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: Ki | Chain ID: kichain-2
| Latest version: 5.0.1
| Custom Port: 135
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 kichain
git clone https://github.com/KiFoundation/ki-tools kichain
cd kichain
git checkout 5.0.1
# Build binaries
make install
# Prepare binaries for Cosmovisor
mkdir -p $HOME/.kid/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mv ~/go/bin/kid $HOME/.kid/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/
rm -rf build
Install Cosmovisor and create a service
# Download and install Cosmovisor
go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@v1.4.0
# Create service
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/kid.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=osmosis node service
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.kid
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.kid"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=kid"
Environment="DAEMON_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD_BINARIES=false"
Environment="DAEMON_RESTART_AFTER_UPGRADE=true"
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"
Environment="PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:$HOME/.kid/cosmovisor/current/bin"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable kid
Initialize the node
# Set node configuration
kid config chain-id kichain-2
kid config node tcp://localhost:13557
# Initialize the node
kid init $MONIKER --chain-id kichain-2
# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KiFoundation/ki-networks/v0.1/Mainnet/kichain-2/genesis.json > $HOME/.kid/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.lavenderfive.com/addrbooks/kichain/addrbook.json > $HOME/.kid/config/addrbook.json
# Add seeds
seeds="24cbccfa8813accd0ebdb09e7cdb54cff2e8fcd9@51.89.166.197:26656,ade4d8bc8cbe014af6ebdf3cb7b1e9ad36f412c0@seeds.polkachu.com:13556,ebc272824924ea1a27ea3183dd0b9ba713494f83@kichain-mainnet-seed.autostake.com:27396,20e1000e88125698264454a884812746c2eb4807@seeds.lavenderfive.com:13556,27941ba20ad57cb665c7870d073a938e35e7d634@seed-ki.ibs.team:16663,8542cd7e6bf9d260fef543bc49e59be5a3fa9074@seed.publicnode.com:26656,258f523c96efde50d5fe0a9faeea8a3e83be22ca@seed.kichain-2.kichain.aviaone.com:10267"
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"$seeds\"|" $HOME/.kid/config/config.toml
# Set minimum gas price
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.025uxki\"|" $HOME/.kid/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/.kid/config/app.toml
# Set custom ports
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:13558\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:13557\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:13560\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:13556\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":13566\"%" $HOME/.kid/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:13517\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":13580\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:13590\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:13591\"%; s%:8545%:13545%; s%:8546%:13546%; s%:6065%:13565%" $HOME/.kid/config/app.toml
Start service and check the logs
sudo systemctl start kid && sudo journalctl -u kid -f --no-hostname -o cat
Sync
To catch up quickly, you can either use a snapshot or state sync
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