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Installation

Recommended Hardware: 4 Cores, 16GB RAM, 200GB of storage (NVME)

Node Name
Wallet
Port
Add
# set environment variables
echo "export WALLET="wallet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export MONIKER="moniker"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export CHAIN_ID="buenavista-1"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export PROJECT="warden"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export NETWORK="testnet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export DIRECTORY="$HOME/.warden"" >> $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 wardenprotocol
git clone --depth 1 --branch v0.3.0 https://github.com/warden-protocol/wardenprotocol/
cd  wardenprotocol/warden/cmd/wardend
go build
sudo mv wardend /root/go/bin/

# config and init app
wardend config keyring-backend os
wardend config chain-id buenavista-1
wardend init "moniker" --chain-id buenavista-1

# download genesis and addrbook
wget -O $HOME/.warden/config/genesis.json https://testnet-files.itrocket.net/warden/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.warden/config/addrbook.json https://testnet-files.itrocket.net/warden/addrbook.json

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


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

# set minimum gas price, enable prometheus and disable indexing
sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.025uward"|g' $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml

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



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

Create validator

Moniker
Identity
Details
Amount, uward
Commission rate
Commission max rate
Commission max change rate
Website
#private validator key
wardend comet show-validator

sudo tee $HOME/.warden/validator.json > /dev/null <<EOF
{
    "pubkey": {"#output private validator key},
    "amount": "1000000uward",
    "moniker": "moniker",
    "identity": "",
    "website": "https://andromedanode.co/",
    "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.",
    "commission-rate": "0.1",
    "commission-max-rate": "0.2",
    "commission-max-change-rate": "0.01",
    "min-self-delegation": "1"
}
EOF

wardend tx staking create-validator $HOME/.warden/validator.json \
--from=$WALLET \
--chain-id=buenavista-1 \
--gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --fees 600uward

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 wardend 
sudo systemctl disable wardend 
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/wardend.service 
sudo systemctl daemon-reload 
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.warden
sudo rm -rf $(which wardend)
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