Install and Configure Full Node

Enable ports on Firewall

Set up these ports on your firewall:

sudo ufw allow 26656/tcp

Check firewall status to see if the port has been enabled

sudo ufw status

Install Sentinel Hub

To install Sentinel Hub, please download the latest version from the repository and proceed by executing the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/sentinel-official/hub.git "${HOME}/sentinelhub"
cd "${HOME}/sentinelhub"
git checkout vX.X.X
make install

# For Ubuntu installation
sudo ln -s "${GOBIN}/sentinelhub" /usr/bin/sentinelhub

# For manual installation
sudo ln -s "${GOBIN}/sentinelhub" /usr/local/bin/sentinelhub

Configure Sentinel Hub

Genesis File

Let's initialize the Sentinel Hub using the Genesis file, a JSON file which defines the initial state of Sentinel blockchain. The state defined in the genesis file contains all the necessary information, like initial coin allocation, genesis time, default parameters, and more

sentinelhub init --chain-id sentinelhub-2 "Your Validator Name"
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"

You will be asked to replace the genesis file, type [A]ll

In case you need a mirror because the official hosting site does not work, use this:

wget -O genesis.json https://snapshots.polkachu.com/genesis/sentinel/genesis.json --inet4-only
mv genesis.json ~/.sentinelhub/config

Edit the Node configuration file

Open the config.toml file

sudo nano ${HOME}/.sentinelhub/config/config.toml

Set seeds and peers separated by comma.

Seeds: are initial entry points for new nodes joining the network and are typically used during the bootstrap phase. In this phase, a new node connects to them to obtain information about the network's topology and to discover other nodes to connect to. The seeds you see below are taken from here
Peers*: are usually nodes that a given node wants to maintain a reliable and consistent connection with, often because they have specific roles in the network or are deemed important for communication. The below peers were taken from Polkachu Validator

${HOME}/.sentinelhub/config/config.toml
[p2p]
seeds = ""
persistent_peers = ""

Add the followings:

Seeds

05fe2a7847fd27345250915fd06752c424f40651@85.222.234.135:26656,387027e3b1180d3a619cbbf3462704a490785963@54.176.90.228:26656,63bd9cfce0f0d274aad5b166dd06d829021aec43@121.78.247.243:56656,855807cc6a919c22ec943050ebb5c80b23724ed0@3.239.11.246:26656,8caefbf8f4318ecc93f2c901cf11470e4a16c818@161.97.135.122:26656,9174af5f16f74660cccf49f893d243949af45f7f@54.177.29.46:26656,9fa528bd2b9e7c80724a1d8a4e1a2a8a83e7d123@142.93.72.221:26656,a77f6a094578dad899e2f40e0626b4c6d4705311@3.36.165.232:26656,bd45a11390d16d128a9eeea3935b53d7a1a3c120@15.236.127.69:26656,cdb8dd7628460a546ce1594ca0bc0c20366514cf@34.72.64.178:26656,d1efceccb04ded9a604e5235f76da86872157d68@161.97.149.223:26656,e00b23444cc8dbb353d5faa765ab36cfc0116b57@83.60.98.134:28685,e5ee89bd4fc371c6a0e66d2b8daefd891b6b87b5@157.90.117.58:26656,f7ceb735606f90df7eb6cd987641876955b6e325@46.4.55.150:36656,05fe2a7847fd27345250915fd06752c424f40651@85.222.234.135:26656,387027e3b1180d3a619cbbf3462704a490785963@54.176.90.228:26656,63bd9cfce0f0d274aad5b166dd06d829021aec43@121.78.247.243:56656,855807cc6a919c22ec943050ebb5c80b23724ed0@3.239.11.246:26656,8caefbf8f4318ecc93f2c901cf11470e4a16c818@161.97.135.122:26656,9174af5f16f74660cccf49f893d243949af45f7f@54.177.29.46:26656,9fa528bd2b9e7c80724a1d8a4e1a2a8a83e7d123@142.93.72.221:26656,a77f6a094578dad899e2f40e0626b4c6d4705311@3.36.165.232:26656,bd45a11390d16d128a9eeea3935b53d7a1a3c120@15.236.127.69:26656,cdb8dd7628460a546ce1594ca0bc0c20366514cf@34.72.64.178:26656,d1efceccb04ded9a604e5235f76da86872157d68@161.97.149.223:26656,e00b23444cc8dbb353d5faa765ab36cfc0116b57@83.60.98.134:28685,e5ee89bd4fc371c6a0e66d2b8daefd891b6b87b5@157.90.117.58:26656,f7ceb735606f90df7eb6cd987641876955b6e325@46.4.55.150:36656,ebc272824924ea1a27ea3183dd0b9ba713494f83@sentinel.mainnet.peer.autostake.net:26706,ade4d8bc8cbe014af6ebdf3cb7b1e9ad36f412c0@seeds.polkachu.com:23956

Peers

f6ba2e3e719428d17b045b43585dd9dcca66e76b@135.181.129.122:14656,e7b825983d15eef809e929b44b2085dcec9d27b6@51.68.44.219:26556,c124ce0b508e8b9ed1c5b6957f362225659b5343@134.65.192.134:26656,9055a3f947fd5eb8027f2a6958026b68eea2da81@157.90.2.111:26656,dd51ff321f29b59b51eedb8682acb3a9f07d44a6@138.201.131.133:26656,1154ef380c350885aef8a2fae6dc308f6844594a@65.108.6.54:50656,00673903c9a12081c7713b6757f62a8c7d7ffcbf@51.159.110.196:26656,1cdf6c69df0a0da5de77bce15270baa0d709d936@51.159.15.87:26656,2a426a8a0070a6830bad32b96cd3da1b7b6a2faa@65.108.11.250:29656,d2d9596df39d9b57ab1f01b8dea1b346178bf6e4@63.33.136.84:26656,2d786027097ca30c5843cf9f11c14a270499d305@3.85.203.113:26656,9c42bcb0d931b6387b4f808f540139bcd5bda968@131.153.174.14:53656,b60ca3f9ec0d72773ed3ea10bdc7acb90e05dea2@51.161.87.126:26656,4506adc06a18029f5620570cfe8cf0144a550125@135.181.216.151:50656,4398bd773ac885b7365de3604eb487be10c54563@95.214.55.227:26706,f0e52da07b2de80d751108ae63c6b2f25b4685a7@23.88.77.182:23956,7a13027588da83f557a176608c785f79ede84564@66.172.36.135:26656,471518432477e31ea348af246c0b54095d41352c@169.155.47.161:26656,a8bf4b3586ad57190d2f60b0e12fc80c138776e7@65.108.234.18:26656,18248ce04952a7e8fab4092eeabff97f6faaeca5@172.105.118.223:26656,fde9b8ae8348c911a1cb149372fa527ed095cbdc@154.12.246.226:26656,c5315e5e43e8e718c7c926c75b651e398750a4f8@137.220.50.79:26656,adad660c3110c10ca0e2f5e434c2f54b9dcb4e60@212.95.53.148:26656,662ccbd8c9885ddff6800a707da3dc6b0c4ed49d@15.235.115.148:10001,694324d39f53d6e6a0f79d33f535d0ee4a96f74a@37.120.245.177:26656,fd1c929dc0c2ce6418b6ed31747469de6c7b15bb@159.223.62.122:26656,25ee0fc9ba93cfcbee369f8c1f8d5d3bf06d1b76@34.23.21.55:26656,99f7fe677d2b5262fe95fb21e3edc5b9fc16fc4f@218.102.97.67:26706,c462db7a9b0d0ac8d26bddf55ed3ebff13219e51@51.159.221.58:26656,b46d8fea2e951ba21594c047c8746ab6dc315cea@65.109.99.157:16604,1c3409fde1bfe7719df8c60c56284ee36b4940e5@88.205.101.222:26656,97e4468ac589eac505a800411c635b14511a61bb@164.152.162.52:26656,6b9054afcd76719a4262694478ede8233e6bd7fb@168.119.64.123:26656,fb71d5064bcb1819f1aa49bf78576b4818fe914f@135.181.28.89:14656,38df1e987161e459b8637ab09cb6cef71ebd5035@109.199.115.65:26656,356e02cf1bb1df0e34e5c9f0470c0ad677bee6d6@185.150.26.184:26656,1bd8ddc05c1c267789854a91ab1d5fd0f5aded15@146.19.24.61:26656,4e43a3028f9c5e2e072b9445176a116245a2558e@135.181.5.232:23956,ef48f35580cf0034e12ca05eafd202a0cc0b577b@75.119.148.134:26656,752240820f1518d37a3c786b8617b9e30727d320@65.21.96.69:27156,dfd4db1ad111c62c83fa300af0092b253773aecc@65.108.106.135:26686,182c428b5ff02dc44bdc20a782b28f0cea204bd4@170.39.193.124:26656,73ef1c0f9bc77fd925decf7fa41f22a35b5dc76d@185.38.19.3:26630,8ebf4283512f708c2aee9d52e37aa694a5ec597a@49.12.165.122:26103,0d9f4ae53eb69d4790e9633094b19e0ff18c6e82@5.10.24.84:26656,212151a8cc307cdc5ad18a174a5cb181fbc7a153@134.65.194.144:27057,5ace0e57784e34930360bf6cc00dd5265278f708@65.108.238.166:23956,45ed1c0498e1ba7894e1362d533583b8c0fa1ae7@136.243.67.189:23956,ada37df88e50dd6b04571f8aa010a700d953e89a@138.201.60.188:26656,09423cc26d5490db197f944908eb2a13ec1c1288@65.108.103.184:25656,6a535c17deedfa178c8bb9c863b0f646e42f978e@163.172.74.144:26656,e1be5e84e6f76bdc4d24d2f39830b6f50857e684@78.107.253.133:33656,89757803f40da51678451735445ad40d5b15e059@169.155.169.176:26656,ecfdb8448a098ba96dc4b379d4e121df96fd706c@172.172.233.101:26656,ee49aa4d21783178781ab7b08922e3a4e288d977@178.63.93.41:50656,39ebd409f6d7bf68276955ded8f44bb3703a3273@65.108.199.42:26656,26422b225939a310fe1022730b38149a69d7d97e@38.242.200.201:26656,578993078e27b2b5f0c205becd3ad263fb9c366b@192.99.4.66:26796,d6d3b940785d0135e53e38bc4639e1cbce47e983@88.99.199.5:26656,2ab3546280efea3be610c1ba89d3d0bdb3f3cf22@51.158.204.245:26656,9045af707b492d02d05a7865a126d80d15627d91@65.109.97.51:26656,e46ba943d251e353bfc1571a168affff30e420fa@65.108.235.36:21656,22efb76a378788caf3bfe3b1ee5e488585e00e6b@51.178.65.225:51656,062847a82a69469c582429235c1b86365b92294d@65.21.201.244:26706,c0ba6216feb4527d6259392f61506fd1ddacc9c9@37.77.107.133:26609,9cb35c25ad0054c8630ea7595a7c60bbc8050c69@54.195.97.95:26656,dc8f68628bf86052fc12223abb9c258b95d677de@95.217.198.248:26656,42aa73ec8d4ec2ffb1c460dde7419991062bd084@138.197.190.122:31981,4e1c2471efb89239fb04a4b75f9f87177fd91d00@169.155.171.37:26656,c07e0facb3ed082e75a4f1e49ea31570c00923c2@188.34.151.177:26656,b212d5740b2e11e54f56b072dc13b6134650cfb5@169.155.45.136:26656,c1db58c070a76784ec203bcb9d51bb6c60737fb7@142.132.131.184:26686,493c4bee520125dea7b93bbe054b0e3918130f3f@46.38.251.243:26656,5781d45c4cce9cc748cf19afdab11e3ec2b21147@116.202.243.94:26656,d1f02ec2c3447e7a218ece5a2aab8f114dece309@167.114.118.234:26796,87b8675bc38f3d309e8fbedb860dd68ded7597f4@202.61.251.234:26656,29136bb5225bf2d20a5d42cd5d2ebb51b8135e18@102.223.5.249:26656,1f95bc704608d6f3d42bfce58e0fefbaef818891@89.149.218.78:26656,e1b058e5cfa2b836ddaa496b10911da62dcf182e@169.155.168.109:26656,ebc272824924ea1a27ea3183dd0b9ba713494f83@195.3.223.168:26706,4c011a64e66a38df4139ad2af5e8fe0798d00624@65.109.97.249:23956,66d0d22dc5e1e542c200da1fc097dae5e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If you plan to use State Sync to run your node, simply set it to true:

[statesync]
enable = true

Enable Prometheus for data scraping

prometheus = true

# Address to listen for Prometheus collector(s) connections
prometheus_listen_addr = ":26660"

Open the Prometheus port 26660 on Validator firewall which will be accessible only from your monitor machine

sudo ufw allow from monitor_ip to validator_ip port 26660

Open the app.toml file

sudo nano ${HOME}/.sentinelhub/config/app.toml

Establish minimum gas prices for udvpn and other supported IBC tokens. You can find the minimum gas prices for udvpn here.

${HOME}/.sentinelhub/config/app.toml
minimum-gas-prices = "0.01ibc/31FEE1A2A9F9C01113F90BD0BBCCE8FD6BBB8585FAF109A2101827DD1D5B95B8,0.1udvpn,0.01ibc/B1C0DDB14F25279A2026BC8794E12B259F8BDA546A3C5132CCAEE4431CE36783,0.01ibc/ED07A3391A112B175915CD8FAF43A2DA8E4790EDE12566649D0C2F97716B8518,0.01ibc/A8C2D23A1E6F95DA4E48BA349667E322BD7A6C996D8A4AAE8BA72E190F3D1477"

Add a system unit file

Open the sentinelhub.service with a text editor

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

Paste the below text

sentinelhub.service

/etc/systemd/system/sentinelhub.service
[Unit]
Description=Sentinel Hub Daemon
After=network.target

[Service]
User=sentinel
Type=simple

# For Ubuntu installation
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sentinelhub start
# For Manual installation
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/sentinelhub start

Restart=on-failure
StartLimitInterval=0
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=1048576
LimitMEMLOCK=2048132

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Let's make sure to assign ownership of all sentinelhub files to the current user (in our case, 'sentinel')

sudo chown -R sentinel:sentinel ~/.sentinelhub

Reload the systemd Daemon

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Enable autostart of Sentinel Hub service

sudo systemctl enable sentinelhub.service

Enable ports on Firewall​

Install Sentinel Hub​

Configure Sentinel Hub​

Genesis File​

Edit the Node configuration file​