json "https://noderuner.xyz/testnet/warden/addrbook.json"

Set up node configuration

wardend config set client chain-id chiado_10010-1
sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"25000000award\"/;" ~/.warden/config/app.toml
external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me)
sed -i.bak -e "s/^external_address *=.*/external_address = \"$external_address:26656\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml
peers="[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:31656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:21406"
sed -i -e "s|^persistent_peers *=.*|persistent_peers = \"$peers\"|" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml
seeds="[e-mail]:18656"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds =.*/seeds = \"$seeds\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml

Set up puring

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

Set up indexer

indexer="null"
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"$indexer\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml

Enable/Disable Snapshot ( Optional)

snapshot_interval=1000
sed -i.bak -e "s/^snapshot-interval *=.*/snapshot-interval = \"$snapshot_interval\"/" ~/.warden/config/app.toml

Create servis 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

Creating a validator

Get your pub key

wardend tendermint show-validator

Creat validator.json

nano $HOME/.warden/validator.json

Insert our config

{
  "pubkey": {#pubkey},
  "amount": "1000000000000000000award",
  "moniker": "MONIKER-NAME",
  "identity": "",
  "website": "",
  "security": "",
  "details": "",
  "commission-rate": "0.05",
  "commission-max-rate": "0.5",
  "commission-max-change-rate": "0.5",
  "min-self-delegation": "1"
}

Send the transaction

wardend tx staking create-validator $HOME/.warden/validator.json \
    --from=<key-name> \
    --chain-id=chiado_10010-1 \
    --fees 250000000000000award -y  --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.6