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# Node Installation

## [EXPLORER](https://explorer.stavr.tech/Arkeo-testnet)

* **Minimum hardware requirements**:

| Node Type | CPU | RAM | Storage |
| --------- | --- | --- | ------- |
| Testnet   | 4   | 8GB | 150GB   |

## 1) Auto\_install script

```bash
wget -O arkeot https://raw.githubusercontent.com/111STAVR111/props/main/Arkeo/arkeot && chmod +x arkeot && ./arkeot
```

## 2) Manual installation

#### Preparing the server

```bash
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl tar wget clang pkg-config libssl-dev jq build-essential bsdmainutils git make ncdu gcc git jq chrony liblz4-tool -y
```

### GO 1.21.6

```bash
ver="1.21.6"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
rm "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
go version
```

## Build 10.10.24

```bash
cd $HOME && mkdir $HOME/go/bin/
git clone https://github.com/arkeonetwork/arkeo
cd arkeo
git checkout master
TAG=testnet make install
```

`arkeod version --long | grep -e commit -e version`

* version: v1.0.0-prerelease
* commit: 25c18f08bb21204f839e983884f90deae62f4164

## Initiation

```python
arkeod init STAVR_guide --chain-id=arkeo-testnet-3
arkeod config chain-id=arkeo-testnet-3
```

### Create/recover wallet

```bash
arkeod keys add <walletname>
           OR
arkeod keys add <walletname> --recover
```

### Download Genesis

```d
curl -s http://seed.innovationtheory.com:26657/genesis | jq '.result.genesis' > $HOME/.arkeo/config/genesis.json
```

`sha256sum $HOME/.arkeo/config/genesis.json`

* 1e8c6c54bdfa3da1587967806cd9b9092262521e230063a2a4e672b8d390abe7

### Set up the minimum gas price and Peers/Seeds/Filter peers/MaxPeers

```bash
sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.0uarkeo\"/;" ~/.arkeo/config/app.toml
external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me) 
sed -i.bak -e "s/^external_address *=.*/external_address = \"$external_address:26656\"/" $HOME/.arkeo/config/config.toml
peers="bb761c984bd990f3055f412917396754cd22af7a@validator31.innovationtheory.com:26656,81e36f94351d47803b8e1e0d0ad2d2e8e14ed36b@validator32.innovationtheory.com:26656"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.arkeo/config/config.toml
seeds=""
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds =.*/seeds = \"$seeds\"/" $HOME/.arkeo/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/max_num_inbound_peers =.*/max_num_inbound_peers = 50/g' $HOME/.arkeo/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/max_num_outbound_peers =.*/max_num_outbound_peers = 50/g' $HOME/.arkeo/config/config.toml
```

#### Pruning (optional)

```bash
pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="1000"
pruning_keep_every="0"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.arkeo/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.arkeo/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.arkeo/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.arkeo/config/app.toml
```

#### Indexer (optional)

```bash
indexer="null" &&
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"$indexer\"/" $HOME/.arkeo/config/config.toml
```

### Download addrbook

```d
wget -O $HOME/.arkeo/config/addrbook.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/111STAVR111/props/main/Arkeo/addrbook.json"
```

## Create a service file

```bash
tee /etc/systemd/system/arkeod.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=arkeod
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which arkeod) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
```

## StateSync Arkeo Testnet

```bash
SOOON
```

## SnapShot Testnet updated every 5 hours

```bash
SOON
```

### Start

```bash
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable arkeod
sudo systemctl restart arkeod && sudo journalctl -fu arkeod -o cat
```

#### Create validator

```python
#pubkey
arkeod comet show-validator

nano $HOME/.arkeo/validator.json
{
  "pubkey": <pubkey>,
  "amount": "100000000uarkeo",
  "moniker": "<moniker>",
  "identity": "",
  "website": "",
  "security": "",
  "details": "",
  "commission-rate": "0.1",
  "commission-max-rate": "0.25",
  "commission-max-change-rate": "0.1",
  "min-self-delegation": "1"
}

arkeod tx staking create-validator $HOME/.arkeo/validator.json \
    --from=<name_wallet> \
    --chain-id=arkeo-testnet-3 \
    --fees=5000uarkeo

```

## [🧩Services and Tools🧩](https://stavr-team.gitbook.io/nodes-guides/testnets/arkeo/statesync-snapshot)

## Monitoring

You can set up your node status alarm here - [Monitoring](https://stavr-team.gitbook.io/nodes-guides/monitoring)

## Security

You can create secure management of your wallet and your node by following this links.

[TMKMS](https://stavr-team.gitbook.io/nodes-guides/tmkms)               [Wallet Security](https://stavr-team.gitbook.io/nodes-guides/wallet-security)

### Delete node

```bash
sudo systemctl stop arkeod
sudo systemctl disable arkeod
rm /etc/systemd/system/arkeod.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
cd $HOME
rm -rf arkeo
rm -rf .arkeo
rm -rf $(which arkeod)
```