Minimum hardware requirements:
1) Auto_install script
source <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/111STAVR111/props/refs/heads/main/Side/Mainnet/sidem)
2) Manual installation
Preparing the server
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 1.23.1
ver="1.23.1"
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 24.01.25
cd $HOME && mkdir -p go/bin/
git clone https://github.com/sideprotocol/side.git
cd side
git checkout v1.0.0
make install
sided version --long | grep -e version -e commit
commit: 447f80114d1099cb52b77d6e0e30995f63f5a6ab
Initiation
sided init STAVR_guide --chain-id=sidechain-1
sided config chain-id sidechain-1
Create/recover wallet
sided keys add <walletname> --key-type="segwit"
OR
sided keys add <walletname> --key-type="segwit" --recover
Download Addrbook and Genesis
wget -O $HOME/.side/config/addrbook.json "https://server-1.stavr.tech/Mainnet/Side/addrbook.json"
wget -O $HOME/.side/config/genesis.json "https://server-1.stavr.tech/Mainnet/Side/genesis.json"
sha256sum $HOME/.side/config/genesis.json
469bb84bbd261c4d39c816cbea6966c6169804629cf3a4d177f66f48818ea75b
Set up the minimum gas price and Peers/Seeds/Filter peers/MaxPeers
sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.0006uside,0.000001sat\"/;" ~/.side/config/app.toml
external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me)
sed -i.bak -e "s/^external_address *=.*/external_address = \"$external_address:26656\"/" $HOME/.side/config/config.toml
peers=""
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.side/config/config.toml
seeds=""
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds =.*/seeds = \"$seeds\"/" $HOME/.side/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/max_num_inbound_peers =.*/max_num_inbound_peers = 50/g' $HOME/.side/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/max_num_outbound_peers =.*/max_num_outbound_peers = 50/g' $HOME/.side/config/config.toml
Pruning (optional)
pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="1000"
pruning_keep_every="0"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.side/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.side/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.side/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.side/config/app.toml
Indexer (optional)
indexer="null" &&
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"$indexer\"/" $HOME/.side/config/config.toml
Create a service file
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/sided.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=sided
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which sided) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
StateSync Side Mainnet
systemctl stop sided
SNAP_RPC=https://side.rpc.m.stavr.tech:443
LATEST_HEIGHT=$(curl -s $SNAP_RPC/block | jq -r .result.block.header.height); \
BLOCK_HEIGHT=$((LATEST_HEIGHT - 1000)); \
TRUST_HASH=$(curl -s "$SNAP_RPC/block?height=$BLOCK_HEIGHT" | jq -r .result.block_id.hash)
echo $LATEST_HEIGHT $BLOCK_HEIGHT $TRUST_HASH
sed -i.bak -E "s|^(enable[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1true| ; \
s|^(rpc_servers[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$SNAP_RPC,$SNAP_RPC\"| ; \
s|^(trust_height[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1$BLOCK_HEIGHT| ; \
s|^(trust_hash[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$TRUST_HASH\"| ; \
s|^(seeds[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"\"|" $HOME/.side/config/config.toml
sided tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home /root/.side
wget -O $HOME/.side/config/addrbook.json "https://server-1.stavr.tech/Mainnet/Side/addrbook.json"
sudo systemctl restart sided && journalctl -fu sided -n100 -o cat
SnapShot Mainnet updated every 5 hours
cd $HOME
apt install lz4
sudo systemctl stop sided
cp $HOME/.side/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.side/priv_validator_state.json.backup
rm -rf $HOME/.side/data
LATEST_SNAPSHOT=$(curl -s https://server-1.stavr.tech/Mainnet/Side/ | grep -oE 'side-snap-[0-9]+\.tar\.lz4' | while read SNAPSHOT; do HEIGHT=$(curl -s "https://server-1.stavr.tech/Mainnet/Side/${SNAPSHOT%.tar.lz4}-info.txt" | awk '/Block height:/ {print $3}'); echo "$SNAPSHOT $HEIGHT"; done | sort -k2 -nr | head -n 1 | awk '{print $1}')
curl -o - -L https://server-1.stavr.tech/Mainnet/Side/$LATEST_SNAPSHOT | lz4 -c -d - | tar -x -C $HOME/.side
mv $HOME/.side/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.side/data/priv_validator_state.json
wget -O $HOME/.side/config/addrbook.json "https://server-1.stavr.tech/Mainnet/Side/addrbook.json"
sudo systemctl restart sided && journalctl -fu sided -n100 -o cat
Start
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable sided
sudo systemctl restart sided && sudo journalctl -fu sided -n100 -o cat
Create validator
#pubkey
sided tendermint show-validator --home /root/.side
cd $HOME
nano $HOME/.side/validator.json
{
"pubkey": {"#pubkey"},
"amount": "1000000000000000000award",
"moniker": "STAVR_guide",
"identity": "",
"website": "",
"security": "",
"details": "",
"commission-rate": "0.05",
"commission-max-rate": "0.2",
"commission-max-change-rate": "0.2",
"min-self-delegation": "1"
}
sided --home $HOME/.side tx staking create-validator $HOME/.side/validator.json --from WalletName --chain-id sidechain-1 -y
Monitoring
You can set up your node status alarm here - Monitoring
Security
You can create secure management of your wallet and your node by following this links.
TMKMS Wallet Security
Delete node
sudo systemctl stop sided
sudo systemctl disable sided
rm /etc/systemd/system/sided.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
cd $HOME
rm -rf side
rm -rf .side
rm -rf $(which sided)
