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# Installation

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**Chain ID**: passage-2 | **Latest Version Tag**: 2.6.0

### Setup validator name

{% hint style="info" %}
Replace **YOUR\_MONIKER\_GOES\_HERE** with your validator name
{% endhint %}

```bash
MONIKER="YOUR_MONIKER_GOES_HERE"
```

### Install dependencies

#### Update system and install build tools

```bash
sudo apt -q update
sudo apt -qy install curl git jq lz4 build-essential
sudo apt -qy upgrade
```

#### Install Go

```bash
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

```bash
# Clone project repository
cd $HOME
rm -rf passage
git clone https://github.com/envadiv/Passage3D passage
cd passage
git checkout 2.6.0

# Build binaries
make build

# Prepare binaries for Cosmovisor
mkdir -p $HOME/.passage/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mv target/dist/passage $HOME/.passage/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/
rm -rf build

# Create application symlinks
ln -s $HOME/.passage/cosmovisor/genesis $HOME/.passage/cosmovisor/current
sudo ln -s $HOME/.passage/cosmovisor/current/bin/passage /usr/local/bin/passage
```

### Install Cosmovisor and create a service

```bash
# Download and install Cosmovisor
go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@latest

# Create service
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/passage.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description passage-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/.passage"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=passage"
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable passage
```

### Initialize the node

```bash
# Set node configuration
passage config chain-id passage-2
passage config keyring-backend test

# Initialize the node
passage init $MONIKER --chain-id passage-2

# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://snapshots.stakeandrelax.net/snapshots/passage/genesis.json > $HOME/.passage/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.stakeandrealx.net/passage/addrbook.json > $HOME/.passage/config/addrbook.json

# Add seeds
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"8eb02d76a8c276efcf25655d0ceb35cebf2242d9@65.21.233.188:15656\"|" $HOME/.passage/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/.passage/config/app.toml

```

### Download latest chain snapshot

```bash
curl -L https://snapshots.stakeandrelax.net/snapshots/passage/snapshot_latest.tar.lz4 | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.passage
[[ -f $HOME/.passage/data/upgrade-info.json ]] && cp $HOME/.passage/data/upgrade-info.json $HOME/.passage/cosmovisor/genesis/upgrade-info.json
```

### Start service and check the logs

```bash
sudo systemctl start passage && sudo journalctl -u passage -f --no-hostname -o cat
```