installation


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Installation

Network name: Gitopia | Chain ID: gitopia | Latest version: v4.0.0 | Custom Port: 113

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/go1.19.8.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 gitopia
git clone https://github.com/gitopia/gitopia gitopia
cd gitopia
git checkout v4.0.0

# Build binaries
make install

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

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

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

Initialize the node

# Set node configuration
gitopiad config chain-id gitopia
gitopiad config node tcp://localhost:11357

# Initialize the node
gitopiad init $MONIKER --chain-id gitopia

# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://github.com/gitopia/mainnet/raw/master/genesis.tar.gz > $HOME/.gitopia/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.lavenderfive.com/addrbooks/gitopia/addrbook.json > $HOME/.gitopia/config/addrbook.json

# Add seeds
seeds="ade4d8bc8cbe014af6ebdf3cb7b1e9ad36f412c0@seeds.polkachu.com:11356,20e1000e88125698264454a884812746c2eb4807@seeds.lavenderfive.com:11356,ebc272824924ea1a27ea3183dd0b9ba713494f83@gitopia-mainnet-seed.autostake.com,187425bc3739daaef8cb1d7cf47d655117396dbe@seed-gitopia.ibs.team:16660,9aa8a73ea9364aa3cf7806d4dd25b6aed88d8152@gitopia-seed.mzonder.com:11056,400f3d9e30b69e78a7fb891f60d76fa3c73f0ecc@gitopia.rpc.kjnodes.com:14159,f280239045928af4e1b289d9df4059b7f941777b@seed-node.mms.team:35656,a74403b9fbf58ba7538e0a9584510c67a0877beb@rpc.gitopia.nodestake.top:666,6d41d36d54abd868c4cdaf5b956ac047327bff67@seeds-3.anode.team:10260,8542cd7e6bf9d260fef543bc49e59be5a3fa9074@seed.publicnode.com:26656,08bc9afd0cac4ae6cf8f1877920b0cc7e58a6f42@seeds.tendermint.roomit.xyz:40001,91706fd6ec45e38661ba7bb7567fc572b738c3ea@seed-gitopia.tothemars.network:11156"
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"$seeds\"|" $HOME/.gitopia/config/config.toml

# Set minimum gas price
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.001ulore\"|" $HOME/.gitopia/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/.gitopia/config/app.toml

# Set custom ports
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:11358\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:11357\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:11360\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:11356\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":11366\"%" $HOME/.gitopia/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:11317\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":11380\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:11390\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:11391\"%; s%:8545%:11345%; s%:8546%:11346%; s%:6065%:11365%" $HOME/.gitopia/config/app.toml

Start service and check the logs

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

Sync

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

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