💾Node Installation

Cheqd Testnet guide

EXPLORER

• Approximate hardware requirements:

Node Type	CPU	RAM	Storage
Testnet	8	16GB	250GB

1) Auto_install script

wget -O cheqdt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/111STAVR111/props/main/Cheqd/Testnet/cheqdt && chmod +x cheqdt && ./cheqdt

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 1.21.6

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 24.04.24

cd $HOME && mkdir -p go/bin/
git clone https://github.com/cheqd/cheqd-node
cd cheqd-node
git checkout v2.0.0-develop.9
make install

cheqd-noded version --long | grep -e commit -e version

• version: HEAD-0293663c21d6e7b5ef2a8763d3fc4e52d4bd612b

• commit: 0293663c21d6e7b5ef2a8763d3fc4e52d4bd612b

Initiation

cheqd-noded init STAVR_guide --chain-id=cheqd-testnet-6
cheqd-noded config chain-id cheqd-testnet-6

Create/recover wallet

cheqd-noded keys add <walletname>
           OR
cheqd-noded keys add <walletname> --recover

Download Genesis

wget -O $HOME/.cheqdnode/config/genesis.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/111STAVR111/props/main/Cheqd/Testnet/genesis.json"

sha256sum $HOME/.cheqdnode/config/genesis.json

• db6f25ac7d78ad42a1a30febbb0e30d737a64a4eadb2bf8be2a9f2f9e8fb4540

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

sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"25ncheq\"/;" ~/.cheqdnode/config/app.toml
external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me)
sed -i 's/log_level =.*/log_level = "info"/g' $HOME/.cheqdnode/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/log_format =.*/log_format = "plain"/g' $HOME/.cheqdnode/config/config.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s/^external_address *=.*/external_address = \"$external_address:26656\"/" $HOME/.cheqdnode/config/config.toml
peers=""
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.cheqdnode/config/config.toml
seeds=""
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds =.*/seeds = \"$seeds\"/" $HOME/.cheqdnode/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/max_num_inbound_peers =.*/max_num_inbound_peers = 50/g' $HOME/.cheqdnode/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/max_num_outbound_peers =.*/max_num_outbound_peers = 50/g' $HOME/.cheqdnode/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\"/" $HOME/.cheqdnode/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.cheqdnode/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.cheqdnode/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.cheqdnode/config/app.toml

Indexer (optional)

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

Download addrbook

wget -O $HOME/.cheqdnode/config/addrbook.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/111STAVR111/props/main/Cheqd/Testnet/addrbook.json"

Create a service file

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/cheqd-noded.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Cheqd-noded Testnet
After=network-online.target

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

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

StateSync Cheqd Testnet

SOOON

SnapShot Testnet updated every 5 hours

SOOON

Start

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable cheqd-noded
sudo systemctl restart cheqd-noded && sudo journalctl -fu cheqd-noded -o cat

Create validator

cheqd-noded tx staking create-validator \
--commission-rate 0.1 \
--commission-max-rate 0.2 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.1 \
--min-self-delegation "1" \
--amount 1000000000ncheq \
--pubkey $(cheqd-noded tendermint show-validator) \
--from <wallet> \
--moniker="STAVR_guide" \
--chain-id cheqd-testnet-6 \
--gas auto \
--gas-adjustment 1.4 \
--gas-prices="50ncheq" \
--identity="" \
--security-contact="" \
--website="" \
--details="" -y

🧩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

sudo systemctl stop cheqd-noded
sudo systemctl disable cheqd-noded
rm /etc/systemd/system/cheqd-noded.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
cd $HOME
rm -rf cheqd-node
rm -rf .cheqdnode
rm -rf $(which cheqd-noded)