# 0g Node Installation Guide By [@Nelson](https://paragraph.com/@nelson-5) · 2024-08-06 --- ### Update **Dependencies:** > To successfully install new libraries and tools, it is better to update the old dependencies sudo apt update sudo apt install curl git jq build-essential gcc unzip wget lz4 -y ### Install GO: cd $HOME && \\ ver="1.21.3" && \\ wget "" && \\ sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go && \\ sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz" && \\ rm "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz" && \\ echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile && \\ source $HOME/.bash_profile && \\ go version ### Install binary: git clone -b v0.1.0 ./0g-chain/networks/testnet/install.sh source .profile ### Set variables (you can personalize them): > Variables will be used further for convenience echo 'export MONIKER="type_your_moniker_nodebrand"' >> ~/.bash_profile echo 'export CHAIN_ID="zgtendermint_16600-1"' >> ~/.bash_profile echo 'export WALLET_NAME="wallet"' >> ~/.bash_profile echo 'export RPC_PORT="26657"' >> ~/.bash_profile source $HOME/.bash_profile ### Initialize the node: cd $HOME 0gchaind config chain-id $CHAIN_ID 0gchaind init $MONIKER --chain-id $CHAIN_ID 0gchaind config node tcp://localhost:$RPC_PORT 0gchaind config keyring-backend os ### Install current release: wget -P ~/.0gchain/config ### Configure **config.toml** file: PEERS="" && \\ SEEDS="c4d619f6088cb0b24b4ab43a0510bf9251ab5d7f@54.241.167.190:26656,44d11d4ba92a01b520923f51632d2450984d5886@54.176.175.48:26656,f2693dd86766b5bf8fd6ab87e2e970d564d20aff@54.193.250.204:26656,f878d40c538c8c23653a5b70f615f8dccec6fb9f@54.215.187.94:26656" && \\ sed -i -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \\"$SEEDS\\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \\"$PEERS\\"/" $HOME/.0gchain/config/config.toml ### Set the config: EXTERNAL_IP=$(wget -qO- eth0.me) \\ PROXY_APP_PORT=26658 \\ P2P_PORT=26656 \\ PPROF_PORT=6060 \\ API_PORT=1317 \\ GRPC_PORT=9090 \\ GRPC_WEB_PORT=9091 ### Set the port and address: sed -i \\ -e "s/\\(proxy_app = \\"tcp:\\/\\/\\)\\([^:]*\\):\\([0-9]*\\).*/\\1\\2:$PROXY_APP_PORT\\"/" \\ -e "s/\\(laddr = \\"tcp:\\/\\/\\)\\([^:]*\\):\\([0-9]*\\).*/\\1\\2:$RPC_PORT\\"/" \\ -e "s/\\(pprof_laddr = \\"\\)\\([^:]*\\):\\([0-9]*\\).*/\\1localhost:$PPROF_PORT\\"/" \\ -e "/\\[p2p\\]/,/^\\[/{s/\\(laddr = \\"tcp:\\/\\/\\)\\([^:]*\\):\\([0-9]*\\).*/\\1\\2:$P2P_PORT\\"/}" \\ -e "/\\[p2p\\]/,/^\\[/{s/\\(external_address = \\"\\)\\([^:]*\\):\\([0-9]*\\).*/\\1${EXTERNAL_IP}:$P2P_PORT\\"/; t; s/\\(external_address = \\"\\).*/\\1${EXTERNAL_IP}:$P2P_PORT\\"/}" \\ $HOME/.0gchain/config/config.toml sed -i \\ -e "/\\[api\\]/,/^\\[/{s/\\(address = \\"tcp:\\/\\/\\)\\([^:]*\\):\\([0-9]*\\)\\(\\".*\\)/\\1\\2:$API_PORT\\4/}" \\ -e "/\\[grpc\\]/,/^\\[/{s/\\(address = \\"\\)\\([^:]*\\):\\([0-9]*\\)\\(\\".*\\)/\\1\\2:$GRPC_PORT\\4/}" \\ -e "/\\[grpc-web\\]/,/^\\[/{s/\\(address = \\"\\)\\([^:]*\\):\\([0-9]*\\)\\(\\".*\\)/\\1\\2:$GRPC_WEB_PORT\\4/}" $HOME/.0gchain/config/app.toml ### Set the pruning: sed -i.bak -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \\"custom\\"/" $HOME/.0gchain/config/app.toml sed -i.bak -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \\"100\\"/" $HOME/.0gchain/config/app.toml sed -i.bak -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \\"10\\"/" $HOME/.0gchain/config/app.toml ### Set the gas price: sed -i "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \\"0ua0gi\\"/" $HOME/.0gchain/config/app.toml ### Set indexer: sed -i "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \\"kv\\"/" $HOME/.0gchain/config/config.toml ### Create a service file: sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/ogd.service > /dev/null < > $HOME/.0gchain/config/addrbook.json ### Install Spanshot: > To speed up the process of syncing the node with the network, you should install a snapshot sudo systemctl stop ogd cp $HOME/.0gchain/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.0gchain/priv_validator_state.json.backup rm -rf $HOME/.0gchain/data curl -L | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.0gchain mv $HOME/.0gchain/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.0gchain/data/priv_validator_state.json sudo systemctl restart ogd && sudo journalctl -u ogd -f -o cat ### Update peers > Updating peers before connecting a node provides up-to-date information about available and verified nodes on the network, which improves the establishment of initial connections and increases the security and efficiency of the node PEERS=$(curl -s --max-time 3 --retry 2 --retry-connrefused "") if [ -z "$PEERS" ]; then echo "No peers were retrieved from the URL." else echo -e "\\nPEERS: "$PEERS"" sed -i "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = "$PEERS"/" "$HOME/.0gchain/config/config.toml" echo -e "\\nConfiguration file updated successfully.\\n" fi ### Start node: sudo systemctl daemon-reload && \\\\ sudo systemctl enable ogd && \\\\ sudo systemctl restart ogd && sudo journalctl -u ogd -f -o cat ### Check node synchronization: If you get **false,** you can install the validator. If it is `true`, you have to wait. 0gchaind status | jq .sync_info --- *Originally published on [@Nelson](https://paragraph.com/@nelson-5/0g-node-installation-guide)*