# How to RUN Initia Node

By [Ynonnicolial](https://paragraph.com/@ynonnicolial) · 2024-07-11

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**Testnet Instruction Node Validator**

**Required installations**

    sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
    sudo apt install curl git wget build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y
    

**Install Go**

    cd $HOME && \
    ver="1.22.0" && \
    wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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 && \
    go version
    

**Install And Build Binary**

    git clone https://github.com/initia-labs/initia
    cd initia
    git checkout v0.2.15
    make install
    

**Moniker**

    initiad init (Ur-Moniker) --chain-id initiation-1
    

**Install Genesis.json**

    rm ~/.initia/config/genesis.json
    wget https://initia.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/initiation-1/genesis.json
    cp genesis.json ~/.initia/config/genesis.json
    

**Set Minim Gas Price**

    sed -i -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.15uinit,0.01uusdc\"/" $HOME/.initia/config/app.toml
    

**Seeds Peers**

    PEERS="40d3f977d97d3c02bd5835070cc139f289e774da@168.119.10.134:26313,841c6a4b2a3d5d59bb116cc549565c8a16b7fae1@23.88.49.233:26656,e6a35b95ec73e511ef352085cb300e257536e075@37.252.186.213:26656,2a574706e4a1eba0e5e46733c232849778faf93b@84.247.137.184:53456,ff9dbc6bb53227ef94dc75ab1ddcaeb2404e1b0b@178.170.47.171:26656,edcc2c7098c42ee348e50ac2242ff897f51405e9@65.109.34.205:36656,07632ab562028c3394ee8e78823069bfc8de7b4c@37.27.52.25:19656,028999a1696b45863ff84df12ebf2aebc5d40c2d@37.27.48.77:26656,140c332230ac19f118e5882deaf00906a1dba467@185.219.142.119:53456,1f6633bc18eb06b6c0cab97d72c585a6d7a207bc@65.109.59.22:25756,065f64fab28cb0d06a7841887d5b469ec58a0116@84.247.137.200:53456,767fdcfdb0998209834b929c59a2b57d474cc496@207.148.114.112:26656,093e1b89a498b6a8760ad2188fbda30a05e4f300@35.240.207.217:26656,12526b1e95e7ef07a3eb874465662885a586e095@95.216.78.111:26656" && \
    SEEDS="2eaa272622d1ba6796100ab39f58c75d458b9dbc@34.142.181.82:26656,c28827cb96c14c905b127b92065a3fb4cd77d7f6@testnet-seeds.whispernode.com:25756" && \
    sed -i \
        -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/" \
        -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" \
        "$HOME/.initia/config/config.toml"
    

**Set Up Pruning**

    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/.initia/config/app.toml
    

**Create A Service**

    sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/initiad.service > /dev/null <<EOF
    [Unit]
    Description=initiad
    After=network-online.target
    
    [Service]
    User=$USER
    ExecStart=$(which initiad) start
    Restart=on-failure
    RestartSec=3
    LimitNOFILE=65535
    
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
    EOF
    

**Start Service & Reload System Config**

    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
    sudo systemctl enable initiad
    sudo systemctl restart initiad  && sudo journalctl -fu initiad  -o cat
    

**Manage Wallet**

**Make New Wallet**

    initiad keys add wallet
    

**Recovery Your Wallet**

    initiad keys add wallet --recover
    

**Get Your Wallet List**

    initiad keys list
    

**Check Balance of Your Wallet**

    initiad q bank balances $(initiad keys show wallet -a)
    

**Validator**

**Node Info**

before Create Validator, you have to make sure that blocks have syncs. use command below to check.

    initiad status 2>&1 | jq
    

If it shows false, the sign is that you can create a validator

**Create Validator**

    initiad tx mstaking create-validator \
      --amount=9000000uinit \
      --pubkey=$(initiad tendermint show-validator) \
      --moniker=(Your-name) \
      --chain-id=initiation-1 \
      --commission-rate=0.05 \
      --commission-max-rate=0.20 \
      --commission-max-change-rate=0.05 \
      --from=(Name-Your-Wallet) \
      --identity="(Keybase-id)" \
      --website="(Your-website)" \
      --details="-" \
      --node=http://localhost:15657 \
      --gas-adjustment 1.4 \
      --gas auto \
      --gas-prices 0.15uinit \
      -y
    

after created validator, Dont forget to save your priv\_validator\_key.json its only way to recover your validator

**Validator Info**

    initiad q mstaking validator $(initiad keys show $WALLET --bech val -a)
    

**Faucet**

[https://faucet.testnet.initia.xyz/](https://faucet.testnet.initia.xyz/)

**Delegate Token To Your Validator**

    initiad tx mstaking delegate Your_Valoper 1000000uinit --from Name_Your_Wallet --gas=2000000 --fees=300000uinit --chain-id initiation-1 -y
    

**Unjail**

    initiad tx slashing unjail --from wallet --fees=0.025uinit -y
    

**Restart System**

**Stopping System**

    sudo systemctl stop initiad
    

**Check Log**

    sudo journalctl -u initiad -f -o cat
    

**Remove System**

Reminder before remove your system, make sure you have to backup all important file!!!

    sudo systemctl stop initiad.service
    sudo systemctl disable initiad.service
    sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/initiad.service
    rm -rf $HOME/.initia $HOME/initia
    

CONGRATS YOU HAVE RUN NODE AND CREATE VALIDATOR ON INITIA CHAIN
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