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

Sei

Network name: Sei | Chain ID: pacific-1 | Latest version: v5.9.0 | Custom Port: 119

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 sei
git clone https://github.com/sei-protocol/sei-chain sei
cd sei
git checkout v5.9.0

# Build binaries
make install

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

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

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

Initialize the node

# Set node configuration
seid config chain-id pacific-1
seid config node tcp://localhost:11957

# Initialize the node
seid init $MONIKER --chain-id pacific-1

# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sei-protocol/testnet/main/pacific-1/genesis.json > $HOME/.sei/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.lavenderfive.com/addrbooks/sei/addrbook.json > $HOME/.sei/config/addrbook.json

# Add seeds
seeds="[e-mail]:11956,[e-mail]:26806,[e-mail]:11956,[e-mail]:16859,[e-mail]:26656"
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"$seeds\"|" $HOME/.sei/config/config.toml

# Set minimum gas price
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.02usei\"|" $HOME/.sei/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/.sei/config/app.toml

# Set custom ports
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:11958\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:11957\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:11960\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:11956\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":11966\"%" $HOME/.sei/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:11917\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":11980\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:11990\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:11991\"%; s%:8545%:11945%; s%:8546%:11946%; s%:6065%:11965%" $HOME/.sei/config/app.toml

Start service and check the logs

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

Sync

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