# Lava Network Node Guide

**Published by:** [Lamerlie9](https://paragraph.com/@lamerlie9/)
**Published on:** 2024-08-14
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## Content

Install DependenciesUpdate system package and install build toolssudo apt -q update sudo apt -qy install curl git jq lz4 build-essential fail2ban ufw sudo apt -qy upgrade Configure MonikerReplace 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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