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Installation

Updating the System​

apt update && apt upgrade -y

Installing the Necessary Libraries​

apt install ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release git htop liblz4-tool screen -y < "/dev/null"

Installing Docker​

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
apt-get update
apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
docker version

Creating a Docker Daemon File​

sudo tee /etc/docker/daemon.json > /dev/null <<EOF
{
   "default-address-pools": [
        {
            "base":"172.17.0.0/12",
            "size":16
        },
        {
            "base":"192.168.0.0/16",
            "size":20
        },
        {
            "base":"10.99.0.0/16",
            "size":24
        }
    ]
}
EOF

Restarting Docker​

systemctl restart docker

Installing Forta​

Enter your password in the PASSWORD section. Do not use special characters. Problems may occur when using special characters.

sudo curl https://dist.forta.network/pgp.public -o /usr/share/keyrings/forta-keyring.asc -s
echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/forta-keyring.asc] https://dist.forta.network/repositories/apt stable main' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/forta.list
apt-get update
apt-get install forta
forta init --passphrase PASSWORD
warning

In the output of the above codes, you will see your Scanner address as follows. After sending 0.1 MATIC to this address from your EVM wallet, we continue the transactions.

Scanner address: 0xAAA8C491232cB65a65FBf7F36b71220B3E695AAA

Successfully initialized at /root/.forta

Creating Alchemy Account​

We create an account by going to Alchemy. Here, from the 'Create App' section, we create an 'App' for the network on which you will run your Forta Scanner Node. Here, we take our link starting with 'https' from the 'View Key' section and save it in a txt file to use where the Alchemy link is mentioned during installation.

Creating a Configuration File​

Whichever network you want to run it on, you need to make the following configurations for that network.

rm /root/.forta/config.yml
sudo tee /root/.forta/config.yml > /dev/null <<EOF
chainId: 137

scan:
  jsonRpc:
    url: ALCHEMY_LINK

trace:
  enabled: false
EOF

Registering Wallet​

We enter your EVM wallet address where it says EVM_ADDRESS and the password you set in the Forta installation above where it says PASSWORD.

forta register --owner-address EVM_ADDRESS --passphrase PASSWORD

Creating the Service File​

We enter the password you set in the Forta installation above where it says PASSWORD.

tee /lib/systemd/system/forta.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Forta
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target systemd-networkd-wait-online.service

StartLimitIntervalSec=500
StartLimitBurst=5

[Service]
Environment="FORTA_DIR=/root/.forta/"
Environment="FORTA_PASSPHRASE=PASSWORD"
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=15s

ExecStart=/usr/bin/forta run

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Activating and Running Forta​

systemctl enable forta
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl start forta

Node Status​

To check the status of your node, you can follow it by signing up at https://scannerx.net/.

Completely Deleting the Node​

systemctl stop forta
systemctl disable forta
rm /lib/systemd/system/forta.service -rf
rm $HOME/.forta -rf

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