Validator Setup

Agoric Node

Agoric is a layer-1 blockchain based on the Cosmos network. The main feature of the project is the ability to create smart contracts with the use of JavaScript. It makes the integration of developers from Web2 to Web3 much easier and expands the ecosystem significantly. Agoric's native token is BLD.

Minimum hardware requirements:

• 16 GB RAM

• 4 cores/ vCPU

• 100GB SSD

• Ubuntu 20.04

Server preparation:

Before running the node on the server, it's necessary to install Node.js, Yarn, Go and update the system.

Add a package repository Node.js

curl -Ls https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo bash

Download the package repository Yarn

curl -Ls https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/yarnkey.gpg >/dev/null
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/yarnkey.gpg] https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list

Update the system and download the building tools

sudo apt -q update
sudo apt -qy install curl git jq lz4 build-essential nodejs=16.* yarn
sudo apt -qy upgrade

Install Go

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go1.19.9.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - -C /usr/local
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/golang.sh)
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin' | tee -a $HOME/.profile)

Node installation:

The node installation process is much easier with the use of previously taken snapshot. We use our variant of snapshot in this guide. You can change ports, seeds, the minimum gas price and the snapshot, if you want.

Clone the project repository

cd $HOME
rm -rf pismoC
git clone https://github.com/Agoric/agoric-sdk.git pismoC
cd pismoC
git checkout pismoC

Install Agoric Javascript packages

yarn install
yarn build

Integrate Agoric Cosmos SDK support

(cd packages/cosmic-swingset && make)

Prepare binaries for Cosmovisor

mkdir -p $HOME/.agoric/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
ln -s $HOME/pismoC/packages/cosmic-swingset/bin/ag-chain-cosmos $HOME/.agoric/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/ag-chain-cosmos
ln -s $HOME/pismoC/packages/cosmic-swingset/bin/ag-nchainz $HOME/.agoric/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/ag-nchainz
cp golang/cosmos/build/agd $HOME/.agoric/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/
cp golang/cosmos/build/ag-cosmos-helper $HOME/.agoric/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/

Create application symlinks

sudo ln -s $HOME/.agoric/cosmovisor/genesis $HOME/.agoric/cosmovisor/current -f
sudo ln -s $HOME/.agoric/cosmovisor/current/bin/agd /usr/local/bin/agd -f

Download and install Cosmovisor

go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@v1.4.0

Create service

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/agd.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=agoric node service
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.agoric"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=agd"
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"
Environment="PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:$HOME/.agoric/cosmovisor/current/bin"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable agd

Set up node configurations

agd config chain-id agoric-3
agd config keyring-backend file
agd config node tcp://localhost:12757

Initialize the node

agd init NODE_NAME --chain-id agoric-3

Instead of NODE_NAME, enter your name of the node.

Add the genesis and addrbook files

curl -Ls https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/w3coins.io/genesis/agoric-mainnet/genesis.json > $HOME/.agoric/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/w3coins.io/addrbook/agoric-mainnet/addrbook.json > $HOME/.agoric/config/addrbook.json

Add seeds

sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"0f04c4610b7511a64b8644944b907416db568590@104.198.182.148:26656\"|" $HOME/.agoric/config/config.toml

Set the minimum gas price

sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.03ubld\"|" $HOME/.agoric/config/app.toml

Add custom ports

sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:12758\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:12757\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:12760\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:12756\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":12766\"%" $HOME/.agoric/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:12717\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":12780\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:12790\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:12791\"%; s%:8545%:12745%; s%:8546%:12746%; s%:6065%:12765%" $HOME/.agoric/config/app.toml

Download the snapshot

curl -L https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/w3coins.io/snapshots/agoric-mainnet/agoric_snapsot_latest.tar.lz4 | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.agoric
[[ -f $HOME/.agoric/data/upgrade-info.json ]] && cp $HOME/.agoric/data/upgrade-info.json $HOME/.agoric/cosmovisor/genesis/upgrade-info.json

Run the node

sudo systemctl start agd

Checking and syncing

After installation, the node has to be synchronized.

Check the sync status

agd status | jq .SyncInfo

If everything is set up correctly, the response will be something like:

{
  "latest_block_hash": "3A0F2AD88C987F6EEDB322BA2CC762A5BC69CF91FB02359DA535D49FFF35CB74",
  "latest_app_hash": "BE512418BDC91AA6BC887F5F33ED2226139D96B5DDB963D2ED4C61BAB4D49F91",
  "latest_block_height": "10123111",
  "latest_block_time": "2023-05-31T13:18:38.478539726Z",
  "earliest_block_hash": "3AB9448D36EF7B2DF224E4721A5BB0EE4182F5CE00B87E78B04E466CF7586568",
  "earliest_app_hash": "64018478AE11A0D2C4262874EE8B65F975DC7CE9720434074AFC25422EACE638",
  "earliest_block_height": "10110283",
  "earliest_block_time": "2023-05-30T16:13:50.226497159Z",
  "catching_up": true
}

Complete sync

The node is synchronized when "latest_block_height" catches up with the last block in the network. At that moment "catching_up" will change from true to false.

For monitoring, you can use the script:

while sleep 5; do
  sync_info=`agd status | jq .SyncInfo`
  echo "$sync_info"
  if test `echo "$sync_info" | jq -r .catching_up` == false; then
    echo "Caught up"
    break
  fi
done

When the synchronization is completed, the terminal will say "Caught up"

Check logs (if errors occur)

journalctl -u agd -f

Key addition.

For further work keys/wallets are necessary.

Create a new key

agd keys add KEY_NAME

Change KEY_NAME to the name of your key. Add a password and save the mnemonic phrase.

Add an existing key

agd keys add KEY_NAME --recover

List all keys

agd keys list

Delegation to the validator

agd tx staking delegate OPERATOR_ADRESS AMOUNT --from KEY_NAME --chain-id agoric-3 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.03ubld -y

Change the following parameters:

- OPERATOR_ADRESS - enter the address of the validator, for example, the w3coins address:

agoricvaloper1tfmed8ueaxrmdsvkecrae6renyxjct8xwdkes5

- AMOUNT - enter the number of delegated tokens in the ubld value (1BLD = 1000000UBLD), for example:

1000000ubld

- KEY_NAME - enter your key name