Install

Specify the name of your “MONIKER” (validator) which will be visible in the explorer

MONIKER="YOUR_MONIKER_NAME"

Update system and install tools

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl build-essential git jq lz4 ncdu btop -y

Install GO

cd $HOME
version="1.23.6"wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$version.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go$version.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
rm "go$version.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Install Cosmovisor

go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@latest

Install Ignite

curl https://get.ignite.com/cli! | bashignite version

Install WASMVM

export WASMVM_VERSION=v2.1.2
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/.structs/lib
mkdir -p $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
wget "https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases/download/$WASMVM_VERSION/libwasmvm.$(uname -m).so" -O "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH/libwasmvm.$(uname -m).so"
echo "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/.structs/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Download and install

cd $HOME
git clone https://github.com/playstructs/structsd.git
cd structsd
ignite chain build
structsd version --long | grep -e commit -e version

Initialize Node

Please replace YOUR_MONIKER with your own moniker.

structsd init <YOUR_MONIKER> --chain-id structstestnet-101

Create key

structsd keys add <KEY>

Config Keyring

structsd config set client chain-id structstestnet-101
structsd config set client keyring-backend os

Config port, pruning, minimum gas price, enable prometheus and enable indexing

echo "export STRUCTS_PORT="10"" >> $HOME/.bashrc
source $HOME/.bashrc

# set custom ports in app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${STRUCTS_PORT}317%g;
s%:8080%:${STRUCTS_PORT}080%g;
s%:9090%:${STRUCTS_PORT}090%g;
s%:9091%:${STRUCTS_PORT}091%g;
s%:8545%:${STRUCTS_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${STRUCTS_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${STRUCTS_PORT}065%g" $HOME/.structs/config/app.toml

# set custom ports in config.toml file
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${STRUCTS_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${STRUCTS_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${STRUCTS_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${STRUCTS_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${STRUCTS_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${STRUCTS_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.structs/config/config.toml

# config pruning
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.structs/config/app.toml 
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.structs/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"19\"/" $HOME/.structs/config/app.toml

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

Configure Seed

PEERS=f9ff152e331904924c26a4f8b1f46e859d574342@155.138.142.145:26656
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.structs/config/config.toml

Download Genesis

wget -O genesis.json https://github.com/playstructs/structs-networks/blob/main/genesis.json --inet4-only
mv genesis.json ~/.structs/config

Configure addrbook

wget -O addrbook.json https://github.com/playstructs/structs-networks/blob/main/addrbook.json --inet4-only
mv addrbook.json ~/.structs/config

Launch Node

Configure Cosmovisor Folder

Create Cosmovisor folders and load the node binary.

# Create Cosmovisor Folders
mkdir -p ~/.structs/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mkdir -p ~/.structs/cosmovisor/upgrades
# Load Node Binary into Cosmovisor Folder
cp ~/go/bin/structsd ~/.structs/cosmovisor/genesis/bin

Create Service File

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/structsd.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Cosmovisor for Structs Node
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=root
ExecStart=/root/go/bin/cosmovisor run start --home /root/.structs
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=/root/.structs"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=structsd"
Environment="DAEMON_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD_BINARIES=false"
Environment="DAEMON_RESTART_AFTER_UPGRADE=true"
Environment="LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/root/.structs/lib"
Environment="DAEMON_BACKUP=false"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Start Node Service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable structsd
sudo systemctl start structsd && sudo journalctl -u structsd -fo cat