⚒️Installation

1. Update packages and install useful tools.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade --yes && \
sudo apt install git build-essential ufw curl jq snapd screen ncdu nano fuse ufw --yes

1. Install go using snap.

sudo snap install go --classic && \
echo 'export GOPATH="$HOME/go"' >> ~/.profile && \
echo 'export GOBIN="$GOPATH/bin"' >> ~/.profile && \
echo 'export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile && \
source ~/.profile && \
go version

1. Install Node.js

curl https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo bash
curl -sL https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/yarnkey.gpg >/dev/null
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/yarnkey.gpg] https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
sudo apt install nodejs=20.* yarn build-essential git jq -y
node --version | grep 20

curl -o- -L https://yarnpkg.com/install.sh | bash
yarn --version

1. Install gcc-10 (not required for Ubuntu 22+)

sudo apt install gcc-10
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-10 10
gcc --version

1. Build the binary from source.

git clone https://github.com/Agoric/agoric-sdk
cd agoric-sdk
git fetch --all
git checkout agoric-upgrade-17
git clean -xdf && git submodule foreach --recursive git clean -xdf

yarn install && yarn build
(cd packages/cosmic-swingset && make)
agd version

1. Initialize your node.

curl https://main.agoric.net/network-config > chain.json
chainName=`jq -r .chainName < chain.json`
echo $chainName

agd init --chain-id $chainName <node_name>

1. Download genesis.

curl https://main.agoric.net/genesis.json > $HOME/.agoric/config/genesis.json

1. Add seeds and peers to config.toml.

peers=$(jq '.peers | join(",")' < chain.json)
seeds=$(jq '.seeds | join(",")' < chain.json)
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = $seeds/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = $peers/" $HOME/.agoric/config/config.toml

1. Set up minimum gas price.

sed -i "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.01ubld,0.005uist\"/;" $HOME/.agoric/config/app.toml

1. Set up pruning (optional).

pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="100"
pruning_keep_every="0"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.agoric/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.agoric/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.agoric/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.agoric/config/app.toml

1. Create service file.

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/agd.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Agoric Daemon
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which agd) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

1. Enable and start service.

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable agd
systemctl restart agd
journalctl -u agd -f -o cat

If you would like to speed up the sync process, you may try using State Sync.