Guide
Here is a node installation guide
Preparing the server for installation
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl tar wget clang pkg-config libssl-dev jq build-essential bsdmainutils git make ncdu gcc git jq chrony liblz4-tool -y
Install GO
ver="1.19" && \
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
Download binaries
cd $HOME
git clone https://github.com/lavanet/lava
cd lava
git fetch --all
git checkout v0.35.0
make install
Check version
lavad version --long | head
Commit
lavad init <YOUR_MONIKER> --chain-id lava-testnet-1
lavad config chain-id lava-testnet-1
Add wallet
lavad keys add <WALLET_NAME>
Recover wallet
lavad keys add <WALLET_NAME> --recover
Download Genesis
wget -O ~/.lava/config/genesis.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/obajay/nodes-Guides/main/Lava_Network/genesis.json
Set up the minimum gas price and Peers/Seeds/Filter peers/MaxPeers
sed -i -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0ulava\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^filter_peers *=.*/filter_peers = \"true\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml
external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me)
sed -i.bak -e "s/^external_address *=.*/external_address = \"$external_address:26656\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml
peers="3a445bfdbe2d0c8ee82461633aa3af31bc2b4dc0@prod-pnet-seed-node.lavanet.xyz:26656,e593c7a9ca61f5616119d6beb5bd8ef5dd28d62d@prod-pnet-seed-node2.lavanet.xyz:26656"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml
seeds=""
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds =.*/seeds = \"$seeds\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/max_num_inbound_peers =.*/max_num_inbound_peers = 50/g' $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/max_num_outbound_peers =.*/max_num_outbound_peers = 50/g' $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml
Pruning (optional)
pruning="custom" && \
pruning_keep_recent="100" && \
pruning_keep_every="0" && \
pruning_interval="10" && \
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" ~/.lava/config/app.toml && \
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" ~/.lava/config/app.toml && \
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" ~/.lava/config/app.toml && \
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" ~/.lava/config/app.toml
Download addrbook
wget -O $HOME/.lava/config/addrbook.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodersteam/cosmos-adrbook/main/lava/addrbook.json"
Create a service file
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/lavad.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=lava
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which lavad) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
Use our StateSync
peers="53ff7a2726de241c87e2260ad715dadc75977974@lava.rpc.nodersteam.com:13657"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" ~/.lava/config/config.toml
SNAP_RPC=http://lava.rpc.nodersteam.com:13657
LATEST_HEIGHT=$(curl -s $SNAP_RPC/block | jq -r .result.block.header.height); \
BLOCK_HEIGHT=$((LATEST_HEIGHT - 500)); \
TRUST_HASH=$(curl -s "$SNAP_RPC/block?height=$BLOCK_HEIGHT" | jq -r .result.block_id.hash)
echo $LATEST_HEIGHT $BLOCK_HEIGHT $TRUST_HASH
sed -i.bak -E "s|^(enable[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1true| ; \
s|^(rpc_servers[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$SNAP_RPC,$SNAP_RPC\"| ; \
s|^(trust_height[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1$BLOCK_HEIGHT| ; \
s|^(trust_hash[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$TRUST_HASH\"| ; \
s|^(seeds[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"\"|" $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml
Start node
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable lavad
sudo systemctl restart lavad && sudo journalctl -u lavad -f -o cat
Create validator
lavad tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000ulava \
--from <WALLET_NAME> \
--commission-max-change-rate "0.1" \
--commission-max-rate "0.2" \
--commission-rate "0.1" \
--min-self-delegation "1" \
--pubkey $(lavad tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker <YOUR_MONIKER> \
--chain-id lava-testnet-1 \
--identity="<YOUR_KEYBASE_ID>" \
--details="<YOUR_DETAILS>" \
--website="<YOUR_WEBSITE>" -y
Delete Node
sudo systemctl stop lavad && \
sudo systemctl disable lavad && \
rm /etc/systemd/system/lavad.service && \
sudo systemctl daemon-reload && \
cd $HOME && \
rm -rf .lava && \
rm -rf $(which lavad)
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