installation

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Installation

Kava

Network name: Kava | Chain ID: kava_2222-10 | Latest version: v0.26.0 | Custom Port: 139

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 kava
git clone https://github.com/kava-Labs/kava/ kava
cd kava
git checkout v0.26.0

# Build binaries
make install

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

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

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

Initialize the node

# Set node configuration
kava config chain-id kava_2222-10
kava config node tcp://localhost:13957

# Initialize the node
kava init $MONIKER --chain-id kava_2222-10

# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://kava-genesis-files.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/kava_2222-10/genesis.json > $HOME/.kava/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.lavenderfive.com/addrbooks/kava/addrbook.json > $HOME/.kava/config/addrbook.json

# Add seeds
seeds="[e-mail]:13956,[e-mail]:26656,[e-mail]:1206,[e-mail]:26656,[e-mail]:16677"
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"$seeds\"|" $HOME/.kava/config/config.toml

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

# Set custom ports
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:13958\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:13957\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:13960\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:13956\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":13966\"%" $HOME/.kava/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:13917\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":13980\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:13990\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:13991\"%; s%:8545%:13945%; s%:8546%:13946%; s%:6065%:13965%" $HOME/.kava/config/app.toml

Start service and check the logs

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

Sync

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