# Installation If you want to setup Lava fullnode manually follow the steps below ## Update and upgrade ``` sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y ``` ## Install GO ``` if ! [ -x "$(command -v go)" ]; then ver="1.20.3" cd $HOME wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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" echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile source ~/.bash_profile fi ``` ## Install node ``` cd $HOME rm -rf lava git clone https://github.com/lavanet/lava.git cd lava git checkout v0.22.0 export LAVA_BINARY=lavad make install ``` ## Setting up vars You should replace values in <>\ \ Here you should put name of your moniker (validator) that will be visible in explorer\ \ Here you shoud put the name of your wallet ``` LAVA_WALLET="" LAVA_NODENAME="" LAVA_CHAIN_ID="lava-testnet-2" ``` ``` echo " export LAVA_WALLET=${LAVA_WALLET} export LAVA_NODENAME=${LAVA_NODENAME} export LAVA_CHAIN_ID=${LAVA_CHAIN_ID} " >> $HOME/.bash_profile source $HOME/.bash_profile ``` ## Configure your node ``` lavad config chain-id ${LAVA_CHAIN_ID} ``` ## Initialize your node ``` lavad init ${LAVA_NODENAME} --chain-id ${LAVA_CHAIN_ID} ``` ## Download genesis ``` curl -Ls "https://snapshots.l0vd.com/lava-testnet/genesis.json" > $HOME/.lava/config/genesis.json ``` ## (OPTIONAL) Set custom ports ### If you want to use non-default ports ``` LAVA_PORT= #Example: LAVA_PORT=56 (numbers from 1 to 64) ``` ``` sed -i.bak -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${LAVA_PORT}658\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${LAVA_PORT}657\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:${LAVA_PORT}060\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${LAVA_PORT}656\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":${LAVA_PORT}660\"%" /$HOME/.lava/config/config.toml sed -i.bak -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${LAVA_PORT}317\"%; s%^address = \"tcp://localhost:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${LAVA_PORT}317\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":${LAVA_PORT}080\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${LAVA_PORT}090\"%; s%^address = \"localhost:9090\"%address = \"localhost:${LAVA_PORT}090\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${LAVA_PORT}091\"%; s%^address = \"localhost:9091\"%address = \"localhost:${LAVA_PORT}091\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:8545\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${LAVA_PORT}545\"%; s%^ws-address = \"0.0.0.0:8546\"%ws-address = \"0.0.0.0:${LAVA_PORT}546\"%" /$HOME/.lava/config/app.toml ``` ## Set seeds and peers ``` PEERS="7902b049bae54b62ca6a70f5f4c60411cf13ae52@lava-testnet.peers.l0vd.com:20656" sed -i -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml ``` ## Config pruning ``` pruning="custom" pruning_keep_recent="100" pruning_keep_every="0" pruning_interval="50" sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/app.toml sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/app.toml sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/app.toml sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/app.toml ``` ## Set minimum gas price and null indexer ``` sed -i -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0ulava\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/app.toml sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml ``` ## Set config ``` sed -i \ -e 's/timeout_commit = ".*"/timeout_commit = "30s"/g' \ -e 's/timeout_propose = ".*"/timeout_propose = "1s"/g' \ -e 's/timeout_precommit = ".*"/timeout_precommit = "1s"/g' \ -e 's/timeout_precommit_delta = ".*"/timeout_precommit_delta = "500ms"/g' \ -e 's/timeout_prevote = ".*"/timeout_prevote = "1s"/g' \ -e 's/timeout_prevote_delta = ".*"/timeout_prevote_delta = "500ms"/g' \ -e 's/timeout_propose_delta = ".*"/timeout_propose_delta = "500ms"/g' \ -e 's/skip_timeout_commit = ".*"/skip_timeout_commit = false/g' \ $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml ``` ## Create Service ``` sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/lavad.service > /dev/null <> $HOME/.bash_profile source $HOME/.bash_profile ``` ## 2. Create validator {% hint style="info" %} Wait until the node is synchronized. {% endhint %} ``` lavad tx staking create-validator \ --amount 1000000ulava \ --commission-max-change-rate "0.01" \ --commission-max-rate "0.20" \ --commission-rate "0.1" \ --min-self-delegation "1" \ --details "" \ --pubkey $(lavad tendermint show-validator) \ --moniker ${LAVA_NODENAME} \ --chain-id ${LAVA_CHAIN_ID} \ --from ${LAVA_WALLET_ADDR} \ --gas-prices 0ulava \ --gas-adjustment 1.5 \ --gas auto \ --yes ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://chain-services.l0vd.com/testnets/lava/installation-guide.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. 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