Installation Node
Hardware requirements
The following requirements are recommended for running Warden:
- 4 or more physical CPU cores
- At least 200GB of SSD disk storage
- At least 8GB of memory (RAM)
- At least 100mbps network bandwidth
Install dependencies Required
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt install curl tar wget clang pkg-config libssl-dev jq build-essential bsdmainutils git make ncdu gcc git jq chrony liblz4-tool -y
Install go
We are gonna use GO Version 1.21.7 If you already have GO installed you can skip this
ver="1.21.7"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
rm "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile
go version
Install binary
cd $HOME
git clone https://github.com/warden-protocol/wardenprotocol.git
cd wardenprotocol
git checkout v0.3.0
make install
Verify that you’ve installed Warden successfully
wardend version --long | grep -e commit -e version
Initialize Node
Please change <MONIKER>
To your own Moniker.
wardend init Moniker --chain-id buenavista-1
Download Genesis file and addrbook
- Genesis
wget -O $HOME/.warden/config/genesis.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/warden-protocol/networks/main/testnets/buenavista/genesis.json"
- Addrbook
wget -O $HOME/.warden/config/addrbook.json.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinjan23/Testnet.Guide/main/Warden/addrbook.json"
Configure Seeds and Peers
sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.00uward\"/;" ~/.warden/config/app.toml
peers="3ac30a74ec46e7a4984f0d52e850099720b05bda@95.217.161.226:26656,bda08962882048fea4331fcf96ad02789671700e@65.21.202.124:35656.ea8e0c3a936a9c5ea9b9dbbfb5542514d8ead33f@95.179.166.220:18656,ddb4d92ab6eba8363bab2f3a0d7fa7a970ae437f@sentry-1.buenavista.wardenprotocol.org:26656,c717995fd56dcf0056ed835e489788af4ffd8fe8@sentry-2.buenavista.wardenprotocol.org:26656,e1c61de5d437f35a715ac94b88ec62c482edc166@sentry-3.buenavista.wardenprotocol.org:26656,a63e119b629fa8d6e4be1c48e507bca6f1a05832@65.108.237.188:51656"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml
seeds=""
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds =.*/seeds = \"$seeds\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.005uward\"|" $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml
config pruning
pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="100"
pruning_keep_every="0"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml
create service file and start node
Create service file Create a wardend.service
file in the /etc/systemd/system
folder with the following code. You can change USER
with your Linux user name. You need sudo previlege to do this step.
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/wardend.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=wardend
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which wardend) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
- Enable Service and Start Node
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable wardend
sudo systemctl restart wardend
sudo journalctl -u wardend -f -o cat
Create Validator
Heads up to the Cheat Sheets to create validator