Installation

Setting up your validator node has never been so easy. Get your validator running in minutes by following step by step instructions.

Chain ID: dymension_1100-1 | Latest Version Tag: v3.1.0

Install dependencies

Update system and install build tools

sudo apt -q update
sudo apt -qy install curl git jq lz4 
sudo apt -qy upgrade

Install Go

cd $HOME
ver="1.21.3"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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

Download and build binaries

# Clone project repository
cd $HOME
git clone https://github.com/dymensionxyz/dymension.git --branch v3.1.0
cd dymension
make install

#chek version
v3.1.0

Create a service

# Create service
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/dymd.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=dymension node service
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which dymd) run start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.dymension"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=dymd"
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable dymd

Initialize the node

# Set node configuration
dymd config chain-id dymension_1100-1


# Initialize the node
dymd init node --chain-id dymension_1100-1

# Download genesis 
wget -O $HOME/.dymension/config/genesis.json "https://github.com/dymensionxyz/networks/raw/main/mainnet/dymension/genesis.json"

# Add seeds
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"[e-mail]:25155\"|" $HOME/.dymension/config/config.toml

# Set minimum gas price
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"20000000000adym\"|" $HOME/.dymension/config/app.toml

# Set pruning
sed -i \
  -e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "10000"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "19"|' \
  $HOME/.dymension/config/app.toml

# Set custom ports
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:27658\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:27657\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:27060\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:27656\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":27660\"%" $HOME/.dymension/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:27317\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":27080\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:27090\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:27091\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:8545\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:27545\"%; s%^ws-address = \"0.0.0.0:8546\"%ws-address = \"0.0.0.0:27546\"%" $HOME/.dymension/config/app.toml

Start service and check the logs

sudo systemctl start dymd && sudo journalctl -u dymd -f --no-hostname -o cat