Installation

Recommended Hardware: 8 Cores, 64GB RAM, 1TB of storage (NVME)

Node Name

Wallet

Port

Add

After making adjustments in the code box, manually copy and paste the value. Do not use the copy box in the upper right corner, as it copies the original values.

# set environment variables
echo "export WALLET="wallet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export MONIKER="moniker"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export CHAIN_ID="zgtendermint_16600-1"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export PROJECT="0g"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export NETWORK="testnet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export DIRECTORY="$HOME/.0gchain"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

# install dependencies
sudo apt -q update
sudo apt -qy install curl git jq lz4 build-essential fail2ban ufw
sudo apt -qy upgrade

# install go
cd $HOME
bash <(curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Andromeda-node/utils/main/auto_go_install.sh") -v 1.21.6
source ~/.bash_profile

# download binary
cd $HOME
git clone -b v0.1.0 https://github.com/0glabs/0g-chain.git
./0g-chain/networks/testnet/install.sh
source .profile

# config and init app
0gchaind config keyring-backend os
0gchaind config chain-id zgtendermint_16600-1
0gchaind init "moniker" --chain-id zgtendermint_16600-1

# download genesis and addrbook
wget -O $HOME/.0gchain/config/genesis.json https://github.com/0glabs/0g-chain/releases/download/v0.1.0/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.0gchain/config/addrbook.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Core-Node-Team/Testnet-TR/main/0G-Newton/addrbook.json

# set seeds and peers
SEEDS=""
PEERS=""
sed -i -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.0gchain/config/config.toml


# config pruning
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.0gchain/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.0gchain/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"50\"/" $HOME/.0gchain/config/app.toml

# set minimum gas price, enable prometheus and disable indexing
sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.0025ua0gi"|g' $HOME/.0gchain/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.0gchain/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.0gchain/config/config.toml

# create and enable service file
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/0gchaind.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=0g node
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.0gchain
ExecStart=$(which 0gchaind) start --home $HOME/.0gchain
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable 0gchaind

# download latest chain data snapshot
if curl -s --head https://files.andromedanode.co/0g/snap_0g.tar.lz4 | head -n 1 | grep "200" > /dev/null; then
    curl https://files.andromedanode.co/0g/snap_0g.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.0gchain
else
    bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Andromeda-node/utils/main/snapshot_finder.sh)
fi

# start service
sudo systemctl restart 0gchaind && sudo journalctl -u 0gchaind -f --no-hostname -o cat

Create wallet

Create validator

Moniker

Identity

Details

Amount, ua0gi

Commission rate

Commission max rate

Commission max change rate

Website

0gchaind tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000ua0gi \
--pubkey $(0gchaind tendermint show-validator) \
--chain-id zgtendermint_16600-1 \
--moniker "moniker" \
--identity "" \
--details "A heartfelt shoutout to Andromeda for their amazing support! Your contributions shine brightly, guiding us forward. We are deeply grateful. And to the world of blockchain, our love knows no bounds. ❤️ Thank you, Andromeda, for being such a vital part of our journey." \
--website "https://andromedanode.co/" \
--from $WALLET \
--commission-rate 0.1 \
--commission-max-rate 0.2 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.01 \
--min-self-delegation 1 \
--gas-prices 0.0025ua0gi --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto \
-y

Security

Firewall security

Set the default to allow outgoing connections, deny all incoming, allow ssh and node p2p port

sudo apt install -y ufw
sudo ufw default allow outgoing 
sudo ufw default deny incoming 
sudo ufw allow ssh/tcp 
sudo ufw allow 26656/tcp
sudo ufw enable

Delete node

cd $HOME
sudo systemctl stop 0gchaind 
sudo systemctl disable 0gchaind 
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/0gchaind.service 
sudo systemctl daemon-reload 
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.0gchain
sudo rm -rf $(which 0gchaind)