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# Node Installation

## [EXPLORER](https://explorer.stavr.tech/Cheqd-Testnet/staking)

* Approximate **hardware requirements**:

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

## 1) Auto\_install script

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

## 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 16.10.25

```bash
cd $HOME && mkdir -p go/bin/
git clone https://github.com/cheqd/cheqd-node
cd cheqd-node
git checkout v4.1.5
make install
```

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

* version: HEAD-1e04ab78bf1c1a4dcc977104606e6a465044622d
* commit: 1e04ab78bf1c1a4dcc977104606e6a465044622d

## Initiation

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

### Create/recover wallet

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

### Download Genesis

```python
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

```bash
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)

```bash
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)

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

### Download addrbook

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

## Create a service file

```bash
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

```bash
SOOON
```

## SnapShot Testnet updated every 5 hours

```bash
SOOON
```

### Start

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

#### Create validator

```python
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🧩](https://stavr-team.gitbook.io/nodes-guides/testnets/cheqd/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 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)
```