Validator Node Installation

Hardware Requirements

Component	Testnet
Memory	8 GB
CPU	4 cores
Disk	200 BB NVME SSD
Bandwidth	100 MBps for Download / Upload

1. System updates, installation of required environments:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 aria2c gcc unzip -y

2. Install Go and Rust:

cd $HOME
VER="1.21.6"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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"
[ ! -f ~/.bash_profile ] && touch ~/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:~/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
[ ! -d ~/go/bin ] && mkdir -p ~/go/bin
go version

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
rustc --version  # Verify installation

3. Set Vars:

echo "export WALLET="wallet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export MONIKER="test"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export AIRCHAIN_CHAIN_ID="varanasi-1"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export AIRCHAIN_PORT="19"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

4. Download Binary:

cd $HOME
wget -O junctiond https://github.com/airchains-network/junction/releases/download/v0.3.1/junctiond-linux-amd64
chmod +x junctiond
mv junctiond $HOME/go/bin/
source $HOME/.bash_profile
junctiond version

5. Config and init app:

junctiond init $MONIKER --chain-id $AIRCHAIN_CHAIN_ID
sed -i -e "s|^node *=.*|node = \"tcp://localhost:${AIRCHAIN_PORT}657\"|" $HOME/.junctiond/config/client.toml

6. Download genesis:

wget -O $HOME/.junctiond/config/genesis.json https://airchain.j-node.net/genesis.json

7. Set Seed and Peers:

SEEDS=""
PEERS="[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26756,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:28656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:56256,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656"
sed -i -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.junctiond/config/config.toml

8. Set custom ports in app.toml:

sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${AIRCHAIN_PORT}317%g;
s%:8080%:${AIRCHAIN_PORT}080%g;
s%:9090%:${AIRCHAIN_PORT}090%g;
s%:9091%:${AIRCHAIN_PORT}091%g;
s%:8545%:${AIRCHAIN_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${AIRCHAIN_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${AIRCHAIN_PORT}065%g" $HOME/.junctiond/config/app.toml

9. Set custom ports in config.toml file:

sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${AIRCHAIN_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${AIRCHAIN_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${AIRCHAIN_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${AIRCHAIN_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${AIRCHAIN_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${AIRCHAIN_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.junctiond/config/config.toml

10. Config Pruning:

sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.junctiond/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.junctiond/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"50\"/" $HOME/.junctiond/config/app.toml

### 11. Set minium gas price, enable prometheus and disable indexing:
Terminal window
sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.001amf"|g' $HOME/.junctiond/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.junctiond/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.junctiond/config/config.toml

12. Create Service file

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/junctiond.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Airchains node
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.junctiond
ExecStart=$(which junctiond) start --home $HOME/.junctiond
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

13. Reset and Download snapshot:

14. Enable and Start service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable junctiond
sudo systemctl restart junctiond && sudo journalctl -u junctiond -f

15. Create Wallet:

junctiond keys add $WALLET

16. Check Balance:

junctiond query bank balances $WALLET_ADDRESS

17. Check sync status:

junctiond status 2>&1 | jq

18. Create Validator:

cd $HOME
# Create validator.json file
echo "{\"pubkey\":{\"@type\":\"/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey\",\"key\":\"$(junctiond comet show-validator | grep -Po '\"key\":\s*\"\K[^"]*')\"},
    \"amount\": \"1000000amf\",
    \"moniker\": \"test\",
    \"identity\": \"\",
    \"website\": \"\",
    \"security\": \"\",
    \"details\": \"I love blockchain ❤️\",
    \"commission-rate\": \"0.1\",
    \"commission-max-rate\": \"0.2\",
    \"commission-max-change-rate\": \"0.01\",
    \"min-self-delegation\": \"1\"
}" > validator.json
# Create a validator using the JSON configuration
junctiond tx staking create-validator validator.json \
    --from $WALLET \
    --chain-id varanasi-1 \
    --fees 200amf \