Installation

Setting up your validator node has never been so easy. Get your validator running in minutes by following step by step instructions.

**Chain ID**: vota-ash | **Latest Version Tag**: 0.4.3 | **Custom Port**: 10

echo 'export NODENAME=Yournodename' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo 'export WALLET=wallet' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo 'export CHAIN_ID=vota-ash' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo 'export CUSTOM_PORT=10' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Update packages

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Install dependencies

sudo apt install -y curl build-essential git wget jq make gcc tmux net-tools ccze lz4

Install Go

cd $HOME
VER="1.21.13"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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

Download and install binary

cd $HOME
wget -O dorad https://server-1.ruangnode.com/mainnet/doravota/dorad
chmod +x dorad
mv dorad $HOME/go/bin/dorad

Init app

dorad init "$NODENAME" --chain-id vota-ash --home $HOME/.dora

Download configuration

mkdir -p $HOME/.dora/config
wget -O $HOME/.dora/config/genesis.json https://server-1.ruangnode.com/mainnet/doravota/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.dora/config/addrbook.json https://server-1.ruangnode.com/mainnet/doravota/addrbook.json

Set peers & seeds

SEEDS="[email protected]:26656"
PEERS="[email protected]:26656"
CONFIG=$HOME/.dora/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*seeds *=.*/seeds = \"[email protected]:26656\"/}" \
       -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"[email protected]:26656\"/}" $CONFIG

Custom ports

APP=$HOME/.dora/config/app.toml
CFG=$HOME/.dora/config/config.toml

# app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:10317%g; s%:8080%:10080%g; s%:9090%:10090%g; s%:9091%:10091%g; s%:8545%:10545%g; s%:8546%:10546%g; s%:6065%:10065%g" $APP

# config.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:10658%g; s%:26657%:10657%g; s%:6060%:10060%g; s%:26656%:10656%g; s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):10656\"%; s%:26660%:10660%g" $CFG

Disable indexing (optional)

sed -i 's/^indexer *=.*/indexer = "null"/' $HOME/.dora/config/config.toml

Pruning

sed -i 's/^pruning *=.*/pruning = "custom"/' $HOME/.dora/config/app.toml
sed -i 's/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = "100"/' $HOME/.dora/config/app.toml
sed -i 's/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = "19"/' $HOME/.dora/config/app.toml

Minimum gas price

sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "10000000000peaka"|g' $HOME/.dora/config/app.toml

Create service

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/dorad.service >/dev/null <<EOF2
[Unit]
Description=dorad Node
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=${USER}
ExecStart=$(which dorad) start --home $HOME/.dora
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF2

Enable & start

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable dorad
sudo systemctl restart dorad && sudo journalctl -u dorad -f -o cat