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

e-Money

Network name: e-Money | Chain ID: emoney-3 | Latest version: v1.1.3 | Custom Port: 266

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 emoney
git clone https://github.com/e-money/em-ledger emoney
cd emoney
git checkout v1.1.3

# Build binaries
make install

# Prepare binaries for Cosmovisor
mkdir -p $HOME/.emd/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mv ~/go/bin/emd $HOME/.emd/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/emd.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=osmosis node service
After=network-online.target

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

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

Initialize the node

# Set node configuration
emd config chain-id emoney-3
emd config node tcp://localhost:26657

# Initialize the node
emd init $MONIKER --chain-id emoney-3

# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/e-money/networks/master/emoney-3/genesis.json > $HOME/.emd/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.lavenderfive.com/addrbooks/emoney/addrbook.json > $HOME/.emd/config/addrbook.json

# Add seeds
seeds="[e-mail]:1625,ecec8933d80da5fccda6bdd72befe7e064279fc1@207.180.213.123:26676,1723e34f45f54584f44d193ce9fd9c65271ca0b3@13.124.62.83:26656,34eca4a9142bf9c087a987b572c114dad67a8cc5@172.105.148.191:26656,[e-mail]:26746,[e-mail]:26656"
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"$seeds\"|" $HOME/.emd/config/config.toml

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

# Set custom ports
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:26660\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":26666\"%" $HOME/.emd/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26617\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":26680\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:26690\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:26691\"%; s%:8545%:26645%; s%:8546%:26646%; s%:6065%:26665%" $HOME/.emd/config/app.toml

Start service and check the logs

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

Sync

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