installation

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description: Setting up your validator node has never been so easy. Get your validator running in minutes by following step by step instructions.

Installation

OmniFlix

Network name: OmniFlix | Chain ID: omniflixhub-1 | Latest version: v4.1.1 | Custom Port: 169

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 zst 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 omniflixhub
git clone https://github.com/OmniFlix/omniflixhub omniflixhub
cd omniflixhub
git checkout v4.1.1

# Build binaries
make install

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

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

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

Initialize the node

# Set node configuration
omniflixhubd config chain-id omniflixhub-1
omniflixhubd config node tcp://localhost:16957

# Initialize the node
omniflixhubd init $MONIKER --chain-id omniflixhub-1

# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OmniFlix/mainnet/main/omniflixhub-1/genesis.json > $HOME/.omniflixhub/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.lavenderfive.com/addrbooks/omniflixhub/addrbook.json > $HOME/.omniflixhub/config/addrbook.json

# Add seeds
seeds="[e-mail]:16956,[e-mail]:27306,[e-mail]:16956,[e-mail]:10656,[e-mail]:10215,[e-mail]:26656"
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"$seeds\"|" $HOME/.omniflixhub/config/config.toml

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

# Set custom ports
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:16958\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:16957\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:16960\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:16956\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":16966\"%" $HOME/.omniflixhub/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:16917\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":16980\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:16990\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:16991\"%; s%:8545%:16945%; s%:8546%:16946%; s%:6065%:16965%" $HOME/.omniflixhub/config/app.toml

Start service and check the logs

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

Sync

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