⚙️Installation

Hardware	Minimum requirement
CPU	4
RAM	8+ GB
Storage	250 GB SSD

Overview to running nodes on Celestia | Celestia Docs

Official Documentation

Install dependencies

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

Install Go

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go1.21.10.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - -C /usr/local
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/golang.sh)
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin' | tee -a $HOME/.profile)

Download and build binaries

# set vars
echo "export WALLET="wallet_celstia"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export MONIKER="validator"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export CELESTIA_CHAIN_ID="mocha-4"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export CELESTIA_PORT="112"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

# download binary
cd $HOME 
rm -rf celestia-app 
git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app.git 
cd celestia-app/ 
APP_VERSION=v1.9.0
git checkout tags/$APP_VERSION -b $APP_VERSION 
make install
cd $HOME
rm -rf networks
git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/networks.git
celestia-appd init $MONIKER --chain-id $CELESTIA_CHAIN_ID

# config and init app
celestia-appd config node tcp://localhost:${CELESTIA_PORT}57
celestia-appd config keyring-backend os
celestia-appd config chain-id $CELESTIA_CHAIN_ID

# download genesis and addrbook
wget -O $HOME/.celestia-app/config/genesis.json  https://testnet-files.suntzu.dev/download/testnet/celestia/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.celestia-app/config/addrbook.json https://testnet-files.suntzu.dev/download/testnet/celestia/addrbook.json

# set seeds and peers
SEEDS=$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/celestiaorg/networks/master/celestia/seeds.txt | tr '\n' ',')
PEERS=$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/celestiaorg/networks/master/celestia/peers.txt | tr '\n' ',')
sed -i -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml

# set custom ports in app.toml
sed -i \
  -e "s|^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"|proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CELESTIA_PORT}58\"|" \
  -e "s|^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"|laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CELESTIA_PORT}57\"|" \
  -e "s|^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"|laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${CELESTIA_PORT}56\"|" \
  -e "s|^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"|prometheus_listen_addr = \":${CELESTIA_PORT}66\"|" \
  -e "s|^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"|pprof_laddr = \"localhost:${CELESTIA_PORT}60\"|" \
  $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml

sed -i \
  -e "s|^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"|address = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CELESTIA_PORT}17\"|" \
  -e "s|^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"|address = \"0.0.0.0:${CELESTIA_PORT}90\"|" \
  -e "s|^address = \":8080\"|address = \":${CELESTIA_PORT}80\"|" \
  -e "s|^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"|address = \"0.0.0.0:${CELESTIA_PORT}91\"|" \
  $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml

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

# set minimum gas price, enable prometheus and disable indexing
sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.005utia"|g' $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml

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

# reset and download snapshot
celestia-appd tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.celestia-app
if curl -s --head curl https://testnet-files.suntzu.dev/download/testnet/celestia/celestia-snapshot.tar.lz4 | head -n 1 | grep "200" > /dev/null; then
  curl https://testnet-files.suntzu.dev/download/testnet/celestia/celestia-snapshot.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.celestia-app
    else
  echo no have snap
fi

# enable and start service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable celestia-appd
sudo systemctl restart celestia-appd && sudo journalctl -u celestia-appd -f