description: Setting up your validator node has never been so easy. Get your validator running in minutes by following step by step instructions.
MONIKER="YOUR_MONIKER_GOES_HERE"
sudo apt -q update
sudo apt -qy install curl git jq zst build-essential
sudo apt -qy upgrade
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 $HOME
rm -rf archway
git clone https://github.com/archway-network/archway archway
cd archway
git checkout v9.0.0-rc1
# Build binaries
make install
# Prepare binaries for Cosmovisor
mkdir -p .archway/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mv ~/go/bin/archwayd .archway/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/
rm -rf build
Install Cosmovisor and create a service
# Download and install Cosmovisor
go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@v1.4.0
# Create service
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/archwayd.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=osmosis node service
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
WorkingDirectory=.archway
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=.archway"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=archwayd"
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:.archway/cosmovisor/current/bin"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable archwayd
# Set node configuration
archwayd config chain-id constantine-3
archwayd config node tcp://localhost:11557
# Initialize the node
archwayd init $MONIKER --chain-id constantine-3
# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/archway-network/networks/main/constantine-3/genesis.json > .archway/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.lavenderfive.com/testnet-addrbooks/archway/addrbook.json > .archway/config/addrbook.json
# Add seeds
seeds="3c5bc400c786d8e57ae2b85639273d1aec79829a@34.31.130.235:26656,ade4d8bc8cbe014af6ebdf3cb7b1e9ad36f412c0@testnet-seeds.polkachu.com:11556"
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"$seeds\"|" .archway/config/config.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"|' \
.archway/config/app.toml
# Set custom ports
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:11558\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:11557\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:11560\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:11556\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":11566\"%" .archway/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:11517\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":11580\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:11590\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:11591\"%; s%:8545%:11545%; s%:8546%:11546%; s%:6065%:11565%" .archway/config/app.toml
Start service and check the logs
sudo systemctl start archwayd && sudo journalctl -u archwayd -f --no-hostname -o cat
