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  • Setup validator name
  • Install dependencies
  • Download and build binaries
  • Install Cosmovisor and create a service
  • Initialize the node
  • Download latest chain snapshot
  • Start service and check the logs
  1. TESTNET
  2. Elys

Installation

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

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Last updated 1 year ago

Chain ID: elystestnet-1 | Latest Version Tag: v0.7.0 | Custom Port: 153

Setup validator name

Replace YOUR_MONIKER_GOES_HERE with your validator name

MONIKER="YOUR_MONIKER_GOES_HERE"

Install dependencies

Update system and install build tools

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

Install Go

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go1.19.10.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - -C /usr/local
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/golang.sh)
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin' | tee -a $HOME/.profile)

Download and build binaries

# Clone project repository
cd $HOME
rm -rf elys
git clone https://github.com/elys-network/elys.git
cd elys
git checkout v0.7.0

# Build binaries
make build

# Prepare binaries for Cosmovisor
mkdir -p $HOME/.elys/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mv build/elysd $HOME/.elys/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/
rm -rf build

# Create application symlinks
sudo ln -s $HOME/.elys/cosmovisor/genesis $HOME/.elys/cosmovisor/current -f
sudo ln -s $HOME/.elys/cosmovisor/current/bin/elysd /usr/local/bin/elysd -f

Install Cosmovisor and create a service

# Download and install Cosmovisor
go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@v1.4.0

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

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.elys"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=elysd"
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"
Environment="PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:$HOME/.elys/cosmovisor/current/bin"

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

Initialize the node

# Set node configuration
elysd config chain-id elystestnet-1
elysd config keyring-backend test
elysd config node tcp://localhost:15357

# Initialize the node
elysd init $MONIKER --chain-id elystestnet-1

# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://snapshots.takeshi.team/elys-testnet/genesis.json > $HOME/.elys/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.takeshi.team/elys-testnet/addrbook.json > $HOME/.elys/config/addrbook.json

# Add seeds
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"a85a651a3cf1746694560c5b6f76d566c04ca581@elys-testnet.rpc.takeshi.team:15359\"|" $HOME/.elys/config/config.toml

# Set minimum gas price
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0uelys\"|" $HOME/.elys/config/app.toml

# Set pruning
sed -i \
  -e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "nothing"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "100"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "19"|' \
  $HOME/.elys/config/app.toml

# Set custom ports
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:15358\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:15357\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:15360\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:15356\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":15366\"%" $HOME/.elys/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:15317\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":15380\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:15390\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:15391\"%; s%:8545%:15345%; s%:8546%:15346%; s%:6065%:15365%" $HOME/.elys/config/app.toml

Download latest chain snapshot

curl -L https://snapshots.takeshi.team/elys-testnet/snapshot_latest.tar.lz4 | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.elys
[[ -f $HOME/.elys/data/upgrade-info.json ]] && cp $HOME/.elys/data/upgrade-info.json $HOME/.elys/cosmovisor/genesis/upgrade-info.json

Start service and check the logs

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