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Tidechain node setup for lagoon Testnet

Official documentation:

• Official manual: https://github.com/tidelabs/tidechain/blob/dev/docs/run-validator.md
• Telemetry: https://telemetry.tidefi.io/#list/Tidechain

Recommended hardware requirements VDS

• CPU: 8 CPU
• Memory: 32 GB RAM
• Disk: 500 GB SSD Storage (to start)

Required ports

No ports needed to be opened if you will be connecting to the node on localhost. For RPC and WebSockets the following should be opened: 9933/TCP, 9944/TCP

Option 1 (automatic)

You can setup your tidechain full node in few minutes by using automated script below

wget -O tidechain.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/main/tidechain/tidechain.sh && chmod +x tidechain.sh && ./tidechain.sh

Option 2 (manual)

You can follow manual guide if you better prefer setting up node manually

Check your node synchronization

If output is false your node is synchronized

curl -s -X POST http://localhost:9933 -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"id":1, "jsonrpc":"2.0", "method": "system_health", "params":[]}' | jq .result.isSyncing

Check connected peer count

curl -s -X POST http://localhost:9933 -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"id":1, "jsonrpc":"2.0", "method": "system_health", "params":[]}' | jq .result.peers

Update the node

To upgrade your node to new binaries, please run the coommand below:

cd $HOME && sudo rm -rf tidechain
APP_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/tidelabs/tidechain/releases/latest | jq -r ".tag_name")
wget -O tidechain https://github.com/tidelabs/tidechain/releases/download/${APP_VERSION}/tidechain
sudo chmod +x tidechain
sudo mv tidechain /usr/local/bin/
sudo systemctl restart tidechaind

Reset the node

If you were running a node previously, and want to switch to a new snapshot, please perform these steps and then follow the guideline again:

tidechain-node purge-chain --chain lagoon --base-path /chain-data -y
sudo systemctl restart tidechaind

Usefull commands

Check node version

tidechain --version

Check node status

sudo systemctl status tidechaind

Check node logs

journalctl -u tidechaind -f -o cat

You should see something similar in the logs:

Jun 28 16:40:32 paeq-01 systemd[1]: Started tidechain Node.
Jun 28 16:40:32 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:32 tidechain Node
Jun 28 16:40:32 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:32 ✌️  version 3.0.0-polkadot-v0.9.16-6f72704-x86_64-linux-gnu
Jun 28 16:40:32 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:32 ❤️  by tidechain network <https://github.com/tidechainnetwork>, 2021-2022
Jun 28 16:40:32 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:32 📋 Chain specification: lagoon-network
Jun 28 16:40:32 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:32 🏷  Node name: ro_full_node_0
Jun 28 16:40:32 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:32 👤 Role: FULL
Jun 28 16:40:32 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:32 💾 Database: RocksDb at ./chain-data/chains/lagoon-substrate-testnet/db/full
Jun 28 16:40:32 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:32 ⛓  Native runtime: tidechain-node-3 (tidechain-node-1.tx1.au1)
Jun 28 16:40:36 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:36 🔨 Initializing Genesis block/state (state: 0x72d3…181f, header-hash: 0xf496…909f)
Jun 28 16:40:36 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:36 👴 Loading GRANDPA authority set from genesis on what appears to be first startup.
Jun 28 16:40:40 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:40 Using default protocol ID "sup" because none is configured in the chain specs
Jun 28 16:40:40 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:40 🏷  Local node identity is: 12D3KooWD4hyKVKe3v99KJadKVVUEXKEw1HNp5d6EXpzyVFDwQtq
Jun 28 16:40:40 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:40 📦 Highest known block at #0
Jun 28 16:40:40 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:40 〽️ Prometheus exporter started at 127.0.0.1:9615
Jun 28 16:40:40 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:40 Listening for new connections on 127.0.0.1:9944.
Jun 28 16:40:40 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:40 🔍 Discovered new external address for our node: /ip4/138.201.118.10/tcp/1033/ws/p2p/12D3KooWD4hyKVKe3v99KJadKVVUEXKEw1HNp5d6EXpzyVFDwQtq
Jun 28 16:40:45 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:45 ⚙️  Syncing, target=#1180121 (13 peers), best: #3585 (0x40f3…2548), finalized #3584 (0x292b…1fee), ⬇ 386.2kiB/s ⬆ 40.1kiB/s
Jun 28 16:40:50 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:50 ⚙️  Syncing 677.6 bps, target=#1180122 (13 peers), best: #6973 (0x6d89…9f39), finalized #6656 (0xaff8…65d9), ⬇ 192.5kiB/s ⬆ 7.8kiB/s
Jun 28 16:40:55 paeq-01 tidechain-node[27357]: 2022-06-28 16:40:55 ⚙️  Syncing 494.6 bps, target=#1180123 (13 peers), best: #9446 (0xe7e2…c2d9), finalized #9216 (0x1951…dc01), ⬇ 188.7kiB/s ⬆ 5.8kiB/s

To delete node

sudo systemctl stop tidechaind
sudo systemctl disable tidechaind
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/tidechaind*
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/tidechain*
sudo rm -rf /chain-data