✳️Bridge Node

Installation Testnet

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EXPLORER

• Hardware requirements:

Node Type	CPU	RAM	Storage
Bridge node	6	16GB	2TB

1) Auto_install script

source <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/111STAVR111/props/main/Celestia/Testnet/Bridge/bridget)

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 05.06.25

cd $HOME && mkdir -p go/bin/
git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node.git
cd celestia-node/
git checkout tags/v0.23.1-mocha
make build 
sudo make install 
make cel-key
mv $HOME/celestia-node/cel-key /usr/local/bin/

celestia version

• version: v0.23.1-mocha

• commit:

Create/recover wallet

cel-key add bridge-wallet --keyring-backend test --node.type bridge --p2p.network mocha
           OR
cel-key add bridge-wallet --keyring-backend test --node.type bridge  --recover --p2p.network mocha

Initiation

#--core.ip - IP address RPC Node
#--p2p.network - chain id (mocha-4)
#--core.port - gRPC port from our RPC node
#--keyring.keyname -  our Wallet Name
celestia bridge init --core.ip <RPC_NODE_IP> --p2p.network mocha --core.port 9090 --keyring.keyname bridge-wallet --archival

Create a service file

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/celestia-bridge.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=celestia Bridge
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which celestia) bridge start \
--p2p.network mocha \
--metrics.tls=true --metrics --metrics.endpoint otel.mocha.celestia.observer \
--keyring.keyname bridge-wallet
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

SnapShot Bridge Testnet | Archive - updated every 3 days

https://celestia-tools.stavr.tech/bridge/

cd $HOME
snap install aria2c lz4
aria2c -x 12 -s 12 https://celestia.bridge-archive.snap-t.stavr.tech/bridge-t-snap.tar.lz4
sudo systemctl stop celestia-bridge
rm -rf $HOME/.celestia-bridge-mocha-4/{blocks,data,index,inverted_index,transients,.lock}
tar -I lz4 -xvf bridge-t-snap.tar.lz4 -C $HOME/.celestia-bridge-mocha-4/
sudo systemctl restart celestia-bridge && sudo journalctl -fu celestia-bridge -ocat

Useful Tools

Start

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable celestia-bridge
systemctl restart celestia-bridge && journalctl -fu celestia-bridge -ocat

Bridge node Status:

celestia header sync-state --node.store  ~/.celestia-bridge-mocha-4/

🧩Services and Tools🧩

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

systemctl stop celestia-bridge
systemctl disable celestia-bridge
rm /etc/systemd/system/celestia-bridge.service
systemctl daemon-reload
cd $HOME
rm -rf .celestia-bridge-mocha-4
rm -rf celestia-node
rm -rf /usr/local/bin/cel-key
rm -rf $(which celestia)