Installation

Chain ID: side-testnet-3

Latest Version Tag: v0.7.0

Setup validator name

Replace **YOUR_MONIKER_GOES_HERE** with your validator name

MONIKER="YOUR_MONIKER_GOES_HERE"

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

Install Go

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go1.21.9.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)

Download and build binaries

# Clone project repository
cd $HOME
rm -rf sidechain
git clone https://github.com/sideprotocol/sidechain.git
cd sidechain
git checkout v0.7.0

# Build and install binaries
make install

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

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which sided) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable sided

Initialize the node

# Set node configuration
sided config chain-id side-testnet-3
sided config keyring-backend test

# Initialize the node
sided init $MONIKER --chain-id side-testnet-3

# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://github.com/dvjromashkin/guides/raw/main/side-testnet-3/genesis.json > $HOME/.side/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://github.com/dvjromashkin/guides/raw/main/side-testnet-3/addrbook.json > $HOME/.side/config/addrbook.json

# Set minimum gas price
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.005uside\"|" $HOME/.side/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/.side/config/app.toml

### Start service and check the logs

```bash
sudo systemctl start sided && sudo journalctl -u sided -f -o cat