laconicd-deprecated/testnet/genesis-validators.md

Setting up a Genesis Validator for Vulcanize Ethermint Testnet (ethermint_9000-1)

Hardware

Supported

• Operating System (OS): Ubuntu 20.04
• CPU: 1 core
• RAM: 2GB
• Storage: 25GB SSD

Recommended

• Operating System (OS): Ubuntu 20.04
• CPU: 2 core
• RAM: 4GB
• Storage: 50GB SSD

A) Setup

1) Install Golang (go)

1.1) Remove any existing installation of go

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go

1.2) Install latest/required Go version (installing go1.16.7)

curl https://dl.google.com/go/go1.16.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -C/usr/local -zxvf -

1.3) Update env variables to include go

cat <<'EOF' >>$HOME/.profile
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GO111MODULE=on
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin
EOF

source $HOME/.profile

1.4) Check the version of go installed

go version

2) Install required software packages

sudo apt-get install git curl build-essential make jq -y

3) Install ethermint

git clone https://github.com/vulcanize/ethermint.git
cd ethermint
git fetch --all
git checkout v0.1.0-dev
make install

4) Verify your installation

ethermintd version --long

On running the above command, you should see a similar response like this. Make sure that the version and commit hash are accurate

name: ethermint
server_name: ethermintd

5) Initialize Node

Not required if you have already initialized before

ethermintd init <your-node-moniker> --chain-id ethermint_9000-1

On running the above command, node will be initialized with default configuration. (config files will be saved in node's default home directory (~/.ethermintd/config)

NOTE: Backup node and validator keys . You will need to use these keys at a later point in time.

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6) Create Account keys

if you have participated in previous testnet and have mnemonic phrase, use below command to recover your account

ethermintd keys add <key-name> --recover

to create new account

ethermintd keys add <key-name>

NOTE: Save mnemonic and related account details (public key). You will need to use the need mnemonic/private key to recover accounts at a later point in time.

7) Add Genesis Account

ethermintd add-genesis-account <key-name> 50000000uwire

8) Create Your gentx

ethermintd gentx <key-name> 50000000uwire \
  --pubkey=$(ethermintd tendermint show-validator) \
  --chain-id="ethermint_9000-1" \
  --moniker="my-moniker" \
  --website="https://yourweb.site" \
  --details="description of my validator" \
  --commission-rate="0.10" \
  --commission-max-rate="0.20" \
  --commission-max-change-rate="0.01" \
  --min-self-delegation="1" 

Note:

• <key-name> and chain-id are required. other flags are optional
• Don't change amount value while creating your gentx
• Genesis transaction file will be saved in ~/.ethermintd/config/gentx folder

9) Submit Your gentx

Submit your gentx file to the testnets in the format of <validator-moniker>-gentx.json

NOTE: (Do NOT use space in the file name)

To submit the gentx file, follow the below process:

• Fork the testnets repository
• Upload your gentx file in ethermint_9000-1/gentxs folder
• Submit Pull Request to testnets with name ADD <your-moniker> gentx

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Execute below instructions only after publishing of final genesis file

genesis file will be published to testnets/ethermint_9000-1

B) Starting the validator

TBU

3) Start the Node

3.1) Start node as systemctl service

3.1.1) Create the service file Note: this step is not required if you did setup before

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/ethermintd.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=ethermintd Daemon
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which ethermintd) start
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

3.1.2) Load service and start

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable ethermintd
sudo systemctl start ethermintd

3.1.3) Check status of service

sudo systemctl status ethermintd

NOTE: A helpful command here is journalctl that can be used to:

a) check logs

journalctl -u ethermintd

b) most recent logs

journalctl -xeu ethermintd

c) logs from previous day

journalctl --since "1 day ago" -u ethermintd

d) Check logs with follow flag

journalctl -f -u ethermintd