telegramFull Storage Node Setup for Mocha Testnet — mocha-4

Official documentation

Setting up a full storage node

Update packages and Install dependencies:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make gcc tar clang pkg-config libssl-dev ncdu -y

Install :

cd ~
! [ -x "$(command -v go)" ] && {
VER="1.23.1"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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"
[ ! -f ~/.bash_profile ] && touch ~/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:~/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile
}
[ ! -d ~/go/bin ] && mkdir -p ~/go/bin
go version

Install Celestia-node:

cd $HOME
rm -rf celestia-node
git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node.git
cd celestia-node/
git checkout tags/v0.20.3-mocha 
make build 
sudo make install 
make cel-key

Create wallet:

./cel-key add my_celes_key --keyring-backend test --node.type full --p2p.network mocha

(Optional) Restore an existing cel_key:

cd ~/celestia-node
./cel-key add my_celes_key --keyring-backend test --node.type full --recover

You can find the address by running the following command in the celestia-node directory:

cd $HOME/celestia-node
./cel-key list --node.type full --keyring-backend test --p2p.network mocha

Config and init app:

celestia full init --core.ip <RPC_NODE_IP> --p2p.network mocha-4

If keys have not been created previously, Once you start the full Node, a wallet key will be generated for you. You will need to fund that address with Testnet tokens to pay for PayForBlob transactions. You can find the address by running the following command:

cd $HOME/celestia-node
./cel-key list --node.type full --keyring-backend test --p2p.network mocha

Create Service file:

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

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which celestia) full start --archival \
--p2p.network mocha \
--metrics.tls=true --metrics --metrics.endpoint otel.celestia-mocha.com
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Enable and start service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable celestia-full
sudo systemctl restart celestia-full && sudo journalctl -u celestia-full -fo cat

Get your node's peerId information:

NODE_TYPE=full
AUTH_TOKEN=$(celestia $NODE_TYPE auth admin --p2p.network mocha)

Then you can get the peerId of your node with the following curl command:

curl -X POST \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $AUTH_TOKEN" \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":0,"method":"p2p.Info","params":[]}' \
     http://localhost:26658

Cheat sheet

Check wallet balance:

celestia state balance --node.store ~/.celestia-full-mocha-4/

Get wallet address:

cd $HOME/celestia-node
./cel-key list --node.type full --keyring-backend test  --p2p.network mocha

Restore an existing cel_key:

KEY_NAME="my_celes_key"
cd ~/celestia-node
./cel-key add $KEY_NAME --keyring-backend test --node.type full  --recover --p2p.network mocha

Check full node status:

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

Get Node ID:

celestia p2p info --node.store ~/.celestia-full-mocha-4/

(Optional) Add permissions for transferring keys to another server:

chmod -R 700 ~/.celestia-full-mocha-4

Reset node:

celestia full unsafe-reset-store --p2p.network mocha

Upgrade

Stop Full Storage node:

sudo systemctl stop celestia-full

Download binary:

cd $HOME
rm -rf celestia-node
git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node.git
cd celestia-node/
git checkout tags/v0.20.3-mocha 
make build 
sudo make install 
make cel-key

Update:

celestia full config-update --p2p.network mocha

Start full storage node:

sudo systemctl restart celestia-full && sudo journalctl -u celestia-full -fo cat

Delete Full Storage node

sudo systemctl stop celestia-full
sudo systemctl disable celestia-full
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/celestia-full*
rm -rf $HOME/celestia-node $HOME/.celestia-app $HOME/.celestia-full-mocha-4
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