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To set up monitoring for your validator node navigate to Set up monitoring and alerting for uptick validator
To migrate your validator to another machine read Migrate your validator to another machine
Like any Cosmos-SDK chain, the hardware requirements are pretty modest.
- 3x CPUs; the faster clock speed the better
- 4GB RAM
- 80GB Disk
- Permanent Internet connection (traffic will be minimal during testnet; 10Mbps will be plenty - for production at least 100Mbps is expected)
- 4x CPUs; the faster clock speed the better
- 8GB RAM
- 200GB of storage (SSD or NVME)
- Permanent Internet connection (traffic will be minimal during testnet; 10Mbps will be plenty - for production at least 100Mbps is expected)
You can setup your uptick fullnode in few minutes by using automated script below. It will prompt you to input your validator node name!
wget -O uptick.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/main/uptick/uptick.sh && chmod +x uptick.sh && ./uptick.sh
You can follow manual guide if you better prefer setting up node manually
When installation is finished please load variables into system
source $HOME/.bash_profile
Next you have to make sure your validator is syncing blocks. You can use command below to check synchronization status
uptickd status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo
You can state sync your node in minutes by running commands below. Special thanks to polkachu | polkachu.com#1249
SNAP_RPC1="http://peer0.testnet.uptick.network:26657" \
&& SNAP_RPC2="http://peer1.testnet.uptick.network:26657"
LATEST_HEIGHT=$(curl -s $SNAP_RPC2/block | jq -r .result.block.header.height) \
&& BLOCK_HEIGHT=$((LATEST_HEIGHT - 2000)) \
&& TRUST_HASH=$(curl -s "$SNAP_RPC2/block?height=$BLOCK_HEIGHT" | jq -r .result.block_id.hash)
sed -i.bak -E "s|^(enable[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1true| ; \
s|^(rpc_servers[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$SNAP_RPC1,$SNAP_RPC2\"| ; \
s|^(trust_height[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1$BLOCK_HEIGHT| ; \
s|^(trust_hash[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$TRUST_HASH\"|" $HOME/.uptickd/config/config.toml
uptickd tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.uptickd
sudo systemctl restart uptickd && journalctl -fu uptickd -o cat
To create new wallet you can use command below. Don’t forget to save the mnemonic
uptickd keys add $WALLET
(OPTIONAL) To recover your wallet using seed phrase
uptickd keys add $WALLET --recover
To get current list of wallets
uptickd keys list
Add wallet and valoper address and load variables into the system
UPTICK_WALLET_ADDRESS=$(uptickd keys show $WALLET -a)
UPTICK_VALOPER_ADDRESS=$(uptickd keys show $WALLET --bech val -a)
echo 'export UPTICK_WALLET_ADDRESS='${UPTICK_WALLET_ADDRESS} >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo 'export UPTICK_VALOPER_ADDRESS='${UPTICK_VALOPER_ADDRESS} >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
In order to create validator first you need to fund your wallet with testnet tokens. To top up your wallet join Uptick discord server and navigate to #faucet channel
To request a faucet grant:
$faucet <YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS>
Before creating validator please make sure that you have at least 1 uptick (1 uptick is equal to 1000000000000000000 auptick) and your node is synchronized
To check your wallet balance:
uptickd query bank balances $UPTICK_WALLET_ADDRESS
If your wallet does not show any balance than probably your node is still syncing. Please wait until it finish to synchronize and then continue
To create your validator run command below
uptickd tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000auptick \
--from $WALLET \
--commission-max-change-rate "0.01" \
--commission-max-rate "0.2" \
--commission-rate "0.07" \
--min-self-delegation "1" \
--pubkey $(uptickd tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker $NODENAME \
--chain-id $UPTICK_CHAIN_ID
To protect you keys please make sure you follow basic security rules
Good tutorial on how to set up ssh keys for authentication to your server can be found here
Start by checking the status of ufw.
sudo ufw status
Sets the default to allow outgoing connections, deny all incoming except ssh and 26656. Limit SSH login attempts
sudo ufw default allow outgoing
sudo ufw default deny incoming
sudo ufw allow ssh/tcp
sudo ufw limit ssh/tcp
sudo ufw allow ${UPTICK_PORT}656,${UPTICK_PORT}660/tcp
sudo ufw enable
To monitor and get alerted about your validator health status you can use my guide on Set up monitoring and alerting for uptick validator
This script will help you to estimate how much time it will take to fully synchronize your node
It measures average blocks per minute that are being synchronized for period of 5 minutes and then gives you results
wget -O synctime.py https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/main/uptick/tools/synctime.py && python3 ./synctime.py
uptickd q staking validators -oj --limit=3000 | jq '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_BONDED")' | jq -r '(.tokens|tonumber/pow(10; 6)|floor|tostring) + " \t " + .description.moniker' | sort -gr | nl
curl -sS http://localhost:${UPTICK_PORT}657/net_info | jq -r '.result.peers[] | "\(.node_info.id)@\(.remote_ip):\(.node_info.listen_addr)"' | awk -F ':' '{print $1":"$(NF)}'
Check logs
journalctl -fu uptickd -o cat
Start service
sudo systemctl start uptickd
Stop service
sudo systemctl stop uptickd
Restart service
sudo systemctl restart uptickd
Synchronization info
uptickd status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo
Validator info
uptickd status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfo
Node info
uptickd status 2>&1 | jq .NodeInfo
Show node id
uptickd tendermint show-node-id
List of wallets
uptickd keys list
Recover wallet
uptickd keys add $WALLET --recover
Delete wallet
uptickd keys delete $WALLET
Get wallet balance
uptickd query bank balances $UPTICK_WALLET_ADDRESS
Transfer funds
uptickd tx bank send $UPTICK_WALLET_ADDRESS <TO_UPTICK_WALLET_ADDRESS> 10000000auptick
uptickd tx gov vote 1 yes --from $WALLET --chain-id=$UPTICK_CHAIN_ID
Delegate stake
uptickd tx staking delegate $UPTICK_VALOPER_ADDRESS 10000000auptick --from=$WALLET --chain-id=$UPTICK_CHAIN_ID --gas=auto
Redelegate stake from validator to another validator
uptickd tx staking redelegate <srcValidatorAddress> <destValidatorAddress> 10000000auptick --from=$WALLET --chain-id=$UPTICK_CHAIN_ID --gas=auto
Withdraw all rewards
uptickd tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from=$WALLET --chain-id=$UPTICK_CHAIN_ID --gas=auto
Withdraw rewards with commision
uptickd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $UPTICK_VALOPER_ADDRESS --from=$WALLET --commission --chain-id=$UPTICK_CHAIN_ID
Edit validator
uptickd tx staking edit-validator \
--moniker=$NODENAME \
--identity=<your_keybase_id> \
--website="<your_website>" \
--details="<your_validator_description>" \
--chain-id=$UPTICK_CHAIN_ID \
--from=$WALLET
Unjail validator
uptickd tx slashing unjail \
--broadcast-mode=block \
--from=$WALLET \
--chain-id=$UPTICK_CHAIN_ID \
--gas=auto
This commands will completely remove node from server. Use at your own risk!
sudo systemctl stop uptickd
sudo systemctl disable uptickd
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/uptick* -rf
sudo rm $(which uptickd) -rf
sudo rm $HOME/.uptickd* -rf
sudo rm $HOME/uptick -rf
sed -i '/UPTICK_/d' ~/.bash_profile