📀Node Installation

Side Testnet guide

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My Validator : https://testnet.ping.pub/side/staking/bcvaloper13y2376huht6jq6c7j7p7y0akux7q3ajcnfmvnj

Minimum hardware requirements:

Node Type

CPU

RAM

Storage

Testnet

8GB

150GB

1) Auto_install script

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wget -O sidem https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tonihendra/side/main/1dencuan && chmod +x sidem && ./sidem

2) Manual installation

Preparing the server

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sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl tar wget clang pkg-config libssl-dev jq build-essential bsdmainutils git make ncdu gcc git jq chrony liblz4-tool -y

GO 1.21.6

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ver="1.21.6"
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$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
go version

Build 07.05.24

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cd $HOME && mkdir -p go/bin/
git clone https://github.com/sideprotocol/side.git
cd side
git checkout v0.8.1
make install

sided version --long | grep -e version -e commit

version: 0.8.0-rc0
commit: a6094f66251b704c59d07c769286d5091b8e75ec

Initiation

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sided init STAVR_guide --chain-id=S2-testnet-2
sided config chain-id S2-testnet-2

Create/recover wallet

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sided keys add <walletname> --key-type="segwit"
           OR
sided keys add <walletname> --key-type="segwit" --recover

Download Genesis

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wget -O $HOME/.side/config/genesis.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/111STAVR111/props/main/Side/genesis.json"

sha256sum $HOME/.side/config/genesis.json

2c6a6044de04cfdd466c9b114f0082af46c18519dc0ee413d2250de435b5d669

Set up the minimum gas price and Peers/Seeds/Filter peers/MaxPeers

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sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.005uside\"/;" ~/.side/config/app.toml
external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me) 
sed -i.bak -e "s/^external_address *=.*/external_address = \"$external_address:26656\"/" $HOME/.side/config/config.toml
peers=""
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.side/config/config.toml
seeds="582dedd866dd77f25ac0575118cf32df1ee50f98@202.182.119.24:26656"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds =.*/seeds = \"$seeds\"/" $HOME/.side/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/max_num_inbound_peers =.*/max_num_inbound_peers = 50/g' $HOME/.side/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/max_num_outbound_peers =.*/max_num_outbound_peers = 50/g' $HOME/.side/config/config.toml

Pruning (optional)

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pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="1000"
pruning_keep_every="0"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.side/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.side/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.side/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.side/config/app.toml

Indexer (optional)

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indexer="null" &&
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"$indexer\"/" $HOME/.side/config/config.toml

Download addrbook

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wget -O $HOME/.side/config/addrbook.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/111STAVR111/props/main/Side/addrbook.json"

Create a service file

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sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/sided.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=sided
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which sided) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

StateSync Side Testnet

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SNAP_RPC=https://side.rpc.t.stavr.tech:443
peers="fe54f3964664592b3be89eb685cc72e9aecb14e9@side-t.seed.stavr.tech:21306"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.side/config/config.toml
LATEST_HEIGHT=$(curl -s $SNAP_RPC/block | jq -r .result.block.header.height); \
BLOCK_HEIGHT=$((LATEST_HEIGHT - 1000)); \
TRUST_HASH=$(curl -s "$SNAP_RPC/block?height=$BLOCK_HEIGHT" | jq -r .result.block_id.hash)

echo $LATEST_HEIGHT $BLOCK_HEIGHT $TRUST_HASH

sed -i.bak -E "s|^(enable[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1true| ; \
s|^(rpc_servers[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$SNAP_RPC,$SNAP_RPC\"| ; \
s|^(trust_height[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1$BLOCK_HEIGHT| ; \
s|^(trust_hash[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$TRUST_HASH\"| ; \
s|^(seeds[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"\"|" $HOME/.side/config/config.toml
sided tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home /root/.side
wget -O $HOME/.side/config/addrbook.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/111STAVR111/props/main/Side/addrbook.json"
curl -o - -L https://side-t.wasm.stavr.tech/wasm-side.tar.lz4 | lz4 -c -d - | tar -x -C $HOME/.side --strip-components 2
systemctl restart sided && journalctl -u sided -f -o cat

SnapShot Testnet updated every 5 hours

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cd $HOME
apt install lz4
sudo systemctl stop sided
cp $HOME/.side/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.side/priv_validator_state.json.backup
rm -rf $HOME/.side/data
curl -o - -L https://side-t.snapshot.stavr.tech/side-snap.tar.lz4 | lz4 -c -d - | tar -x -C $HOME/.side --strip-components 2
curl -o - -L https://side-t.wasm.stavr.tech/wasm-side.tar.lz4 | lz4 -c -d - | tar -x -C $HOME/.side --strip-components 2
mv $HOME/.side/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.side/data/priv_validator_state.json
wget -O $HOME/.side/config/addrbook.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/111STAVR111/props/main/Side/addrbook.json"
sudo systemctl restart sided && journalctl -u sided -f -o cat

Start

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sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable sided
sudo systemctl restart sided && sudo journalctl -fu sided -o cat

Create validator

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sided tx staking create-validator \
--commission-rate 0.1 \
--commission-max-rate 0.1 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.1 \
--min-self-delegation "1" \
--amount 1000000uside \
--pubkey $(sided tendermint show-validator) \
--from <wallet> \
--moniker="STAVR_guide" \
--chain-id S2-testnet-2 \
--gas 350000 \
--identity="" \
--website="" \
--details="" -y

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Delete node

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

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