description: Setting up your validator node has never been so easy. Get your validator running in minutes by following step by step instructions.
MONIKER="YOUR_MONIKER_GOES_HERE"
sudo apt -q update
sudo apt -qy install curl git jq lz4 build-essential
sudo apt -qy upgrade
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
# 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 > $HOME/.kava/config/addrbook.json
# Add seeds
seeds="ade4d8bc8cbe014af6ebdf3cb7b1e9ad36f412c0@seeds.polkachu.com:13956,ebc272824924ea1a27ea3183dd0b9ba713494f83@kava-mainnet-seed.autostake.com:26656,7ab4b78fbe5ee9e3777b21464a3162bd4cc17f57@seed-kava-01.stakeflow.io:1206,8542cd7e6bf9d260fef543bc49e59be5a3fa9074@seed.publicnode.com:26656,10ed1e176d874c8bb3c7c065685d2da6a4b86475@seed-kava.ibs.team:16677"
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"$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