🛠️Installation

Install Dependencies

# Update system package and install build tools

sudo apt -q update
sudo apt -qy install curl git jq lz4 build-essential fail2ban ufw
sudo apt -qy upgrade

Configure Moniker

# Replace <your-moniker-name> with your own validator name

MONIKER="<your-moniker-name>"

Install Go

# install go version 1.21.7

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go1.21.7.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)

Build Binaries

# Cloning project repository & Compile binaries

cd $HOME
rm -rf side
git clone https://github.com/sideprotocol/side.git
cd side
git checkout v0.8.1
make build

# Prepare binaries for cosmovisor

mkdir -p $HOME/.side/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mv build/sided $HOME/.side/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/
rm -rf build

# Create symlinks

sudo ln -s $HOME/.side/cosmovisor/genesis $HOME/.side/cosmovisor/current -f
sudo ln -s $HOME/.side/cosmovisor/current/bin/sided /usr/local/bin/sided -f

Cosmovisor Setup

# Create a systemd service

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/side.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=Side node service
After=network-online.target
 
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.side"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=sided"
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"
Environment="PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:$HOME/.side/cosmovisor/current/bin"
 
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Enable Service

Enable side systemd service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable side

Initialize Node

# Setting node configuration

sided config chain-id S2-testnet-2	
sided config keyring-backend test
sided config node tcp://localhost:23857

# Initialize node

sided init $MONIKER --chain-id S2-testnet-2

Download Genesis & Addrbook

# Download genesis & addrbook file

curl -Ls https://zorn.xyz/side-testnet/genesis.json > $HOME/.side/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://zorn.xyz/side-testnet/addrbook.json > $HOME/.side/config/addrbook.json

Configure Seeds

# Setting up a seed peers

sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"[e-mail]:23810\"|" $HOME/.side/config/config.toml

Configure Gas Prices

# Setting up a gas

sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.005uside\"|" $HOME/.side/config/app.toml

Pruning Setting

# Configure pruning setting

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/.side/config/app.toml

Custom Port (Optional)

# Configure a custom port

sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:23858\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:23857\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:23860\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:23856\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":23866\"%" $HOME/.side/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:23817\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":23880\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:23890\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:23891\"%; s%:8545%:23845%; s%:8546%:23846%; s%:6065%:23865%" $HOME/.side/config/app.toml

Download Snapshots

# Download latest chain snapshot

curl -L https://zorn.xyz/side-testnet/side-latest.tar.lz4 | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.side
[[ -f $HOME/.side/data/upgrade-info.json ]] && cp $HOME/.side/data/upgrade-info.json $HOME/.side/cosmovisor/genesis/upgrade-info.json

Start Service

sudo systemctl start side