# Installing a full node

After you've setup your hardware following the hardware requirements you are now ready to become a Commercio.network full node.

WARNING

Make sure you have read the hardware requirements before starting

# 1. Installing the software requirements

In order to update the OS so that you can work properly, execute the following commands:

apt update && apt upgrade -y
apt install -y git gcc make unzip
snap install --classic go

export NODENAME="<your-moniker>"

echo 'export GOPATH="$HOME/go"' >> ~/.profile
echo 'export PATH="$GOPATH/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/snap/bin"' >> ~/.profile
echo "export NODENAME=\"$NODENAME\"" >> ~/.profile

source ~/.profile

# 2. Chain selection

Before installing the node, please select which chain you would like to connect to (for example testent7000)

rm -rf commercio-chains
mkdir commercio-chains && cd commercio-chains
git clone https://github.com/commercionetwork/chains.git .
cd commercio-<chain-version>

TIP

Always remember to pick the latest chain version listed inside chains repo (opens new window)

# 3. Install binaries, genesis file and setup configuration

Compile binaries

pkill cnd
pkill cncli
git init . 
git remote add origin https://github.com/commercionetwork/commercionetwork.git
git pull
git checkout tags/$(cat .data | grep -oP 'Release\s+\K\S+')
go mod verify
make install

Test if you have the correct binaries version:

cnd version
# Should output the same version written inside the .data file.
# cat .data | grep -oP 'Release\s+\K\S+'

Setup the validator node name. We will use the same name for node as well as the wallet key:

export CHAINID=commercio-$(cat .data | grep -oP 'Name\s+\K\S+')
cat <<EOF >> ~/.profile
export CHAINID="$CHAINID"
EOF

Init the .cnd folder with the basic configuration

WARNING

At this point there may be some differences if you are using KMS with HSM. Specifications will be published shortly.

cnd unsafe-reset-all
# If you get a error because .cnd folder is not present don't worry 

cnd init $NODENAME
# If you get a error because .cnd folder is present don't worry

Install genesis.json file

pkill cnd
rm -rf ~/.cnd/config/genesis.json
cp genesis.json ~/.cnd/config

Change the persistent peers inside config.toml file

sed -e "s|persistent_peers = \".*\"|persistent_peers = \"$(cat .data | grep -oP 'Persistent peers\s+\K\S+')\"|g" ~/.cnd/config/config.toml > ~/.cnd/config/config.toml.tmp
mv ~/.cnd/config/config.toml.tmp  ~/.cnd/config/config.toml

Change the seeds inside the config.toml file

sed -e "s|seeds = \".*\"|seeds = \"$(cat .data | grep -oP 'Seeds\s+\K\S+')\"|g" ~/.cnd/config/config.toml > ~/.cnd/config/config.toml.tmp
mv ~/.cnd/config/config.toml.tmp  ~/.cnd/config/config.toml

# 4. Configure the service

tee /etc/systemd/system/cnd.service > /dev/null <<EOF  
[Unit]
Description=Commercio Node
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=root
ExecStart=/root/go/bin/cnd start
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=4096

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Optional. You can quick sync with the follow procedure:

wget "https://quicksync.commercio.network/$CHAINID.latest.tgz" -P ~/.cnd/
# Check if the checksum matches the one present inside https://quicksync.commercio.network
cd ~/.cnd/
tar -zxf $(echo $CHAINID).latest.tgz

Now you can start you full node. Enable the newly created server and try starting it using:

# Start the node  
systemctl enable cnd  
systemctl start cnd

Control if the sync was started. Use Ctrl + C to interrupt the journalctl command

journalctl -u cnd -f
# OUTPUT SHOULD BE LIKE BELOW
#
# Aug 13 16:30:20 commerciotestnet-node4 cnd[351]: I[2019-08-13|16:30:20.722] Executed block                               module=state height=1 validTxs=0 invalidTxs=0
# Aug 13 16:30:20 commerciotestnet-node4 cnd[351]: I[2019-08-13|16:30:20.728] Committed state                              module=state height=1 txs=0 appHash=9815044185EB222CE9084AA467A156DFE6B4A0B1BAAC6751DE86BB31C83C4B08
# Aug 13 16:30:20 commerciotestnet-node4 cnd[351]: I[2019-08-13|16:30:20.745] Executed block                               module=state height=2 validTxs=0 invalidTxs=0
# Aug 13 16:30:20 commerciotestnet-node4 cnd[351]: I[2019-08-13|16:30:20.751] Committed state                              module=state height=2 txs=0 appHash=96BFD9C8714A79193A7913E5F091470691B195E1E6F028BC46D6B1423F7508A5
# Aug 13 16:30:20 commerciotestnet-node4 cnd[351]: I[2019-08-13|16:30:20.771] Executed block                               module=state height=3 validTxs=0 invalidTxs=0

# 6. Start the REST API

Each full node can start up its own REST API service. This will allow it to expose some endpoints that can be used in order to query the chain state at any moment.

If you want to start such a service, you need to run the following command

cncli config chain-id $CHAINID
cncli rest-server

This will start up the REST server and make it reachable using the port 1317.
From here, if you want you can use services such as Nginx (opens new window) in order to make it available to other devices.

# Next step

Now that you are a Commercio.network full node, if you want you can become a validator. If you wish to do so, please read the Becoming a validator guide.

← Hardware requirements Becoming a validator →