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 $HOME
rm -rf aura
git clone https://github.com/aura-nw/aura aura
cd aura
git checkout v0.7.3-euphoria
# Build binaries
make install
# Prepare binaries for Cosmovisor
mkdir -p .aura/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mv ~/go/bin/aurad .aura/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/
rm -rf build
Install Cosmovisor and create a service
# Download and install Cosmovisor
go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@v1.4.0
# Create service
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/aurad.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=osmosis node service
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
WorkingDirectory=.aura
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=.aura"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=aurad"
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:.aura/cosmovisor/current/bin"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable aurad
# Set node configuration
aurad config chain-id euphoria-2
aurad config node tcp://localhost:21757
# Initialize the node
aurad init $MONIKER --chain-id euphoria-2
# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://github.com/aura-nw/testnets/raw/main/euphoria-2/euphoria-2-genesis.tar.gz > .aura/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.lavenderfive.com/testnet-addrbooks/aura/addrbook.json > .aura/config/addrbook.json
# Add seeds
seeds="705e3c2b2b554586976ed88bb27f68e4c4176a33@52.76.203.126:26656"
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"$seeds\"|" .aura/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"|' \
.aura/config/app.toml
# Set custom ports
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:21758\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:21757\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:21760\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:21756\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":21766\"%" .aura/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:21717\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":21780\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:21790\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:21791\"%; s%:8545%:21745%; s%:8546%:21746%; s%:6065%:21765%" .aura/config/app.toml
Start service and check the logs
sudo systemctl start aurad && sudo journalctl -u aurad -f --no-hostname -o cat
