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Validator Node
Instructions to run a validator node for the Polis Chain
Requirements
- docker
- docker-compose
- node
Download the source files
Clone the repository:
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git clone https://github.com/polischain/polis-chains/ && cd polis-chains
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Create a new validator key
To run a validator you first need create a validator key that will sign blocks (if possible)
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./run.sh generate
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This command will install the necessary packages to create a validator key and store it under the
keystore folder together with the password to decrypt the key under the passwords folder inside the polis-chains directory.To prevent loosing your validator key make sure you make a backup of the keystore and passwords folders.
Starting the validator instance
Once you have the validator address (executed from the command above) you need to run the docker-compose file to start your validator.
To execute your validator you need to prepend the NAME and ACCOUNT variables to the command
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NAME="Test Validator" ACCOUNT="0x123...123" docker-compose -f docker/olympus/validator.yml up
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This will execute the validator scripts and start a validator instance with a full monitoring stack.
Once the validator is started you will have the monitoring service at port 3000. To access it you can use the default username and password: User:
admin Password: adminStopping the validator instance
To stop the validator instance once the
docker-compose command is executed you must simply close the session or send a finish signal with CTRL+CRun the validator in the background
To run a validator process in the background the recommended tool is to use the
screen command.To do so, simply type
screen in the command line interface and execute the docker-compose command above. Once the validator is initialized simply use
CTRL+A and then click the letter D to detach the instance.To re-attach the instance simply type the command
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