snapshot

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description: Catch the latest block faster by using our daily snapshots.

Snapshot

SGE

Snapshots allows a new node to join the network by recovering application state from a backup file. Snapshot contains compressed copy of chain data directory. To keep backup files as small as plausible, snapshot server is periodically beeing state-synced.

Snapshots are taken automatically every 12 hours

pruning: 107/0/13 | indexer: null | version tag: v1.7.2

BLOCK	AGE	DOWNLOAD
6428599	5 hours	snapshot (5.18 GB)

Instructions

Quick setup

One liner to get moving quickly

sudo systemctl stop sged
cp $HOME/.sge/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.sge/priv_validator_state.json.backup
rm -rf $HOME/.sge/data
curl -L https://snapshots.lavenderfive.com/snapshots/sge/sge_6428599.tar.zst | tar -axf - -C $HOME/.sge
mv $HOME/.sge/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.sge/data/priv_validator_state.json
sudo systemctl start sged && sudo journalctl -u sged -f --no-hostname -o cat

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Stop sged and reset the data

sudo systemctl stop sged
cp $HOME/.sge/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.sge/priv_validator_state.json.backup
rm -rf $HOME/.sge/data

Download latest snapshot

curl -L https://snapshots.lavenderfive.com/snapshots/sge/sge_6428599.tar.zst | tar -axf - -C $HOME/.sge
mv $HOME/.sge/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.sge/data/priv_validator_state.json

Restart sged and check the log

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