⚒️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.

curl https://get.gitopia.com | bash
git clone gitopia://Gitopia/gitopia
cd gitopia
git checkout v5.1.0
make install
gitopiad version

1. Initialize your node.

gitopiad init <node_name> --chain-id gitopia

1. Download genesis.

wget https://github.com/gitopia/mainnet/raw/master/genesis.tar.gz
tar -xzf genesis.tar.gz
mv genesis.json $HOME/.gitopia/config/genesis.json
rm genesis.tar.gz

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

seeds="[email protected]:11356"
peers="[email protected]:11356,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$seeds\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.gitopia/config/config.toml

1. Set up minimum gas price.

sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.001ulore\"/;" $HOME/.gitopia/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\"/" $HOME/.gitopia/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.gitopia/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.gitopia/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.gitopia/config/app.toml

1. Create service file.

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

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

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

1. Enable and start service.

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

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