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Installation

Updating the System​

apt update && apt upgrade -y

Installing the Necessary Libraries​

apt install make clang pkg-config libssl-dev libclang-dev build-essential git curl ntp jq llvm tmux htop screen gcc lz4 -y < "/dev/null"

Installing Go​

ver="1.21.6"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
rm -rf /usr/local/go
tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
rm -rf "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
echo 'export GOROOT=/usr/local/go' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo 'export GO111MODULE=on' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
go version

Setting Variables​

The areas you need to change are written below.

  • $LAVA_NODENAME your validator name
  • $LAVA_WALLET your wallet name
  • If another node is using the port, you can change it below. You must enter a different value where it says 11, again as two digits.
echo "export LAVA_NODENAME=$LAVA_NODENAME"  >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export LAVA_WALLET=$LAVA_WALLET" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export LAVA_PORT=11" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export LAVA_CHAIN_ID=lava-testnet-2" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Sample​

Let's assume that your Node (LAVA_NODENAME) and Wallet (LAVA_WALLET) name is Anatolian-Guide and the port you will use (LAVA_PORT) will be 16656. The code will be arranged as shown below.

echo "export LAVA_NODENAME=Anatolian-Guide"  >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export LAVA_WALLET=Anatolian-Guide" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export LAVA_PORT=16" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export LAVA_CHAIN_ID=lava-testnet-2" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Installing Lava​

cd $HOME
git clone https://github.com/lavanet/lava
cd lava
git checkout v1.0.1
install

The version output will be v1.0.1.

Configuring and Launching the Node​

We copy and paste the codes below without making any changes.

lavad config keyring-backend test
lavad config chain-id $LAVA_CHAIN_ID
lavad init --chain-id $LAVA_CHAIN_ID $LAVA_NODENAME

# Copying the Genesis and addrbook Files
wget https://github.com/AnatolianTeam/Anatolian-Team-Services/raw/main/docs/Testnet/Cosmos-Ecosystem/lava/files/genesis.json -O $HOME/.lava/config/genesis.json
wget https://github.com/AnatolianTeam/Anatolian-Team-Services/raw/main/docs/Testnet/Cosmos-Ecosystem/lava/files/addrbook.json -O $HOME/.lava/config/addrbook.json

# Set up the minimum gas price
sed -i 's|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.025ulava "|g' $HOME/.lava/config/app.toml

# Closing Indexer-Optional
indexer="null"
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"$indexer\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml

# Set up SEED and PEERS
SEEDS="3a445bfdbe2d0c8ee82461633aa3af31bc2b4dc0@prod-pnet-seed-node.lavanet.xyz:26656,e593c7a9ca61f5616119d6beb5bd8ef5dd28d62d@prod-pnet-seed-node2.lavanet.xyz:26656,ade4d8bc8cbe014af6ebdf3cb7b1e9ad36f412c0@testnet-seeds.polkachu.com:19956"
sed -i 's|^seeds *=.*|seeds = "'$SEEDS'"|; s|^persistent_peers *=.*|persistent_peers = "'$PEERS'"|' $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml

# Enabling Prometheus
sed -i 's|^prometheus *=.*|prometheus = true|' $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml

# Set up Pruning 
pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="100"
pruning_keep_every="0"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/app.toml

# Set up Ports
sed -i.bak -e "
s%:26658%:${LAVA_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${LAVA_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${LAVA_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${LAVA_PORT}656%g;
s%:26660%:${LAVA_PORT}660%g
" $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml
sed -i.bak -e "
s%:8545%:${LAVA_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${LAVA_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${LAVA_PORT}065%g;
s%:1317%:${LAVA_PORT}317%g; 
s%:8080%:${LAVA_PORT}080%g; 
s%:9090%:${LAVA_PORT}090%g; 
s%:9091%:${LAVA_PORT}091%g
" $HOME/.lava/config/app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26657%:${LAVA_PORT}657%g" $HOME/.lava/config/client.toml

# Adding External Address
PUB_IP=`curl -s -4 icanhazip.com`
sed -e "s|external_address = \".*\"|external_address = \"$PUB_IP:${LAVA_PORT}656\"|g" ~/.lava/config/config.toml > ~/.lava/config/config.toml.tmp
mv ~/.lava/config/config.toml.tmp  ~/.lava/config/config.toml

# Creating the Service File
tee /etc/systemd/system/lavad.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=Lava Node
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which lavad) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Enabling and Starting the Service​

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable lavad
systemctl start lavad

Checking the Logs​

journalctl -u lavad -f -o cat
warning

AFTER THIS STAGE, WE EXPECT OUR NODE TO SYNC.

Checking Synchronization​

Unless we get a false output, we do not move on to the next step, namely creating a validator.

lavad status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo

Wallet​

Creating a New Wallet​

We do not change the $LAVA_WALLET section, we named our wallet with variables at the beginning of the installation.

lavad keys add $LAVA_WALLET

Importing an Existing Wallet​

lavad keys add $LAVA_WALLET --recover

Wallet and Valoper Info​

Here we add our wallet and valve information to the variable.

LAVA_WALLET_ADDRESS=$(lavad keys show $LAVA_WALLET -a)
LAVA_VALOPER_ADDRESS=$(lavad keys show $LAVA_WALLET --bech val -a)
echo 'export LAVA_WALLET_ADDRESS='${LAVA_WALLET_ADDRESS} >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo 'export LAVA_VALOPER_ADDRESS='${LAVA_VALOPER_ADDRESS} >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Faucet​

Request tokens by sending a message to the #🚰┃faucet channel on the Discord server as follows.

$request Lava-Address

Checking Wallet Balance​

lavad query bank balances $LAVA_WALLET_ADDRESS
warning

If the synchronization is completed, we proceed to the following step.

Creating Validator​

You do not need to make any changes to the following command other than the places specified below;

  • identity where it says XXXX1111XXXX1111 you write your identification number given to you as a member of the keybase site.
  • details You can write information about yourself where it says Always forward with the Anatolian Team 🚀.
  • website where it says https://anatolianteam.com, if you have a website or twitter etc. You can write your address.
  • security-contact Your email address.
lavad tx staking create-validator \
--amount=940000ulava  \
--pubkey=$(lavad tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker=$LAVA_NODENAME \
--chain-id=$LAVA_CHAIN_ID \
--commission-rate=0.10 \
--commission-max-rate=0.20 \
--commission-max-change-rate=0.05 \
--min-self-delegation="1" \
--gas-prices=0.25ulava  \
--gas-adjustment=1.5 \
--gas=auto \
--from=$LAVA_WALLET \
--details="Always forward with the Anatolian Team 🚀" \
--security-contact="xxxxxxx@gmail.com" \
--website="https://anatolianteam.com" \
--identity="XXXX1111XXXX1111" \
--yes

Completely Deleting the Node​

systemctl stop lavad && \
systemctl disable lavad && \
rm /etc/systemd/system/lavad.service && \
systemctl daemon-reload && \
cd $HOME && \
rm -rf .lava lava && \
rm -rf $(which lavad)
sed -i '/LAVA_/d' ~/.bash_profile