⚙️Installation

Hardware	Minimum requirement
CPU	4
RAM	16+ GB
Storage	1TB NVME SSD

Install dependencies

sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install git curl build-essential make jq gcc snapd chrony lz4 tmux unzip bc -y

INSTALL GO

rm -rf $HOME/go
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
cd $HOME
curl https://dl.google.com/go/go1.20.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -C/usr/local -zxvf -
cat <<'EOF' >>$HOME/.profile
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GO111MODULE=on
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin
EOF
source $HOME/.profile
go version

Install Node

git clone https://github.com/initia-labs/initia.git
cd initia
git checkout v0.2.15
make install
initiad version

Set vars

# Customize if you need
echo 'export MONIKER="My_Node"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export CHAIN_ID="initiation-1"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export WALLET_NAME="wallet"' >> ~/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Set chain id

cd $HOME
initiad init $MONIKER --chain-id $CHAIN_ID
initiad config set client chain-id $CHAIN_ID
initiad config set client node tcp://localhost:$RPC_PORT
initiad config set client keyring-backend os # You can set it to "test" so you will not be asked for a password

Download genesis

wget https://initia.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/initiation-1/genesis.json -O $HOME/.initia/config/genesis.json

Add seed and peer

PEERS="[email protected]:30656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:53456,[email protected]:26313,[email protected]:25756,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:53456,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:19656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:53456,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:53456,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:36656,[email protected]:53456,[email protected]:53456,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656" && \
SEEDS="[email protected]:26656,[e-mail]:25756" && \
sed -i \
    -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/" \
    -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" \
    "$HOME/.initia/config/config.toml"

Change port

CUSTOM_PORT=115
sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${CUSTOM_PORT}17%g;
s%:8080%:${CUSTOM_PORT}80%g;
s%:9090%:${CUSTOM_PORT}90%g;
s%:9091%:${CUSTOM_PORT}91%g;
s%:8545%:${CUSTOM_PORT}45%g;
s%:8546%:${CUSTOM_PORT}46%g;
s%:6065%:${CUSTOM_PORT}65%g" $HOME/.initia/config/app.toml

# set custom ports in config.toml file
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${CUSTOM_PORT}58%g;
s%:26657%:${CUSTOM_PORT}57%g;
s%:6060%:${CUSTOM_PORT}60%g;
s%:26656%:${CUSTOM_PORT}56%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${CUSTOM_PORT}56\"%;
s%:26660%:${CUSTOM_PORT}60%g" $HOME/.initia/config/config.toml

Config pruning

sed -i \
    -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" \
    -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" \
    -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"10\"/" \
    "$HOME/.initia/config/app.toml"

Set min gas price

sed -i -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.15uinit,0.01uusdc\"/" $HOME/.initia/config/app.toml

Create Service

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/initiad.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Initia Node
After=network.target

[Service]
User=$USER
Type=simple
ExecStart=$(which initiad) start --home $HOME/.initia
Restart=on-failure
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Start the node

sudo systemctl daemon-reload && \
sudo systemctl enable initiad && \
sudo systemctl restart initiad && \
sudo journalctl -u initiad -f -o cat

Download Snapshot

initiad tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.initia --keep-addr-book 
curl https://snapshots.kjnodes.com/initia-testnet/snapshot_latest.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.initia