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Node Installation

Server preparation​

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install make curl git wget -y
sudo apt install htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y

Install GO​

if ! which go ; then
#Install GO
ver="1.23.4"
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
fi

Download and build binaries​

cd $HOME
rm -rf shentu
git clone https://github.com/shentufoundation/shentu
cd shentu
git checkout v2.14.1
make install
shentud version

Set vars​

echo "export SHENTU_PORT="16"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Initialize the node​

shentud init NodeName --chain-id shentu-2.2
sed -i "s/chain-id = .*/chain-id = \"shentu-2.2\"/" $HOME/.shentud/config/client.toml
sed -i "s/keyring-backend = .*/keyring-backend = \"os\"/" $HOME/.shentud/config/client.toml
sed -i "s/node = .*/node = \"tcp:\/\/localhost:${SHENTU_PORT}657\"/" $HOME/.shentud/config/client.toml
# Download genesis and addrbook files
curl -Ls https://storage.validrop.xyz/Mainnet/Shentu/genesis.json > $HOME/.shentud/config/genesis.json 
curl -Ls https://storage.validrop.xyz/Mainnet/Shentu/addrbook.json> $HOME/.shentud/config/addrbook.json
# Set seeds & peers
SEEDS="bc9bbcae77a09b41417f597965f6fcbb8b280892@52.71.99.85:26656,fd2944af442b18dab4ce50d8e001816a38490d56@54.158.108.97:26656"
PEERS="147eeac0de54a973ade15e46ca427b70d0d535b2@135.181.128.114:14056,e1b058e5cfa2b836ddaa496b10911da62dcf182e@134.65.192.150:26656,207c47bed435e4174844064ef3f51ca35b059de2@5.189.128.119:26656,fe3b71b0628a9af8625ffd05abeb3bafe9d2226f@168.119.240.200:46656,89757803f40da51678451735445ad40d5b15e059@169.155.169.81:26656,1480912d16f26b5ea1c4fea2496da95e44cbe845@65.109.115.226:14056,37d26ed4d655c3bd0d29987e501b969d8d3fac61@195.201.172.9:15607,e726816f42831689eab9378d5d577f1d06d25716@169.155.47.6:26656,bc1d1645903a3ace446e1168c8efb3f634268f0e@153.139.245.108:26656,4ba3f83efc53c834ba27eb22452840ee74aecf45@85.215.105.19:15604,100aee4f6928d09e3dddfd0c5028cf127509bbd9@162.55.132.48:15607,451f7656774f02e1356eb609ed31dec1c9566751@46.4.23.225:28656,35113819447f4d86b7cccd4e2c429c5c37aa89e4@51.81.49.59:14056,8b54a682382d7bd02d6b11660ed4a2446ce083ac@65.108.199.79:20656,35cfb70f821827044a1e86c0bc7125f3043fb5bf@5.9.145.125:15604"
sed -i 's|^seeds *=.*|seeds = "'$SEEDS'"|; s|^persistent_peers *=.*|persistent_peers = "'$PEERS'"|' $HOME/.shentud/config/config.toml

# Set minimum gas price
sed -i "s/minimum-gas-prices = .*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0uctk\"/" $HOME/.shentud/config/app.toml

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

# Enable prometheus
sed -i -e 's|^prometheus *=.*|prometheus = true|' $HOME/.shentud/config/config.toml
# Change ports
sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${SHENTU_PORT}317%g;
s%:8080%:${SHENTU_PORT}080%g;
s%:9090%:${SHENTU_PORT}090%g;
s%:9091%:${SHENTU_PORT}091%g;
s%:8545%:${SHENTU_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${SHENTU_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${SHENTU_PORT}065%g" $HOME/.shentud/config/app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${SHENTU_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${SHENTU_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${SHENTU_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${SHENTU_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${SHENTU_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${SHENTU_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.shentud/config/config.toml
# Download latest chain data snapshot
curl https://storage.validrop.xyz/Mainnet/Shentu/shentu_snap.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C "$HOME/.shentud"

Create Service and Start node​

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/shentud.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Shentu Chain Validator
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which shentud) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable shentud
sudo systemctl restart shentud
sudo journalctl -u shentud -f --no-hostname -o cat