installation

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

Installation

Archway

Network name: Archway | Chain ID: archway-1 | Latest version: v8.0.0 | Custom Port: 115

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 zst build-essential
sudo apt -qy upgrade

Install Go

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go1.19.8.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 archway
git clone https://github.com/archway-network/archway archway
cd archway
git checkout v8.0.0

# Build binaries
make install

# Prepare binaries for Cosmovisor
mkdir -p $HOME/.archway/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mv ~/go/bin/archwayd $HOME/.archway/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/
rm -rf build

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/archwayd.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=osmosis node service
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.archway
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.archway"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=archwayd"
Environment="DAEMON_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD_BINARIES=false"
Environment="DAEMON_RESTART_AFTER_UPGRADE=true"
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/.archway/cosmovisor/current/bin"

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

Initialize the node

# Set node configuration
archwayd config chain-id archway-1
archwayd config node tcp://localhost:11557

# Initialize the node
archwayd init $MONIKER --chain-id archway-1

# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://github.com/archway-network/networks/raw/main/archway/genesis/genesis.json.gz > $HOME/.archway/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.lavenderfive.com/addrbooks/archway/addrbook.json > $HOME/.archway/config/addrbook.json

# Add seeds
seeds="3ba7bf08f00e228026177e9cdc027f6ef6eb2b39@35.232.234.58:26656,b308dda41e4db2ee00852d91846f981c49943d46@161.97.96.91:46656,[e-mail]:26946,[e-mail]:11556,[e-mail]:34656,[e-mail]:10756,[e-mail]:26656,[e-mail]:15659,bd9332cd0a99f5830ea457a32a56b32790f68716@135.181.58.28:27456,[e-mail]:10214,[e-mail]:666,[e-mail]:26656"
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"$seeds\"|" $HOME/.archway/config/config.toml

# Set minimum gas price
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"140000000000aarch\"|" $HOME/.archway/config/app.toml

# Set pruning
sed -i \
  -e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' \
  -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/.archway/config/app.toml

# Set custom ports
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:11558\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:11557\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:11560\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:11556\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":11566\"%" $HOME/.archway/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:11517\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":11580\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:11590\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:11591\"%; s%:8545%:11545%; s%:8546%:11546%; s%:6065%:11565%" $HOME/.archway/config/app.toml

Start service and check the logs

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

Sync

To catch up quickly, you can either use a snapshot or state sync