Installation
Automatic Installation
Node
Update the repositories
Install developer packages
Install docker
Install apparmor
Installing and enabling the validator
The terminal will ask questions about your setup settings.
Give permission to collect validator data for bug reporting:
By running this installer, you agree to allow the Shardeum team to collect this data. (y/n)?:
Enter y to setup the web based dashboard:
Do you want to run the web based Dashboard? (y/n): y
Set a password for dashboard access:
Set the password to access the Dashboard:
Add a custom session port for the web based dashboard or hit enter for port 8080:
Enter the port (1025-65536) to access the web based Dashboard (default 8080):
For the default port, just Enter, if you want a custom one, select and enter it (for example, 3101)
This allows p2p communication between nodes. Enter the first port (1025-65536) for p2p communication (default 9001):
For the default port, just Enter, if you want a custom one, select and enter it (for example, 9113)
Enter the second port (1025-65536) for p2p communication (default 10001):
For the default port, just Enter, if you want a custom one, select and enter it (for example, 10013)
Add a custom path or install to root:
What base directory should the node use (defaults to ~/.shardeum):
Waiting for the installation to finish from about 10 to 30 minutes.
Running cli and validator
Go to folder .shardeum
Launching a shell
Launching gui
Check status of the node
The output should look something like this
Go to the browser using the link: https://<your_IP>:8080 and enter your password
At this stage, an error may occur when entering the correct password, it is not possible to enter the account. In this case, enter the command
There will be general information on the validator
Run the validator Go to the "Maintenance" tab and press the "Start Node" button
Go to terminal and start node
We go back to the browser, wait a couple of minutes and refresh the page. If the button changed to "Stop Node", then you did everything right and the node is running.
Go to "Performance" to see the hardware performance of your node here.
To get more detailed information about the state of your node, run the following in the CLI:
Connecting the wallet and stake tokens to the validator
Also now you can get tokens in the Liberty network, they are not needed for the current testnet, but it will not be superfluous
Go to your validator page and connect the Metamask wallet (Shardeum Sphinx 1.X network)
Additional faucets for tokens
Discord (once in 12 hours)
Chaindrop Faucet Website (once in 30 min)
Sphinx 1.X:
Liberty 2.X:
Press the "Add Stake" button, enter the amount of the stake (leaving a little for the commission. The minimum stake is 10 SHM, the faucet gives out 15 SHM, 14 of which I staked)
It remains only to confirm the transaction and the validator is ready to go
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