Node setup for Initia

Node setup requres some basic knowlage of Linux OS and server managment. Setting up the node can be daunting and chalanging task. This is a short guide how to set up the node.

Update the system and install the essentials:

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade -y && apt install build-essential 
sudo apt install vim /or apt install nano 
sudo apt install entr jq make git ufw wget

Install GO and Cosmovisor

sudo rm -r /usr/local/go/
wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.22.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.22.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
rm go1.22.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' >> $HOME/.bashrc
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin' >> $HOME./bashrc
source $HOME/.bashrc
 
# Install cosmovisor
go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/[email protected]
sudo mv ~/go/bin/cosmovisor /usr/local/bin

Clone the repository and install node binary

cd $HOME 
git clone https://github.com/initia-labs/initia
cd initia 
git checkout v0.2.21 # always doublecheck from the official team for the right version
make install

Set up cosmovisor

mkdir -p $HOME/.initia/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mkdir -p $HOME/.initia/cosmovisor/upgrades
mv $HOME/go/bin/initiad $HOME/.initia/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/
sudo ln -s $HOME/.initia/cosmovisor/genesis $HOME/.initia/cosmovisor/current -f
sudo ln -s $HOME/.initia/cosmovisor/current/bin/initiad /usr/local/bin/initiad -f
 
# Create service file
 
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/initiad.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Initia node”
After=network-online.target
 
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.initia
Restart=on-failure 
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment=”DAEMON_NAME=initiad”
Environment=”DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.initia”
Environment=”DAEMON_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD_BINARIES=false”
Environment=”DAEMON_RESTART_AFTER_UPGRADE=true”
Environment=”UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true”
Environment=”PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:$HOME/.initia/cosmovisor/current/bin”
 
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
 
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable initiad.service

Set up the node

# Please when using this guide replace “YOUR_MONIKER” with name for your node.
 
initiad init YOUR_MONIKER --chain-id initiation-1
 
# Get address book and genesis.json
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cogwheel-Validator/docs/main/files/initia/genesis.json -O $HOME/.initia/config/genesis.json
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cogwheel-Validator/docs/main/files/initia/addrbook.json -O $HOME/.initia/config/addrbook.json
 
#Set minimum gas prices
sed -i -e “s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \”0.15uinit,0.01uusdc\”|” $HOME/.initia/config/app.toml

Use snapshot or state sync to catch up.

Links to snapshots. You only need from one provider.

https://polkachu.com/tendermint_snapshots/initia

Start the node

sudo systemctl start initiad && sudo journalctl -fu initiad -o cat

Initia Node Commands