installation
description: Setting up your validator node has never been so easy. Get your validator running in minutes by following step by step instructions.
Installation
Network name: Gravity Bridge | Chain ID: gravity-bridge-3
| Latest version: v1.11.1
| Custom Port: 142
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 gravitybridge
git clone https://github.com/Gravity-Bridge/Gravity-Bridge gravitybridge
cd gravitybridge
git checkout v1.11.1
# Build binaries
make install
# Prepare binaries for Cosmovisor
mkdir -p $HOME/.gravity/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mv ~/go/bin/gravity $HOME/.gravity/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/
rm -rf build
Install Cosmovisor and create a service
# Download and install Cosmovisor
go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@v1.4.0
# Create service
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/gravity.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=osmosis node service
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.gravity
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.gravity"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=gravity"
Environment="DAEMON_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD_BINARIES=false"
Environment="DAEMON_RESTART_AFTER_UPGRADE=true"
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"
Environment="PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:$HOME/.gravity/cosmovisor/current/bin"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable gravity
Initialize the node
# Set node configuration
gravity config chain-id gravity-bridge-3
gravity config node tcp://localhost:14257
# Initialize the node
gravity init $MONIKER --chain-id gravity-bridge-3
# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Gravity-Bridge/Gravity-Docs/main/genesis.json > $HOME/.gravity/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.lavenderfive.com/addrbooks/gravitybridge/addrbook.json > $HOME/.gravity/config/addrbook.json
# Add seeds
seeds="2b089bfb4c7366efb402b48376a7209632380c9c@65.19.136.133:26656,63e662f5e048d4902c7c7126291cf1fc17687e3c@95.211.103.175:26656,ade4d8bc8cbe014af6ebdf3cb7b1e9ad36f412c0@seeds.polkachu.com:14256,20e1000e88125698264454a884812746c2eb4807@seeds.lavenderfive.com:14256,86bd5cb6e762f673f1706e5889e039d5406b4b90@gravity.seed.node75.org:10556,4e595d6781b122b2aea91b08da0ad97f708bf52a@seed-gravity-bridge-01.stakeflow.io:1306,9f4ed62cd0b60d7c4bdbdce5db5794211707528b@seed-gravity.ibs.team:16661,8542cd7e6bf9d260fef543bc49e59be5a3fa9074@seed.publicnode.com:26656,258f523c96efde50d5fe0a9faeea8a3e83be22ca@seed.gravity-bridge-3.gravity.aviaone.com:10266"
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"$seeds\"|" $HOME/.gravity/config/config.toml
# Set minimum gas price
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0ugraviton\"|" $HOME/.gravity/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/.gravity/config/app.toml
# Set custom ports
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:14258\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:14257\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:14260\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:14256\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":14266\"%" $HOME/.gravity/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:14217\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":14280\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:14290\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:14291\"%; s%:8545%:14245%; s%:8546%:14246%; s%:6065%:14265%" $HOME/.gravity/config/app.toml
Start service and check the logs
sudo systemctl start gravity && sudo journalctl -u gravity -f --no-hostname -o cat
Sync
To catch up quickly, you can either use a snapshot or state sync
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