Kujira Validator Tools & Infrastructure Documentation

Setting up your validator node has never been so easy. Get your validator running in minutes by following step by step instructions.

#Setup validator name

MONIKER="YOUR_MONIKER_GOES_HERE"
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#Install dependencies

#Update system and install build tools

sudo apt -q update
sudo apt -qy install curl git jq lz4 build-essential
sudo apt -qy upgrade
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#Install Go

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go1.19.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - -C /usr/local
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/golang.sh)
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin' | tee -a $HOME/.profile)
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#Download and build binaries

# Clone project repository
cd $HOME
rm -rf kujira
git clone https://github.com/Team-Kujira/core kujira
cd kujira
git checkout v1.1.0

# Build binaries
make install

# Prepare binaries for Cosmovisor
mkdir -p $HOME/.kujirad/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mv ~/go/bin/kujirad $HOME/.kujirad/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/
rm -rf build
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#Install Cosmovisor and create a service

# Download and install Cosmovisor
go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/[email protected]

# Create service
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/kujirad.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=osmosis node service
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.kujirad
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.kujirad"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=kujirad"
Environment="DAEMON_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD_BINARIES=false"
Environment="DAEMON_RESTART_AFTER_UPGRADE=true"
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"
Environment="PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:$HOME/.kujirad/cosmovisor/current/bin"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable kujirad
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#Initialize the node

# Set node configuration
kujirad config chain-id kaiyo-1
kujirad config node tcp://localhost:11857

# Initialize the node
kujirad init $MONIKER --chain-id kaiyo-1

# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://github.com/Team-Kujira/networks/raw/master/mainnet/kaiyo-1.json > $HOME/.kujirad/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.lavenderfive.com/snapshots/kujira/addrbook.json > $HOME/.kujirad/config/addrbook.json

# Add seeds
seeds="[email protected]:11856,[email protected]:11856,322abfd7c0bcdf8a3d98ccb46ae2572bae0e8301@seed-kujira.starsquid.io:15602,824fa337b806bd48ce9505d74ba3e5adea80da93@seeds.goldenratiostaking.net:1628,ebc272824924ea1a27ea3183dd0b9ba713494f83@kujira-mainnet-seed.autostake.com:26796,[email protected]:11359,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:29656,[email protected]:16678"
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"$seeds\"|" $HOME/.kujirad/config/config.toml

# Set minimum gas price
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.0034ukuji\"|" $HOME/.kujirad/config/app.toml

# Set pruning
sed -i \
  -e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "100"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "19"|' \
  $HOME/.kujirad/config/app.toml

# Set custom ports
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:11858\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:11857\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:11860\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:11856\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":11866\"%" $HOME/.kujirad/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:11817\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":11880\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:11890\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:11891\"%; s%:8545%:11845%; s%:8546%:11846%; s%:6065%:11865%" $HOME/.kujirad/config/app.toml
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#Start service and check the logs

sudo systemctl start kujirad && sudo journalctl -u kujirad -f --no-hostname -o cat
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#Sync

To catch up quickly, you can either use a snapshot or state sync