⚒️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. Build the binary from source.

git clone https://github.com/aura-nw/aura
cd aura
git checkout aura_v0.4.5
make install
aurad version

1. Initialize your node.

aurad config chain-id xstaxy-1
aurad init <node_nameE> --chain-id xstaxy-1

1. Download genesis.

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aura-nw/mainnet-artifacts/main/xstaxy-1/genesis.json > $HOME/.aura/config/genesis.json

1. Add seeds and persistent peers to config.toml.

SEEDS="[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:30656"
PEERS="[email protected]:36656,[email protected]:26656"
sed -i -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.aura/config/config.toml

1. Set up minimum gas price.

sed -i 's|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.001uaura"|g' $HOME/.aura/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\"/" $HOME/.aura/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.aura/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.aura/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.aura/config/app.toml

1. Create service file.

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

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

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

1. Enable and start service.

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

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