Install

Recommended Hardware: 4 Cores, 8GB RAM, 250GB of storage (NVME)

Chain ID: mocha-4 | Latest Version Tag: v2.1.2

Install dependencies

Update system and install build tools

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux 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"
[ ! -f ~/.bash_profile ] && touch ~/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:~/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
[ ! -d ~/go/bin ] && mkdir -p ~/go/bin

Set the variables

# Come up with the name of your node and replace it instead <your_moniker>
MONIKER=<your_moniker>

echo "export WALLET="wallet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export MONIKER=$MONIKER" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export CELESTIA_CHAIN_ID="mocha-4"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export CELESTIA_PORT="11"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Download binary files

cd $HOME 
rm -rf celestia-app 
git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app.git 
cd celestia-app/ 
APP_VERSION=v2.1.2
git checkout tags/$APP_VERSION -b $APP_VERSION 
make install
cd $HOME
rm -rf networks
git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/networks.git
celestia-appd init "test" --chain-id $CELESTIA_CHAIN_ID
cp $HOME/networks/mocha-4/genesis.json $HOME/.celestia-app/config
sed -i -e "s|^target_height_duration *=.*|timeout_commit = \"11s\"|" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml

Initialize the node

# config and init app
celestia-appd config node tcp://localhost:${CELESTIA_PORT}657
celestia-appd config keyring-backend os
celestia-appd config chain-id mocha-4
celestia-appd init $MONIKER --chain-id mocha-4

Set node configuration

# download genesis and addrbook
wget -O $HOME/.celestia-app/config/genesis.json https://testnets.services-ernventures.com/celestia/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.celestia-app/config/addrbook.json https://testnets.services-ernventures.com/celestia/addrbook.json

# set seeds and peers
SEEDS=""
PEERS="77f8a816610d521cecb4c62f834891e1a6257b09@65.108.207.143:26656"
sed -i -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml

# set custom ports in app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${CELESTIA_PORT}317%g;
s%:8080%:${CELESTIA_PORT}080%g;
s%:9090%:${CELESTIA_PORT}090%g;
s%:9091%:${CELESTIA_PORT}091%g;
s%:8545%:${CELESTIA_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${CELESTIA_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${CELESTIA_PORT}065%g" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml

# set custom ports in config.toml file
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${CELESTIA_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${CELESTIA_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${CELESTIA_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${CELESTIA_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${CELESTIA_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${CELESTIA_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml

# config pruning
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"50\"/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml

# set minimum gas price, enable prometheus and disable indexing
sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.002utia"|g' $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml

Create a service

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/celestia-appd.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Celestia node
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.celestia-app
ExecStart=$(which celestia-appd) start --home $HOME/.celestia-app
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable celestia-appd

Download latest chain snapshot

cd $HOME
rm -rf ~/.celestia-app/data
mkdir -p ~/.celestia-app/data
wget -O snap_celestia-prun.tar.lz4 https://testnets.services-ernventures.com/celestia/snap_celestia-prun.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.celestia-app/data

Start service and check the logs

sudo systemctl start celestia-appd && sudo journalctl -u celestia-appd -f

Create wallet

# to create a new wallet, use the following command. don’t forget to save the mnemonic
celestia-appd keys add $WALLET

# to restore exexuting wallet, use the following command
celestia-appd keys add $WALLET --recover

# save wallet and validator address
WALLET_ADDRESS=$(celestia-appd keys show $WALLET -a)
VALOPER_ADDRESS=$(celestia-appd keys show $WALLET --bech val -a)
echo "export WALLET_ADDRESS="$WALLET_ADDRESS >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export VALOPER_ADDRESS="$VALOPER_ADDRESS >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

# check sync status, once your node is fully synced, the output from above will print "false"
celestia-appd status 2>&1 | jq 

# before creating a validator, you need to fund your wallet and check balance
celestia-appd query bank balances $WALLET_ADDRESS 

Create validator

celestia-appd tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000utia \
--from $WALLET \
--commission-rate 0.1 \
--commission-max-rate 0.2 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.01 \
--min-self-delegation 1 \
--pubkey $(celestia-appd tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker $MONIKER \
--identity "" \
--website "" \
--details "️" \
--chain-id mocha-4 \
--gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 0.005utia \
-y

Delete node

sudo systemctl stop celestia-appd
sudo systemctl disable celestia-appd
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/celestia-appd.service
sudo rm $(which celestia-appd)
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.celestia-app
sed -i "/CELESTIA_/d" $HOME/.bash_profile