🔌 Installation
1️⃣ Installation packages and dependencies
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y
➡️ Go Installation
cd $HOME
VER="1.23.4"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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
2️⃣ Install node
Reminder
You can change the port and wallet name.
echo "export TELLOR_WALLET="mictowallet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export TELLOR_PORT="51"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
mkdir -p $HOME/.layer/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mkdir -p $HOME/.layer/cosmovisor/upgrades/v4.0.1/bin
wget https://github.com/tellor-io/layer/releases/download/v4.0.0/layer_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz && tar -xvzf layer_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
rm -rf layer_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz CHANGELOG.md LICENSE README.md
mv $HOME/layerd $HOME/.layer/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/
chmod +x $HOME/.layer/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/layerd
wget https://github.com/tellor-io/layer/releases/download/v4.0.2/layer_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz && tar -xvzf layer_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
rm -rf layer_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz CHANGELOG.md LICENSE README.md
mv $HOME/layerd $HOME/.layer/cosmovisor/upgrades/v4.0.1/bin/layerd
chmod +x $HOME/.layer/cosmovisor/upgrades/v4.0.1/bin/layerd
sudo ln -sfn $HOME/.layer/cosmovisor/genesis $HOME/.layer/cosmovisor/current
sudo ln -sfn $HOME/.layer/cosmovisor/current/bin/layerd /usr/local/bin/layerd
go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@v1.6.0
cd
➡️ Create a service
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/layerd.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Tellor node service
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start --price-daemon-enabled=false --key-name $TELLOR_WALLET --keyring-backend test --home $HOME/.layer
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.layer"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=layerd"
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/.layer/cosmovisor/current/bin"
Environment="ETH_RPC_URL=wss://a.good.sepolia.rpc.url"
Environment="TOKEN_BRIDGE_CONTRACT=0x5acb5977f35b1A91C4fE0F4386eB669E046776F2"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
➡️ Let’s activate it
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable layerd
➡️ Initialize the node & other
layerd init "Moniker-Name" --chain-id layertest-4
sed -i -e '/^chain-id = /c\chain-id = "layertest-4"' $HOME/.layer/config/client.toml
sed -i -e "s|^node *=.*|node = \"tcp://localhost:${TELLOR_PORT}657\"|" $HOME/.layer/config/client.toml
sed -i -e '/^keyring-backend = /c\keyring-backend = "test"' $HOME/.layer/config/client.toml
➡️ Genesis addrbook
curl https://files.mictonode.com/tellor/genesis/genesis.json -o $HOME/.layer/config/genesis.json
curl https://files.mictonode.com/tellor/addrbook/addrbook.json -o $HOME/.layer/config/addrbook.json
➡️ Port
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${TELLOR_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${TELLOR_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${TELLOR_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${TELLOR_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${TELLOR_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${TELLOR_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.layer/config/config.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${TELLOR_PORT}317%g;
s%:8080%:${TELLOR_PORT}080%g;
s%:9090%:${TELLOR_PORT}090%g;
s%:9091%:${TELLOR_PORT}091%g;
s%:8545%:${TELLOR_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${TELLOR_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${TELLOR_PORT}065%g" $HOME/.layer/config/app.toml
➡️ Peers and Seeds
SEEDS="c7b175a5bafb35176cdcba3027e764a0dbd0811c@34.219.95.82:26656,05105e8bb28e8c5ace1cecacefb8d4efb0338ec6@18.218.114.74:26656,705f6154c6c6aeb0ba36c8b53639a5daa1b186f6@3.80.39.230:26656,1f6522a346209ee99ecb4d3e897d9d97633ae146@3.101.138.30:26656,3822fa2eb0052b36360a7a6e285c18cc92e26215@175.41.188.192:26656"
PEERS="18a60772ed3b2e06a780f5701a5fe17d95955566@5.9.87.231:56656,41f05444754164d9c53131db45055a598d732850@78.46.40.5:26656,89410456411e442bf384e5d91e2c6098338921e1@65.21.130.211:26656,08f6099a4d22dfdac770b5638b9d6a13b9d01273@152.53.81.159:26656,45c9966411dc034f74324c7ffe00a336538d5e08@135.181.63.105:26656,1f6522a346209ee99ecb4d3e897d9d97633ae146@3.101.138.30:26656,9c7f8141304a10cc7ebc361f5d3855e22a67b23f@3.144.30.233:26656,8d19cdf430e491d6d6106863c4c466b75a17088a@54.153.125.203:26656,05105e8bb28e8c5ace1cecacefb8d4efb0338ec6@18.218.114.74:26656,c7b175a5bafb35176cdcba3027e764a0dbd0811c@34.219.95.82:26656,ff70fdc279c6fdc951604ac0391ef401696ffc88@198.244.176.117:59656,9c665199a5bd82ecc59d0b517f2961f046af89f0@95.214.55.198:47656,bf6c6343191522d28ab4855d73d9a65dbe58880f@95.214.55.31:32656,3822fa2eb0052b36360a7a6e285c18cc92e26215@175.41.188.192:26656,2741e410778a74869407cf664e824b18d8542bb9@95.214.53.148:47656,d03fba2b7998c209e6bfa1eaa0ae84adcf56f8d6@95.214.54.196:51656,e27ad1dce954247792bdfc16171583b677d28932@45.159.220.147:26656,72a8ae1dbeeac020e2bd79109777e26d0b5384e2@3.142.210.208:26656,a0e9bffeeb3533c4024ace6beb8f4c73bc4ed8c4@37.27.53.88:34656,05241929f23ca2b57e3da984a11dd55df023c38b@95.214.55.209:51656,284bacce07ea24f5ab542474f4637160493ec2fe@147.75.205.131:26656,c250d6a372bf7f23b537334f5694ba2a23f654a0@135.181.181.59:51656,637077d431f618181597706810a65c826524fd74@65.109.111.111:30856,929fb6c9a2fd12ef9d3aa83300cb708ae75f34fb@117.4.242.210:51656,6ad070f7799231fa0b9db01783cf29441db6ac52@157.10.162.115:26656,705f6154c6c6aeb0ba36c8b53639a5daa1b186f6@3.80.39.230:26656,47311897ee396828cfe4d9df3effda378ed73bc6@3.82.57.114:26656,54b9c6e151c8337e6b46fb37cdf72f8e10291887@69.250.123.126:26656,b7b86db36f583ce20b997a9c7328481f77095a72@88.198.46.55:26656,a1793420b26f0ecdd2372454612f0917fe78f830@185.16.38.165:51656,1f6b8b58bf28ef39e13d4e4b19bf88e4c0bfdf8b@135.181.59.175:51656"
sed -i -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.layer/config/config.toml
➡️ Pruning
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.layer/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.layer/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"10\"/" $HOME/.layer/config/app.toml
➡️ Indexer & Other
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.layer/config/config.toml
➡️ Gas Settings
sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0loya"|g' $HOME/.layer/config/app.toml
➡️ Prometheus & Other
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.layer/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/timeout_commit = "5s"/timeout_commit = "1s"/' ~/.layer/config/config.toml
➡️ Starter Snap (maintenance)
➡️ Create wallet
Warning
Don’t forget to backup the wallet words!
layerd keys add $TELLOR_WALLET
➡️ Let’s get started
sudo systemctl restart layerd
journalctl -fu layerd -o cat
➡️ Log Command
sudo journalctl -fu layerd -o cat
➡️ Create Validator
Reminder
You can’t create a validator without Sync. You must have to catch the latest block.
rm -rf /root/validator.json
cat > ./validator.json << EOF
{
"pubkey": $(layerd tendermint show-validator),
"amount": "1000000loya",
"moniker": "Moniker-Name",
"identity": "optional identity signature (ex. UPort or Keybase)",
"website": "validator's (optional) website",
"security": "validator's (optional) security contact email",
"details": "validator's (optional) details",
"commission-rate": "0.1",
"commission-max-rate": "0.2",
"commission-max-change-rate": "0.05",
"min-self-delegation": "1"
}
EOF
layerd tx staking create-validator ./validator.json --chain-id=layertest-4 --gas 300000 --gas-prices="0.00025loya" --from=$TELLOR_WALLET -y
➡️ Delegate to Yourself
layerd tx staking delegate $(layerd keys show $TELLOR_WALLET --bech val -a) 1000000loya --from $TELLOR_WALLET --chain-id layertest-4 --gas 300000 --gas-prices="0.00025loya" -y
➡️ Import wallet
layerd keys add $TELLOR_WALLET --recover
➡️ Edit Validator
layerd tx staking edit-validator \
--chain-id layertest-4 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--new-moniker "validator-name" \
--identity "" \
--details "" \
--website "" \
--security-contact "" \
--from $TELLOR_WALLET \
--node http://localhost:${TELLOR_PORT}657 \
--gas 300000 --gas-prices="0.00025loya" \
-y
➡️ Complete deletion
cd $HOME
sudo systemctl stop layerd
sudo systemctl disable layerd
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/layerd.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/layerd
sudo rm -f $(which layerd)
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.layer
sed -i "/TELLOR_PORT_/d" $HOME/.bash_profile
➡️ Block check
local_height=$(layerd status | jq -r .sync_info.latest_block_height); network_height=$(curl -s https://tellor-testnet-rpc.mictonode.com/status | jq -r .result.sync_info.latest_block_height); blocks_left=$((network_height - local_height)); echo "Your node height: $local_height"; echo "MictoNode height: $network_height"; echo "Blocks left: $blocks_left"
- Your node height - the current block of your node
- Network height - the last block of the network
- Blocks left - how many blocks your node has left to sync.