Installation

Recommended Hardware: 4 Cores, 16GB 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="initiation-1"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export PROJECT="initia"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export NETWORK="testnet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export DIRECTORY="$HOME/.initia"" >> $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
rm -rf initia
git clone https://github.com/initia-labs/initia.git
cd initia
git checkout v0.2.12
make install

# config and init app
initiad config keyring-backend os
initiad config chain-id initiation-1
initiad init "moniker" --chain-id initiation-1

# download genesis and addrbook
wget -O $HOME/.initia/config/genesis.json https://files.andromedanode.co/initia/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.initia/config/addrbook.json https://files.andromedanode.co/initia/addrbook.json

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


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

# set minimum gas price, enable prometheus and disable indexing
sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.15uinit,0.01uusdc"|g' $HOME/.initia/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.initia/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.initia/config/config.toml

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

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

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

Create wallet

Create validator

Moniker

Identity

Details

Amount, uinit

Commission rate

Commission max rate

Commission max change rate

Website

initiad tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000uinit \
--pubkey $(initiad tendermint show-validator) \
--chain-id initiation-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 auto --fees 80000uinit \
-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 initiad 
sudo systemctl disable initiad 
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/initiad.service 
sudo systemctl daemon-reload 
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.initia
sudo rm -rf $(which initiad)