Setup

Install dependencies

1. Add the Golang PPA repository to get the latest version of Golang

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:longsleep/golang-backports
   

2. Update the packages list

   sudo apt-get update
   

3. Install Golang and other required packages

   sudo apt-get install --yes curl git golang-go jq make unzip
   

4. Export Golang environment variables

   Tip

   Append the below lines to the file ${HOME}/.bashrc and execute the command source ${HOME}/.bashrc to reflect in the current Terminal session

   export GOROOT=/usr/lib/go
   export GOPATH=${HOME}/go
   export GOBIN=${GOPATH}/bin
   export PATH=${PATH}:${GOROOT}/bin:${GOBIN}
   

Install sentinelhub software

git clone https://github.com/sentinel-official/hub.git "${HOME}/sentinelhub"
cd "${HOME}/sentinelhub"
git checkout <ENTER_TAG>
make install
sudo ln -s "${GOBIN}/sentinelhub" /usr/local/bin/sentinelhub

Initialize the Sentinel Hub

sentinelhub init --chain-id sentinelhub-2 "<SET_MONIKER>"
curl -fsLS -o "${HOME}/genesis.zip" "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sentinel-official/networks/main/sentinelhub-2/genesis.zip"
unzip -d "${HOME}/.sentinelhub/config/" "${HOME}/genesis.zip"
rm "${HOME}/genesis.zip"

Update the node config

1. Open config.toml file with a text editor

   vim ${HOME}/.sentinelhub/config/config.toml
   

2. Get the peers and seeds from here and set them

   [p2p]
   persistent_peers = "<SET_PEERS>"
   seeds = "<SET_SEEDS>"
   

3. Open app.toml file with a text editor

   vim "${HOME}/.sentinelhub/config/app.toml"
   

4. Get minimum gas prices from here and set it

   minimum-gas-prices = "<SET_MINIMUM_GAS_PRICES>"
   

Add a systemd unit file

1. Open the sentinelhub.service file with a text editor

   sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/sentinelhub.service
   

2. Paste the below text

   [Unit]
   Description=Sentinel Hub Daemon
   After=network.target
   
   [Service]
   Type=simple
   ExecStart=sentinelhub start
   Restart=on-failure
   StartLimitInterval=0
   RestartSec=5
   LimitNOFILE=1048576
   LimitMEMLOCK=2048132
   
   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target
   

3. Reload the systemd Daemon

   sudo systemctl daemon-reload
   

4. Enable autostart of Sentinel Hub service

   sudo systemctl enable sentinelhub.service