💾Node Installation

Viper Testnet guide

EXPLORER

• Minimum hardware requirements:

Node Type	CPU	RAM	Storage
Testnet	4	8GB	150GB

1) Auto_install script

SOOON

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 24.09.24

cd $HOME && mkdir -p go/bin/
sudo mkdir -p viper-network
cd viper-network
sudo git clone https://github.com/vipernet-xyz/viper-binaries
cd viper-binaries
sudo cp viper_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/viper

Chain

viper util gen-chains

• 0001

• http://127.0.0.1:8082/

viper util gen-geozone

• 0D02

viper network version

• AppVersion: PT-0.1.8

Create/import wallet

viper wallet create-account
           OR
viper wallet import-encrypted <encrypted>
viper wallet import-raw <pk>

Create Validator Address

viper servicers create-validator <address>

Peer

echo $(viper util print-configs) | jq '.tendermint_config.P2P.PersistentPeers = "[e-mail]:26656,[e-mail]:26656,[e-mail]:26656,[e-mail]:26656,[e-mail]:26656"' | jq . > ~/.viper/config/configuration.json

Download Genesis

cd ~/.viper/config
wget -O ~/.viper/config/genesis.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vipernet-xyz/genesis/main/testnet/genesis.json
ulimit -Sn 16384

Create a service file

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/viper.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=viper service
After=network.target
Wants=network-online.target systemd-networkd-wait-online.service

[Service]
User=root
Group=sudo
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/viper network start
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/viper network stop

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
EOF

SnapShot Testnet updated every 5 hours

SOON

Start

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable viper.service
sudo systemctl restart viper.service && journalctl -fu viper -o cat

#Check Balance
viper wallet query account-balance <address>
#Stake & Create Validator
viper servicers stake self <address> 20000000000 0001 0D02 https://<hostname or ip>:443 testnet

🧩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

cd ~/.viper
rm -r data
rm -r viper_evidence.db
rm -r viper_result.db
sudo git clone https://github.com/vishruthsk/data.git data
cd config
rm addrbook.json
sudo systemctl restart viper.service
journalctl -u viper -f