MONIKER="YOUR_MONIKER_GOES_HERE"
sudo apt -q update
sudo apt -qy install curl git jq lz4 build-essential
sudo apt -qy upgrade
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go1.22.7.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - -C /usr/local
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/golang.sh)
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin' | tee -a $HOME/.profile)
Download and build binaries
# Clone project repository
cd $HOME
rm -rf cosmos
git clone https://github.com/cosmos/gaia cosmos
cd cosmos
git checkout v20.0.0
# Build binaries
make build
# Prepare binaries for Cosmovisor
mkdir -p $HOME/.gaia/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mv target/dist/gaiad $HOME/.gaia/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/
rm -rf build
# Create application symlinks
ln -s $HOME/.gaia/cosmovisor/genesis $HOME/.gaia/cosmovisor/current
sudo ln -s $HOME/.gaia/cosmovisor/current/bin/gaiad /usr/local/bin/gaiad
Install Cosmovisor and create a service
# Download and install Cosmovisor
go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@latest
# Create service
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/cosmos.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description cosmos-main node service
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.gaia"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=gaiad"
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable cosmos
# Set node configuration
gaiad config chain-id cosmoshub-4
gaiad config keyring-backend test
# Initialize the node
gaiad init $MONIKER --chain-id cosmoshub-4
# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://snapshots.stakeandrelax.net/snapshots/cosmos/genesis.json > $HOME/.gaia/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.stakeandrealx.net/cosmos/addrbook.json > $HOME/.gaia/config/addrbook.json
# Add seeds
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"[email protected]:14956\"|" $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml
# Set pruning
sed -i \
-e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' \
-e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "100"|' \
-e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
-e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "19"|' \
$HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml
Download latest chain snapshot
curl -L https://snapshots.stakeandrelax.net/snapshots/cosmos/snapshot_latest.tar.lz4 | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.gaia
[[ -f $HOME/.gaia/data/upgrade-info.json ]] && cp $HOME/.gaia/data/upgrade-info.json $HOME/.gaia/cosmovisor/genesis/upgrade-info.json
Start service and check the logs
sudo systemctl start cosmos && sudo journalctl -u cosmos -f --no-hostname -o cat
