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# Node Installation

## [EXPLORER](https://explorer.stavr.tech/Meme/)

* **Minimum hardware requirements**:

| Node Type | CPU | RAM  | Storage |
| --------- | --- | ---- | ------- |
| Mainnet   | 8   | 16GB | 250GB   |

## 1) Auto\_install script

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

## 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 1.18.1

```bash
wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.18.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz; \
rm -rv /usr/local/go; \
tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.18.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
rm -v go1.18.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile && \
source ~/.bash_profile && \
go version
```

## Build 15.10.22

```bash
cd $HOME && mkdir -p go/bin/
wget https://fix.meme.sx/memed-v1.0.0-fix.tar.gz
tar -xvzf memed-v1.0.0-fix.tar.gz
sudo mv memed $HOME/go/bin/
```

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

* version: 1.0.0
* commit: 3d3bb097154af6a8eaa83f43e8e47dc91dcdb8b2

## Initiation

```python
memed init STAVR_guide --chain-id=meme-1
memed config chain-id meme-1
```

### Create/recover wallet

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

### Download Genesis

```python
wget -O $HOME/.memed/config/genesis.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/memecosmos/mainnet/main/meme-1/genesis.json"
```

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

* 6e8e0e14fbdc2d978584a2af735c255f1d17bf6c50e8889aec83df33104851b8

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

```bash
sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.025umeme\"/;" ~/.memed/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^filter_peers *=.*/filter_peers = \"true\"/" $HOME/.memed/config/config.toml
external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me) 
sed -i.bak -e "s/^external_address *=.*/external_address = \"$external_address:26656\"/" $HOME/.memed/config/config.toml
peers=""
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.memed/config/config.toml
seeds="ade4d8bc8cbe014af6ebdf3cb7b1e9ad36f412c0@seeds.polkachu.com:12956"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds =.*/seeds = \"$seeds\"/" $HOME/.memed/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/max_num_inbound_peers =.*/max_num_inbound_peers = 50/g' $HOME/.memed/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/max_num_outbound_peers =.*/max_num_outbound_peers = 10/g' $HOME/.memed/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\"/" $HOME/.memed/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.memed/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.memed/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.memed/config/app.toml
```

#### Indexer (optional)

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

### Download addrbook

```bash
wget -O $HOME/.memed/config/addrbook.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/111STAVR111/props/main/Meme/addrbook.json"
```

## Create a service file

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

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

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

## StateSync Meme Mainnet

```bash
SOOON
```

## SnapShot Mainnet updated every 5 hours

```bash
SOOON
```

### Start

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

#### Create validator

```python
memed tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000umeme \
--from <walletName> \
--commission-max-change-rate "0.1" \
--commission-max-rate "0.2" \
--commission-rate "0.05" \
--min-self-delegation "1" \
--details="" \
--identity="" \
--pubkey  $(memed tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "STAVR_guide"> \
--gas 300000 \
--fees 10000umeme \
--chain-id meme-1 -y
```

## [🧩Services and Tools🧩](https://stavr-team.gitbook.io/nodes-guides/mainnets/meme/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 memed
sudo systemctl disable memed
rm /etc/systemd/system/memed.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
cd $HOME
rm -rf .memed
rm -rf meme
rm -rf $(which memed)
```