Node Setup

Instruction to install and configure the ggezchaind binary.

For the tutorial, it is assumed that you are using an Ubuntu LTS release.

Install Requirements

Install necessary tools

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y gcc build-essential

Install Go

Go 1.21+ is required.

Follow these instructions to install Go.

wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.21.13.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.21.13.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Then set these in the .profile in the user's home (i.e. ~/) folder:

export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin

After updating your ~/.profile you will need to source it:

source ~/.profile

Install Cosmovisor

go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@v1.6.0

In the .profile file, usually located at ~/.profile, add:

export DAEMON_NAME=ggezchain
export DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.ggezchain
export DAEMON_RESTART_AFTER_UPGRADE=true
export DAEMON_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD_BINARIES=false

Run cosmovisor version to check the cosmovisor version.

Install Ignite CLI

sudo curl https://get.ignite.com/cli! | sudo bash

Install ggezchaind Binary

# from $HOME dir
git clone https://github.com/GGEZLabs/ggezchain.git
cd ggezchain

Build ggezchaind binary.

ignite chain build --release.targets linux:amd64 --output ./release --release

Extract build file.

cd release 
tar -xvzf ggezchain_linux_amd64.tar.gz

Now run ./ggezchaind -h to check it.

Configure ggezchaid

Initialize Chain

Choose a custom moniker for the node and initialize. By default, the init command creates the ~/.ggezchain directory with subfolders config and data. In the /config directory, the most important files for configuration are app.toml and config.toml.

ggezchaind init custom_moniker

Genesis File

Once the node is initialized, download the genesis file and move to the /config directory of the ggezchain home directory.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GGEZLabs/ggez-mainnet/refs/heads/main/genesis/genesis.json
mv genesis.json ~/.ggezchain/config/genesis.json

Seeds & Peers​

Upon startup the node will need to connect to peers. If there are specific nodes a node operator is interested in setting as seeds or as persistent peers, this can be configured in ~/.ggezchain/config/config.toml .

# Comma separated list of seed nodes to connect to
seeds = "<seed node id 1>@<seed node address 1>:26656,<seed node id 2>@<seed node address 2>:26656"

# Comma separated list of nodes to keep persistent connections to
persistent_peers = "<node id 1>@<node address 1>:26656,<node id 2>@<node address 2>:26656"

Gas Prices

For mainnet, the recommended minimum-gas-prices is 0.4uggez1.

REST API

Note: This is an optional configuration.

By default, the REST API is disabled. To enable the REST API, edit the ~/.ggezchain/config/app.toml file, and set enable to true in the [api] section.

[api]
# Enable defines if the API server should be enabled.
enable = true
# Swagger defines if swagger documentation should automatically be registered.
swagger = false
# Address defines the API server to listen on.
address = "tcp://0.0.0.0:1317"

GRPC

Note: This is an optional configuration.

By default, gRPC is enabled on port 9090. The ~/.ggezchain/config/app.toml file is where changes can be made in the gRPC section. To disable the gRPC endpoint, set enable to false. To change the port, use the address parameter.

[grpc]
# Enable defines if the gRPC server should be enabled.
enable = true
# Address defines the gRPC server address to bind to.
address = "0.0.0.0:9090"

Connect to Other Nodes

Follow this link to sync to other nodes.

Initialize Cosmovisor

Before start the node we will init cosmovisor .

cosmovisor init /path/to/ggezchaind

Running via Background Process

To run the node in a background process with automatic restarts, it's recommended to use a service manager like systemd. To set this up run the following:

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/<service name>.service > /dev/null <<EOF  
[Unit]
Description=GGEZ1 Chain Daemon
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=/bin/bash -l -c 'cosmovisor run start'
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=4096
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.ggezchain"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=ggezchain"
Environment="DAEMON_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD_BINARIES=false"
Environment="DAEMON_RESTART_AFTER_UPGRADE=true"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Run the following to setup the daemon:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable <service name>

Then start the process and confirm that it's running.

sudo systemctl start <service name>
sudo systemctl status <service name>
# For live status
journalctl -u <service name> -f