From 6c8898e6e786e0fb4cb96ead33c82409f68ebfc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nabarun <nabarun@deepstacksoft.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 20:19:40 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add playbook to generate mainnet genesis from exported
 testnet state

---
 .../first-validator/generate-genesis.yml      | 31 +++++++++++++++++++
 run-first-validator.md                        | 24 +++-----------
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 playbooks/first-validator/generate-genesis.yml

diff --git a/playbooks/first-validator/generate-genesis.yml b/playbooks/first-validator/generate-genesis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..444482d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/first-validator/generate-genesis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+- name: Generate Mainnet Genesis File
+  hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  tasks:
+    - name: Fetch repositories
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: "laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/mainnet-laconicd setup-repositories --git-ssh --pull"
+
+    - name: Build containers
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: "~/cerc/laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/mainnet-laconicd build-containers"
+
+    - name: Copy exported testnet state file
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        src: "{{ exported_state_path }}"
+        dest: "~/cerc/laconicd-stack/testnet-state.json"
+        remote_src: true # Set to true if exported_state_path is on the target host
+
+    - name: Run script to generate genesis file
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: "~/cerc/laconicd-stack/scripts/generate-mainnet-genesis.sh ~/cerc/laconicd-stack/testnet-state.json"
+
+    - name: Remove temporary copied state file
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: "~/cerc/laconicd-stack/testnet-state.json"
+        state: absent
+
+    - name: Display genesis file location
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "Mainnet genesis file generated at output/genesis.json"
diff --git a/run-first-validator.md b/run-first-validator.md
index 53f7b43..1820b36 100644
--- a/run-first-validator.md
+++ b/run-first-validator.md
@@ -22,34 +22,20 @@
   - The file will be generated in `<path-to-testnet-deployment>/export/testnet-state.json`
 
 
-<!-- TODO: Create playbook to run steps below -->
-
 - If mainnet node will be setup in new machine, fetch the stack again
 
-- Build container image
-
   ```bash
-  # Fetch laconicd repo specified in stack
-  laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/mainnet-laconicd setup-repositories --git-ssh --pull
-
-  # Build image
-  laconic-so --stack ~/cerc/laconicd-stack/stack-orchestrator/stacks/mainnet-laconicd build-containers
+  laconic-so fetch-stack git.vdb.to/cerc-io/laconicd-stack --git-ssh --pull
   ```
 
-- Copy the generated exported state from earlier
+- Copy over the exported `testnet-state.json` file to target machine
+
+- Run playbook to use exported state for generating mainnet genesis
 
   ```bash
-  cp <path-to-exported-testnet-state> ~/cerc/laconicd-stack/testnet-state.json
+  ansible-playbook -i localhost, -c local ~/cerc/laconicd-stack/playbooks/first-validator/generate-genesis.yml -e "exported_state_path=<path-to-exported-testnet-state>"
   ```
 
-- Run script to generate genesis file using the exported state
-
-  ```bash
-  ~/cerc/laconicd-stack/scripts/generate-mainnet-genesis.sh ~/cerc/laconicd-stack/testnet-state.json
-  ```
-
-  - Genesis file will generated in `output/genesis.json`
-
 ## Run node
 
 - Update [run-first-validator-vars.yml](playbooks/first-validator/run-first-validator-vars.yml) with required values: