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JW Node Services

Pell

Installation

Terminal window
# install dependencies, if needed
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y
Terminal window
# install go, if needed
cd $HOME
VER="1.22.3"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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"
[ ! -f ~/.bash_profile ] && touch ~/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:~/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
[ ! -d ~/go/bin ] && mkdir -p ~/go/bin


# set vars
echo "export WALLET="wallet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export MONIKER="test"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export PELL_CHAIN_ID="ignite_186-1"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export PELL_PORT="58"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile


# download binary
cd $HOME
wget -O pellcored https://github.com/0xPellNetwork/network-config/releases/download/v1.2.1/pellcored-v1.2.1-linux-amd64
chmod +x pellcored
mv pellcored ~/go/bin/
WASMVM_VERSION=v2.1.2
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/.pellcored/lib
mkdir -p $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
wget "https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases/download/$WASMVM_VERSION/libwasmvm.$(uname -m).so" -O "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH/libwasmvm.$(uname -m).so"
echo "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/.pellcored/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile


# config and init app
pellcored config node tcp://localhost:${PELL_PORT}657
pellcored config keyring-backend os
pellcored config chain-id ignite_186-1
pellcored init "test" --chain-id ignite_186-1


# download genesis and addrbook
wget -O $HOME/.pellcored/config/genesis.json https://server-5.itrocket.net/testnet/pell/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.pellcored/config/addrbook.json  https://server-5.itrocket.net/testnet/pell/addrbook.json


# set seeds and peers
SEEDS="5f10959cc96b5b7f9e08b9720d9a8530c3d08d19@pell-testnet-seed.itrocket.net:58656"
PEERS="d003cb808ae91bad032bb94d19c922fe094d8556@pell-testnet-peer.itrocket.net:58656,28c0fcd184c31ac7f3e2b3a91ae60dedc086b0c3@94.130.204.227:26656,e952af1698527dc8063cfc78b317f4cce1421c63@212.47.64.123:26656,1189d15c84a5b79a95cdf0cc65d007c6aa85b66d@49.12.82.124:26656,f9decf3cb78d88581d6c3c14828cb906a75fd060@95.216.97.238:26656,a13b967c551267aa65344154968dd7c5b65a244f@89.116.28.24:26656,85ae72fe4ab8b669299f6da1baaaba8a6c664ec3@185.232.70.33:17656,c9a5d341547e06441e30e07db289fc337ec36f79@152.53.87.97:26656,cc9acce34ac781b76be5c9f7d9f1ed307331de06@94.72.118.149:57656,a4a3f561abf0c2c156a56d1272755ec710c25d76@212.47.64.127:26656,32fac46251436c7bee07b9aa5571f69b5fb765f4@193.34.212.164:57656,d52c32a6a8510bdf0d33909008041b96d95c8408@34.87.39.12:26656"
sed -i -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/}" \
       -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/}" $HOME/.pellcored/config/config.toml


# set custom ports in app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${PELL_PORT}317%g;
s%:8080%:${PELL_PORT}080%g;
s%:9090%:${PELL_PORT}090%g;
s%:9091%:${PELL_PORT}091%g;
s%:8545%:${PELL_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${PELL_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${PELL_PORT}065%g" $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml


# set custom ports in config.toml file
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${PELL_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${PELL_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${PELL_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${PELL_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${PELL_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${PELL_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.pellcored/config/config.toml


# config pruning
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"19\"/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml


# set minimum gas price, enable prometheus and disable indexing
sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0apell"|g' $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/config.toml


# create service file
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/pellcored.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Pell node
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.pellcored
ExecStart=$(which pellcored) start --home $HOME/.pellcored
Environment=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/.pellcored/lib/
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF


# reset and download snapshot
pellcored tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.pellcored
curl https://server-5.itrocket.net/testnet/pell/pell_2025-02-22_1099338_snap.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.pellcored


# enable and start service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable pellcored
sudo systemctl restart pellcored && sudo journalctl -u pellcored -fo cat

Create Wallet

Terminal window
# to create a new wallet, use the following command. don’t forget to save the mnemonic
pellcored keys add $WALLET


# to restore exexuting wallet, use the following command
pellcored keys add $WALLET --recover


# save wallet and validator address
WALLET_ADDRESS=$(pellcored keys show $WALLET -a)
VALOPER_ADDRESS=$(pellcored keys show $WALLET --bech val -a)
echo "export WALLET_ADDRESS="$WALLET_ADDRESS >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export VALOPER_ADDRESS="$VALOPER_ADDRESS >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile


# check sync status, once your node is fully synced, the output from above will print "false"
pellcored status 2>&1 | jq


# before creating a validator, you need to fund your wallet and check balance
pellcored query bank balances $WALLET_ADDRESS

Create Validator

Terminal window
cd $HOME
# Create validator.json file
echo "{\"pubkey\":{\"@type\":\"/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey\",\"key\":\"$(pellcored comet show-validator | grep -Po '\"key\":\s*\"\K[^"]*')\"},
    \"amount\": \"1000000apell\",
    \"moniker\": \"test\",
    \"identity\": \"\",
    \"website\": \"\",
    \"security\": \"\",
    \"details\": \"\",
    \"commission-rate\": \"0.1\",
    \"commission-max-rate\": \"0.2\",
    \"commission-max-change-rate\": \"0.01\",
    \"min-self-delegation\": \"1\"
}" > validator.json
# Create a validator using the JSON configuration
pellcored tx staking create-validator validator.json \
    --from $WALLET \
    --chain-id ignite_186-1 \
  --fees 30apell --gas 300000