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Manual Installation

Let's explore the manual installation process as we set up a node with Cosmovisor!

Install Dependencies

Update system package and install build tools
sudo apt -q update
sudo apt -qy install curl git jq lz4 build-essential fail2ban ufw
sudo apt -qy upgrade

Secure Setup

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This step is optional, and you can choose to skip ahead to configure moniker.

Setup ssh for andromeda user replace YOUR_PUBLIC_SSH_KEY with your own!
sudo adduser andromeda --disabled-password -q
sudo usermod -aG sudo andromeda
sudo -u andromeda bash -c 'mkdir -p ~/.ssh && echo "YOUR_PUBLIC_SSH_KEY" >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys && chmod 700 ~/.ssh && chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys'

Configure Moniker

Replace <your-moniker-name> with your own validator name
MONIKER="<your-moniker-name>"

Install Go

install go version 1.20.11
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go1.20.11.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - -C /usr/local
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/golang.sh)
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin' | tee -a $HOME/.profile)

Build Binaries

Cloning project repository & Compile binaries
cd $HOME
rm -rf andromedad
git clone https://github.com/andromedaprotocol/andromedad.git
cd andromedad
git checkout andromeda-1-v0.1.0
make build

Latest commit : a72f010f8e3f9db183da0ddaf4ef65069b690981

Prepare binaries for cosmovisor
mkdir -p $HOME/.andromeda/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mv bin/andromedad $HOME/.andromeda/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/
Create symlinks
sudo ln -s $HOME/.andromeda/cosmovisor/genesis $HOME/.andromeda/cosmovisor/current -f
sudo ln -s $HOME/.andromeda/cosmovisor/current/bin/andromedad /usr/local/bin/andromedad -f

Cosmovisor Setup

Install cosmovisor
go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@v1.5.0

Create Service

Create a systemd service
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/andromeda.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=andromeda node service
After=network-online.target
 
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.andromeda"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=andromedad"
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"
Environment="PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:$HOME/.andromeda/cosmovisor/current/bin"
 
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Enable Service

Enable andromeda systemd service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable andromeda

Initialize Node

Setting node configuration
andromedad config chain-id andromeda-1
andromedad config keyring-backend file
andromedad config node tcp://localhost:12057
Initialize node
andromedad init $MONIKER --chain-id andromeda-1

Download Genesis & Addrbook

Download genesis & addrbook file
curl -Ls https://snap.nodex.one/andromeda/genesis.json > $HOME/.andromeda/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snap.nodex.one/andromeda/addrbook.json > $HOME/.andromeda/config/addrbook.json

sha256sum genesis.json : 93d05b1e71007e2d5c82676418b4ca632834b45e10e1ef9129d4d8a54275a0cb

Configure Seeds

Setting up a seed peers
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"5f5cfac5c38506fbb4275c19e87c4107ec48808d@seeds.nodex.one:12010\"|" $HOME/.andromeda/config/config.toml

Configure Gas Prices

Setting up a gas prices
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.001uandr\"|" $HOME/.andromeda/config/app.toml

Pruning Setting

Configure pruning setting
sed -i \
  -e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "100"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "19"|' \
  $HOME/.andromeda/config/app.toml

Custom Port

Please note that updating the port is optional!

Configure a custom port
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:12058\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:12057\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:12060\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:12056\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":12066\"%" $HOME/.andromeda/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:12017\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":12080\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:12090\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:12091\"%; s%:8545%:12045%; s%:8546%:12046%; s%:6065%:12065%" $HOME/.andromeda/config/app.toml

Download Snapshots

Download latest chain snapshot
curl -L https://snap.nodex.one/andromeda/andromeda-latest.tar.lz4 | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.andromeda
[[ -f $HOME/.andromeda/data/upgrade-info.json ]] && cp $HOME/.andromeda/data/upgrade-info.json $HOME/.andromeda/cosmovisor/genesis/upgrade-info.json

Start Service

Letss f*cking goooo!
sudo systemctl start andromeda