installation
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Installation
Network name: Kujira | Chain ID: kaiyo-1
| Latest version: v1.1.0
| Custom Port: 118
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 kujira
git clone https://github.com/Team-Kujira/core kujira
cd kujira
git checkout v1.1.0
# Build binaries
make install
# Prepare binaries for Cosmovisor
mkdir -p $HOME/.kujira/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mv ~/go/bin/kujirad $HOME/.kujira/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/
rm -rf build
Install Cosmovisor and create a service
# Download and install Cosmovisor
go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@v1.4.0
# Create service
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/kujirad.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=osmosis node service
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.kujira
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.kujira"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=kujirad"
Environment="DAEMON_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD_BINARIES=false"
Environment="DAEMON_RESTART_AFTER_UPGRADE=true"
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"
Environment="PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:$HOME/.kujira/cosmovisor/current/bin"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable kujirad
Initialize the node
# Set node configuration
kujirad config chain-id kaiyo-1
kujirad config node tcp://localhost:11857
# Initialize the node
kujirad init $MONIKER --chain-id kaiyo-1
# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://github.com/Team-Kujira/networks/raw/master/mainnet/kaiyo-1.json > $HOME/.kujira/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.lavenderfive.com/addrbooks/kujira/addrbook.json > $HOME/.kujira/config/addrbook.json
# Add seeds
seeds="ade4d8bc8cbe014af6ebdf3cb7b1e9ad36f412c0@seeds.polkachu.com:11856,20e1000e88125698264454a884812746c2eb4807@seeds.lavenderfive.com:11856,322abfd7c0bcdf8a3d98ccb46ae2572bae0e8301@seed-kujira.starsquid.io:15602,824fa337b806bd48ce9505d74ba3e5adea80da93@seeds.goldenratiostaking.net:1628,ebc272824924ea1a27ea3183dd0b9ba713494f83@kujira-mainnet-seed.autostake.com:26796,400f3d9e30b69e78a7fb891f60d76fa3c73f0ecc@kujira.rpc.kjnodes.com:11359,8542cd7e6bf9d260fef543bc49e59be5a3fa9074@seed.publicnode.com:26656,654ba97f74254965a80c0fac0f277f6f6e5506b6@seed-node.mms.team:29656,10ed1e176d874c8bb3c7c065685d2da6a4b86475@seed-kujira.ibs.team:16678"
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"$seeds\"|" $HOME/.kujira/config/config.toml
# Set minimum gas price
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.0034ukuji\"|" $HOME/.kujira/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/.kujira/config/app.toml
# Set custom ports
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:11858\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:11857\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:11860\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:11856\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":11866\"%" $HOME/.kujira/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:11817\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":11880\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:11890\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:11891\"%; s%:8545%:11845%; s%:8546%:11846%; s%:6065%:11865%" $HOME/.kujira/config/app.toml
Start service and check the logs
sudo systemctl start kujirad && sudo journalctl -u kujirad -f --no-hostname -o cat
Sync
To catch up quickly, you can either use a snapshot or state sync
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