# Lava Network Node Guide

By [Lamerlie9](https://paragraph.com/@lamerlie9) · 2024-08-14

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**Install Dependencies**
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Update system package and install build tools

    sudo apt -q update
    sudo apt -qy install curl git jq lz4 build-essential fail2ban ufw
    sudo apt -qy upgrade
    

### **Configure Moniker**

Replace with your own validator name MONIKER="Name\_Your\_Moniker" **Install Go** sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go curl -Ls <https://go.dev/dl/go1.20.10.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) **Build Binaries** Cloning project repository & Compile binaries cd $HOME rm -rf lava git clone <https://github.com/lavanet/lava.git> cd lava git checkout v2.0.0 Export binaries name and build export LAVA\_BINARY=lavadmake build Prepare binaries for cosmovisor mkdir -p $HOME/.lava/cosmovisor/genesis/binmv build/lavad $HOME/.lava/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/rm -rf build Create symlinks sudo ln -s $HOME/.lava/cosmovisor/genesis $HOME/.lava/cosmovisor/current -fsudo ln -s $HOME/.lava/cosmovisor/current/bin/lavad /usr/local/bin/lavad -f **Cosmovisor Setup** Install cosmovisor go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@v1.5.0 **Create Service** Create a systemd service sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/lava.service > /dev/null << EOF \[Unit\] Description=lava node service After=network-online.target \[Service\] User=$USER ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start Restart=on-failure RestartSec=10 LimitNOFILE=65535 Environment="DAEMON\_HOME=$HOME/.lava" Environment="DAEMON\_NAME=lavad" Environment="UNSAFE\_SKIP\_BACKUP=true" Environment="PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:$HOME/.lava/cosmovisor/current/bin" \[Install\] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF **Enable Service** Enable lava systemd service sudo systemctl daemon-reloadsudo systemctl enable lava **Initialize Node** Setting node configuration lavad config chain-id lava-testnet-2 lavad config keyring-backend test lavad config node tcp://localhost:20457 Initialize node lavad init $MONIKER --chain-id lava-testnet-2 **Download Genesis & Addrbook** Download genesis & addrbook file curl -Ls <https://snap.lamerlie9.one/lava-testnet/genesis.json> > $HOME/.lava/config/genesis.json curl -Ls <https://snap.lamerlie9.one/lava-testnet/addrbook.json> > $HOME/.lava/config/addrbook.json **Configure Seeds** Setting up a seed peers sed -i -e "s|^seeds \*=.\*|seeds = \\"d1d43cc7c7aef715957289fd96a114ecaa7ba756@testnet-seeds.lamerlie9.one:20410\\"|" $HOME/.lava/config/config.toml **Configure Gas Prices** Setting up a gas prices sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices \*=.\*|minimum-gas-prices = \\"0ulava\\"|" $HOME/.lava/config/app.toml **Pruning Setting** Configure pruning setting sed -i \\ -e 's|^pruning \*=.\*|pruning = "custom"|' \\ -e 's|^pruning-keep-recent \*=.\*|pruning-keep-recent = "100"|' \\ -e 's|^pruning-keep-every \*=.\*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \\ -e 's|^pruning-interval \*=.\*|pruning-interval = "19"|' \\ $HOME/.lava/config/app.toml **Download Snapshots** Download latest chain snapshot curl -L <https://snap.lamerlie9.one/lava-testnet/lava-latest.tar.lz4> | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.lava \[\[ -f $HOME/.lava/data/upgrade-info.json \]\] && cp $HOME/.lava/data/upgrade-info.json $HOME/.lava/cosmovisor/genesis/upgrade-info.json **Start Service** sudo systemctl start lava

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