Install

Chain ID	Latest Version Tag	Wasm

Setup 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 file2ban

more here and here

# set and copy the config that will have higher priority
sudo apt install fail2ban -y && \
sudo cp /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf /etc/fail2ban/jail.local && \
sudo nano /etc/fail2ban/jail.local

# uncomment and add your IP: ignoreip = 127.0.0.1.1/8 ::1 [ip]
sudo systemctl restart fail2ban

# check status
sudo systemctl status fail2ban

# check which jails are active (by default only sshd)
sudo fail2ban-client status

# check sshd statistics
sudo fail2ban-client status sshd

# look at the logs
sudo tail /var/log/fail2ban.log

# stop work and remove from autoloading
\#sudo systemctl stop fail2ban && sudo systemctl disable fail2ban

Install GO

cd $HOME
ver="1.22.5"
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go$ver.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 _repo_name_
git clone _repo_path_
cd _repo_name_
git checkout _project_version_

# Build binaries
make build

# Prepare binaries for Cosmovisor
mkdir -p $HOME/._project_name_/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mv build/_project_bin_ $HOME/._project_name_/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/
rm -rf build

# Create application symlinks

sudo ln -s $HOME/._project_name_/cosmovisor/genesis $HOME/._project_name_/cosmovisor/current -f
sudo ln -s $HOME/._project_name_/cosmovisor/current/bin/_project_bin_ /usr/local/bin/_project_bin_ -f

Install Cosmovisor and create a service

# Download and install Cosmovisor

go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@v1.5.0

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

[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/._project_name_/
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/._project_name_"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=_project_bin_"
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"
Environment="DAEMON_RESTART_AFTER_UPGRADE=true"
Environment="PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:$HOME/._project_name_/cosmovisor/current/bin"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable _project_name_.service

Initialize the node

# Set node configuration

_project_bin_ config chain-id _chain_id_
_project_bin_ config keyring-backend file
_project_bin_ config node tcp://localhost:26657

# Initialize the node

_project_bin_ init $MONIKER --chain-id _chain_id_

# Download genesis and addrbook

curl -Ls _url_genesis_ > $HOME/._project_name_/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls _url_adrbook_ > $HOME/._project_name_/config/addrbook.json

# Add peers

sed -i 's/persistent_peers = ""/persistent_peers = "85ca1b9569b86edd894135326d897adec640957a@62.169.24.238:22656,c6a28b964edbd6fe662bd07156cdb04b89886549@116.202.233.2:50056,05c1b294082f11d2f3b752ffad0df74b1b175608@161.97.173.45:26656,555f22162150b7120c6a312aa5d81aa2e7d4a42b@65.109.101.162:21656,637077d431f618181597706810a65c826524fd74@5.9.151.56:25156,6b1af3cef4c2a239b4cc43887bde02df333e9b01@217.76.61.48:26656,d7e2d6a551d1ec01c050b6e7a6b4e16ae0a7e053@164.68.98.122:16456,ceb4765fd75f055a2bd079f902620c91e81aa2a4@35.214.203.161:26656,de370ab06698ed16236938bcd5cd08d33128057c@35.214.181.63:26656,e6921a8a228e12ebab0ab70d9bcdb5364c5dece5@65.108.200.40:47656,53729a0a0a54854eb01448801b4fc28c61f8b962@176.9.157.142:25156,7bde8720c0a53f9b35e1360ef5f6ba383dd9cb86@185.119.116.249:26656,46d7c5e159e9c5631798f2f1f526e80bbd16b786@65.108.232.48:22656,46598983ec8e816787fe0d7ab29de63bdb91b733@95.217.35.179:50056,cf52f8e064ac4f8fa513526366ed215350b6f31c@185.208.206.180:22656,d96e6ce113c36268838225b99a523fc9263a55d9@213.199.52.36:22656,7a1c6c88041540979956b5879bcd3154787eaaaf@109.199.119.143:19956,aa564cd4e9516490b093f64b0dbb0dcf288a3390@136.243.54.225:26656,e4ab5611faceed5063357828b5e9a0ca5f26d15b@185.225.32.30:27656,49d2ac8836bf2dd5c26d714fa0c282828a905844@95.217.89.100:22656,005025067680ab6767e1b931306b0b83e526703d@65.109.30.147:23656,870a72699989fcd808c9e64be5b79a0564145047@37.27.112.99:26630,73ba66f577ca7402c80cbe4413bd5eba8738a7bf@88.99.3.158:25156,f39732d5590aad64e7010e4c25046f2a57148a92@213.199.61.46:26656,fb47029956d2ec2c5c85acd515fa635a8f1c5b88@213.199.50.249:26656,99bd2ce9e0a41d4265093b24819fe9c6d83264a9@84.247.175.168:23656,0847d505ae06f80a9a49c6897d0d59d79f787069@45.10.160.154:23656,761e1b71bb3e31c1cc87c90267e0f4ee30be7704@194.163.162.212:26656,a0a48ea918ac911b26a8de38d7ba5b746533631e@84.247.136.140:26656,dc6f1e0f00aad2055b4614f22a55a91584e269a1@195.26.240.92:26656,910497f35f2a8f6ea59deee7ed0367ace49e5e1b@65.109.82.86:18656,a2b0080c3193d6042ab7f3fab339d53232153189@185.192.97.95:16456,a47aa14f1a8123e85b69109a0344fb01a54dbb11@116.202.150.231:22656,4ef544f6b009884b54cf4b547c54dddda8d72947@65.109.65.210:34656,73cfc9b8f63aa9dbb923163854221db768039847@94.237.56.172:26656,19cbfb1c73a0c0f3534a8a0d65150b9e2caad07a@161.97.141.38:16656,563f79087c3ec0180d8e569ebb1afa84f5025555@176.9.45.137:26656,0053f6ee01ff506cff43386c801dc5e8dfeb515e@188.40.85.207:13156,bfecfd875f14a743b9e1ba380d5de3535402dd47@141.98.154.66:22656,b7556ae422275e13eb82297b5179a1b189467a89@159.69.142.51:50056,7af98cfa05092631723352ae0766f5b78f218aec@51.89.42.98:26648,ccb4054cf4b98a35f7244854d419b0bfe470b169@141.95.35.214:36656,6e6682700b84a15d54a2ec1041eae3147dd548c6@185.144.99.248:46656,e1b058e5cfa2b836ddaa496b10911da62dcf182e@134.65.192.193:36656,473bc0161b91920ae365016f24ac9a5aae021ba8@85.10.200.82:26656,7140d138bc993fd99ff14fc8b76ee5e61bb37487@62.112.10.13:18656,243147a5ca8c425af3afd0e97b395d44a05328fb@100.42.186.2:26656,b4bcdfa729e13aaaf2a65aa35198d6b4d0109be2@167.235.102.45:11456,3cae9610e3f49fc64be7019cd28eaeb2e369215d@164.92.186.0:30763,a9a71700397ce950a9396421877196ac19e7cde0@65.108.231.124:22656"/' config.toml

# Set minimum gas price

sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices _=._|minimum-gas-prices = \"_min_gas__utoken_\"|" $HOME/._project_name_/config/app.toml

# Set pruning

sed -i \
-e 's|^pruning _=._|pruning = "custom"|' \
-e 's|^pruning-keep-recent _=._|pruning-keep-recent = "1000"|' \
-e 's|^pruning-keep-every _=._|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
-e 's|^pruning-interval _=._|pruning-interval = "10"|' \
$HOME/._project_name_/config/app.toml

# Set custom ports

sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:14258\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:14257\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:14260\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:14256\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":14266\"%" $HOME/._project_name_/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:14217\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":14280\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:14290\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:14291\"%; s%:8545%:14245%; s%:8546%:14246%; s%:6065%:14265%" $HOME/._project_name_/config/app.toml

sed -i 's/max_num_inbound_peers =.*/max_num_inbound_peers = 50/g' $HOME/._project_name_/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/max_num_outbound_peers =.*/max_num_outbound_peers = 50/g' $HOME/._project_name_/config/config.toml

Start service and check the logs

sudo systemctl start _project_name_.service && sudo journalctl -u _project_name_.service -f --no-hostname -o cat