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Installation

Chain ID:

namada.5f5de2dd1b88cba30586420

Current Node Version:

v101.0.0

Manual Installation​

Recommended Hardware: CPU: x86_64 or arm64, 8GB DDR4, 1TB of storage

Update packages and Install dependencies​

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install -y make git-core libssl-dev pkg-config libclang-12-dev build-essential protobuf-compiler

Install Go​

cd $HOME
! [ -x "$(command -v go)" ] && {
VER="1.20.3"
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$VER.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
[ ! -f ~/.bash_profile ] && touch ~/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:~/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
}
[ ! -d ~/go/bin ] && mkdir -p ~/go/bin

Set environment variables​

Replace your Validator and Wallet name, save and import variables into system. Change default port if needed.

NAMADA_PORT=26
echo "export NAMADA_PORT="$NAMADA_PORT"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export ALIAS="CHOOSE_A_NAME_FOR_YOUR_VALIDATOR"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export MEMO="CHOOSE_YOUR_tpknam_ADDRESS"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export WALLET="wallet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export PUBLIC_IP=$(wget -qO- eth0.me)" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export CHAIN_ID="namada.5f5de2dd1b88cba30586420"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export BASE_DIR="$HOME/.local/share/namada"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
# set custom configs server
export NAMADA_NETWORK_CONFIGS_SERVER="https://github.com/anoma/namada-mainnet-genesis/releases/download/mainnet-genesis"

Install Rust​

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
source $HOME/.cargo/env

Install CometBFT​

cd $HOME
rm -rf cometbft
git clone https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft.git
cd cometbft
git checkout v0.37.15
make build
sudo cp $HOME/cometbft/build/cometbft /usr/local/bin/
cometbft version

Download and build Namada binaries​

cd $HOME
rm -rf namada
git clone https://github.com/anoma/namada
cd namada
wget https://github.com/anoma/namada/releases/download/v101.0.0/namada-v101.0.0-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
tar -xvf namada-v101.0.0-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
rm namada-v101.0.0-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
cd namada-v101.0.0-Linux-x86_64
sudo mv namad* /usr/local/bin/
if [ ! -d "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
    mkdir -p "$BASE_DIR"
fi

Check Namada version​

namada --version

Join-network as Full Nodes or Post-Genesis Validator​

namadac utils join-network --chain-id $CHAIN_ID
sed -i 's#persistent_peers = ".*"#persistent_peers = "tcp://05309c2cce2d163027a47c662066907e89cd6b99@74.50.93.254:26656,tcp://2bf5cdd25975c239e8feb68153d69c5eec004fdb@64.118.250.82:46656"#' $HOME/.local/share/namada/namada.5f5de2dd1b88cba30586420/config.toml

Create Service file​

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/namadad.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=namada
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$BASE_DIR
Environment=CMT_LOG_LEVEL=p2p:none,pex:error
Environment=NAMADA_CMT_STDOUT=true
ExecStart=$(which namada) node ledger run
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Set custom ports in config.toml​

sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${NAMADA_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${NAMADA_PORT}657%g;
s%:26656%:${NAMADA_PORT}656%g;
s%:26545%:${NAMADA_PORT}545%g;
s%:8545%:${NAMADA_PORT}545%g;
s%:26660%:${NAMADA_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.local/share/namada/namada.5f5de2dd1b88cba30586420/config.toml

Add persistent peer​

sed -i 's#persistent_peers = ".*"#persistent_peers = "tcp://05309c2cce2d163027a47c662066907e89cd6b99@74.50.93.254:26656,tcp://2bf5cdd25975c239e8feb68153d69c5eec004fdb@64.118.250.82:46656"#' $HOME/.local/share/namada/namada.5f5de2dd1b88cba30586420/config.toml

Enable and start service​

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable namadad
sudo systemctl restart namadad && sudo journalctl -u namadad -f

Node Sync Status Checker​

#!/bin/bash
rpc_port=$(grep -m 1 -oP '^laddr = "\K[^"]+' "$HOME/.local/share/namada/namada.5f5de2dd1b88cba30586420/cometbft/config/config.toml" | cut -d ':' -f 3)
while true; do
  local_height=$(curl -s localhost:$rpc_port/status | jq -r '.result.sync_info.latest_block_height')
  network_height=$(curl -s https://namada-mainnet-rpc.itrocket.net/status | jq -r '.result.sync_info.latest_block_height')

  if ! [[ "$local_height" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || ! [[ "$network_height" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
    echo -e "\033[1;31mError: Invalid block height data. Retrying...\033[0m"
    sleep 5
    continue
  fi

  blocks_left=$((network_height - local_height))
  if [ "$blocks_left" -lt 0 ]; then
    blocks_left=0
  fi

  echo -e "\033[1;33mYour Node Height:\033[1;34m $local_height\033[0m \033[1;33m| Network Height:\033[1;36m $network_height\033[0m \033[1;33m| Blocks Left:\033[1;31m $blocks_left\033[0m"

  sleep 5
done

Security​

To protect your keys please don't share your privkey, mnemonic and follow basic security rules.

Set up ssh keys for authentication​

You can use this guide to configure ssh authentication and disable password authentication on your server.

Firewall security​

Set the default to allow outgoing connections, deny all incoming, allow ssh and node p2p port

sudo ufw default allow outgoing 
sudo ufw default deny incoming 
sudo ufw allow ssh/tcp 
sudo ufw allow ${NAMADA_PORT}656/tcp
sudo ufw enable

Delete node​

sudo systemctl stop namadad
sudo systemctl disable namadad
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/namadad.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo rm $(which namada)
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/namada/namada.5f5de2dd1b88cba30586420