Node setup for Side Protocol

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/go1.22.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.22.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
rm go1.22.0.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 git clone https://github.com/sideprotocol/side.git
cd side 
git checkout v0.8.1 # always doublecheck from the official team for the right version
make install

Set up cosmovisor

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

Set up the node

# Please when using this guide replace “YOUR_MONIKER” with name for your node.
 
sided init YOUR_MONIKER --chain-id side-testnet-3 
 
# Get address book and genesis.json
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cogwheel-Validator/docs/main/files/side-testnet/genesis.json -O $HOME/.side/config/genesis.json
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cogwheel-Validator/docs/main/files/side-testnet/addrbook.json -O $HOME/.side/config/addrbook.json
 
#Set minimum gas prices
sed -i -e “s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \”0.005sideo\”|” $HOME/.side/config/app.toml

Use state sync or snapshot to catch up

Use snapshot or state sync to catch up.

cd $HOME
apt install lz4
sudo systemctl stop sided
cp $HOME/.side/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.side/priv_validator_state.json.backup
rm -rf $HOME/.side/data
curl -o - -L https://side-t.snapshot.stavr.tech/side-snap.tar.lz4 | lz4 -c -d - | tar -x -C $HOME/.side --strip-components 2
mv $HOME/.side/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.side/data/priv_validator_state.json

Or go here

https://polkachu.com/testnets/side/snapshots

Start the node

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

Side Protocol Node Commands