snapshot

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

Snapshot

Story Protocol

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: v0.1.5

BLOCK	AGE	DOWNLOAD
532923	4 hours	snapshot (23.54 GB)

Instructions

Quick setup

One liner to get moving quickly

sudo systemctl stop iliad
cp .iliad/data/priv_validator_state.json .iliad/priv_validator_state.json.backup
rm -rf .iliad/data
curl -L https://snapshots.lavenderfive.com/testnet-snapshots/story/story_532923.tar.lz4 | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C .iliad
mv .iliad/priv_validator_state.json.backup .iliad/data/priv_validator_state.json
sudo systemctl start iliad && sudo journalctl -u iliad -f --no-hostname -o cat

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Stop iliad and reset the data

sudo systemctl stop iliad
cp .iliad/data/priv_validator_state.json .iliad/priv_validator_state.json.backup
rm -rf .iliad/data

Download latest snapshot

curl -L https://snapshots.lavenderfive.com/testnet-snapshots/story/story_532923.tar.lz4 | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C .iliad
mv .iliad/priv_validator_state.json.backup .iliad/data/priv_validator_state.json

Restart iliad and check the log

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