# Namada Node Installation Guide

**Published by:** [Windanaeve](https://paragraph.com/@windanaeve/)
**Published on:** 2024-08-05
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Introduction Chain ID: public-testnet-15.0dacadb8d663 Hardware requirements: CPU: x86_64 or arm64, 8GB DDR4, 1TB of storage First steps Update packages and install dependencies: sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y sudo apt-get install -y make git-core libssl-dev pkg-config libclang-12-dev build-essential protobuf-compiler sudo apt-get install unzip Install go: if ! [ -x "$(command -v go)" ]; then ver="1.20.5" cd $HOME wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz" 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" >> ~/.bash_profile source ~/.bash_profile fi Check go version go version Install Rust: curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y source $HOME/.cargo/env Check Rust version: cargo --version Install Protocol Buffers: cd $HOME && rustup update PROTOC_ZIP=protoc-23.3-linux-x86_64.zip curl -OL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v23.3/$PROTOC_ZIP sudo unzip -o $PROTOC_ZIP -d /usr/local bin/protoc sudo unzip -o $PROTOC_ZIP -d /usr/local 'include/*' rm -f $PROTOC_ZIP Check Protoc: protoc --version Save and import variables into system sed -i '/public-testnet/d' "$HOME/.bash_profile" sed -i '/NAMADA_TAG/d' "$HOME/.bash_profile" sed -i '/WALLET_ADDRESS/d' "$HOME/.bash_profile" sed -i '/CBFT/d' "$HOME/.bash_profile" Setting up vars: echo "export NAMADA_TAG=v0.28.0" >> ~/.bash_profile echo "export CBFT=v0.37.2" >> ~/.bash_profile echo "export NAMADA_CHAIN_ID=public-testnet-15.0dacadb8d663" >> ~/.bash_profile echo "export KEY_ALIAS=wallet" >> ~/.bash_profile echo "export BASE_DIR=$HOME/.local/share/namada" >> ~/.bash_profile Change the value of parameters echo "export VALIDATOR_ALIAS=Your Validator Address" >> ~/.bash_profile echo "export EMAIL=windanaeve.net@gmail.com" >> ~/.bash_profile source ~/.bash_profile Install CometBFT: cd $HOME && git clone https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft.git && cd cometbft && git checkout $CBFT make build cd $HOME && sudo cp $HOME/cometbft/build/cometbft /usr/local/bin/cometbft Check CometBFT version: Install Namada Download and build Namada binaries: cd $HOME rm -rf $HOME/namada git clone https://github.com/anoma/namada cd $HOME/namada wget https://github.com/anoma/namada/releases/download/v0.28.0/namada-v0.28.0-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz tar -xvf namada-v0.28.0-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz rm namada-v0.28.0-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz cd namada-v0.28.0-Linux-x86_64 sudo mv namada namadan namadac namadaw /usr/local/bin/ if [ ! -d "$HOME/.local/share/namada" ]; then mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/share/namada" fi Check Namada version: namada --version Create Service file: sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/namadad.service > /dev/null <<EOF [Unit] Description=namada After=network-online.target [Service] User=$USER WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.local/share/namada Environment=TM_LOG_LEVEL=p2p:none,pex:error Environment=NAMADA_CMT_STDOUT=true ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/namada node ledger run StandardOutput=syslog StandardError=syslog Restart=always RestartSec=10 LimitNOFILE=65535 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF Enable Service: sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable namadad Join-network Join-network as Pre-Genesis Validator IF YOU ARE NOT A PRE GEN VALIDATOR SKIP THIS SECTION namada client utils join-network --chain-id $NAMADA_CHAIN_ID --genesis-validator $VALIDATOR_ALIAS Join-network as Post-Genesis Validator IF YOU ARE A PRE GEN VALIDATOR SKIP THIS SECTION Create wallet: cd $HOME namada wallet key gen --alias $KEY_ALIAS --unsafe-dont-encrypt namada wallet address find --alias $KEY_ALIAS Access Namada’s Discord faucet to fund your wallet Check your balance: namada client balance --owner $ALIAS --token NAM Init your validator: cd $HOME namada client init-validator \ --alias $VALIDATOR_ALIAS \ --account-keys $KEY_ALIAS \ --signing-keys $KEY_ALIAS \ --commission-rate 0.05 \ --max-commission-rate-change 0.01 \ --email $EMAIL \ --unsafe-dont-encrypt Stake your funds: namada client bond \ --validator $VALIDATOR_ALIAS \ --amount 1002 \ --gas-limit 10000000 Waiting 2 epoch and check your status: namada client bonds --owner $VALIDATOR_ALIAS Start Node Start Service and check logs: sudo systemctl start namadad && sudo journalctl -u namadad -f -o cat Check full synchronization If “catching_up”: false , node is synchronized curl http://127.0.0.1:26657/status | jq .result.sync_info.catching_up Update Node Stop the node: sudo systemctl stop namadad Update: cd namada git pull git checkout tomas/db-rm-recursion && git pull make install Restart node: sudo systemctl restart namadad && sudo journalctl -u namadad -f -o cat In case of an error when restarting the node, follow these steps: sudo systemctl stop namadad.service cp ~/.local/share/namada/public-testnet-15.0dacadb8d663/cometbft/data/priv_validator_state.json ~/priv_validator_state.jsonBAK rm -rf ~/.local/share/namada/public-testnet-15.0dacadb8d663/db/ rm -rf ~/.local/share/namada/public-testnet-15.0dacadb8d663/cometbft/data/ mkdir -p ~/.local/share/namada/public-testnet-15.0dacadb8d663/cometbft/data cp ~/priv_validator_state.jsonBAK ~/.local/share/namada/public-testnet-15.0dacadb8d663/cometbft/data/priv_validator_state.json rm -rf ~/.local/share/namada/public-testnet-15.0dacadb8d663/tx_wasm_cache rm -rf ~/.local/share/namada/public-testnet-15.0dacadb8d663/vp_wasm_cache sudo systemctl restart namadad.service

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