Crossfi
Manual Installation
Official DocumentationRecommended Hardware: 6 Cores, 8GB RAM, 400GB of storage (NVME)
# install dependencies, if needed
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -yNode NameWalletPort
# install go, if needed
cd $HOME
VER="1.21.3"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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 vars
echo "export WALLET="wallet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export MONIKER="test"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export CROSSFI_CHAIN_ID="crossfi-evm-testnet-1"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export CROSSFI_PORT="10"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
# download binary
cd $HOME
wget https://github.com/crossfichain/crossfi-node/releases/download/v0.3.0-prebuild3/crossfi-node_0.3.0-prebuild3_linux_amd64.tar.gz && tar -xf crossfi-node_0.3.0-prebuild3_linux_amd64.tar.gz
tar -xvf crossfi-node_0.3.0-prebuild3_linux_amd64.tar.gz
chmod +x $HOME/bin/crossfid
mv $HOME/bin/crossfid $HOME/go/bin
rm -rf crossfi-node_0.3.0-prebuild3_linux_amd64.tar.gz $HOME/bin
# config and init app
crossfid config node tcp://localhost:${CROSSFI_PORT}657
crossfid config keyring-backend os
crossfid config chain-id crossfi-evm-testnet-1
rm -rf testnet ~/.mineplex-chain
git clone https://github.com/crossfichain/testnet.git
mv $HOME/testnet/ $HOME/.mineplex-chain/
# download genesis and addrbook
wget -O $HOME/.mineplex-chain/config/genesis.json https://testnet-file.ruangnode.com/snap-testnet/crossfi-testnet/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.mineplex-chain/config/addrbook.json https://testnet-file.ruangnode.com/snap-testnet/crossfi-testnet/addrbook.json
# set seeds and peers
SEEDS="dd83e3c7c4e783f8a46dbb010ec8853135d29df0@crossfi-testnet-seed.itrocket.net:36656"
PEERS="66bdf53ec0c2ceeefd9a4c29d7f7926e136f114a@crossfi-testnet-peer.itrocket.net:36656,b88d969ba0e158da1b4066f5c17af9da68c52c7a@65.109.53.24:44656,94eac2bd4f373b31ee9897fd5a2ab4a05080390b@65.108.127.160:26656,dda09f9625cab3fb655c22ef85d756fc77132b9d@167.235.102.45:10956,01e0df1e6932c371640cf44e80c8f0fd28675a6b@65.109.93.58:26056,5ebd3b1590d7383c0bb6696ad364934d7f1c984e@160.202.128.199:56156,c8914e513463791d91cc9ab35035c0c1111f307f@84.247.183.225:36656,b0b01c08d7d4c6c2740cc5fe6ea74eb7fdde64f2@38.242.151.229:26656"
sed -i -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.mineplex-chain/config/config.toml
# set custom ports in app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${CROSSFI_PORT}317%g;
s%:8080%:${CROSSFI_PORT}080%g;
s%:9090%:${CROSSFI_PORT}090%g;
s%:9091%:${CROSSFI_PORT}091%g;
s%:8545%:${CROSSFI_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${CROSSFI_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${CROSSFI_PORT}065%g" $HOME/.mineplex-chain/config/app.toml
# set custom ports in config.toml file
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${CROSSFI_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${CROSSFI_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${CROSSFI_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${CROSSFI_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${CROSSFI_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${CROSSFI_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.mineplex-chain/config/config.toml
# config pruning
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.mineplex-chain/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.mineplex-chain/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"50\"/" $HOME/.mineplex-chain/config/app.toml
# set minimum gas price, enable prometheus and disable indexing
sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "10000000000000mpx"|g' $HOME/.mineplex-chain/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.mineplex-chain/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.mineplex-chain/config/config.toml
# create service file
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/crossfid.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Crossfi node
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.mineplex-chain
ExecStart=$(which crossfid) start --home $HOME/.mineplex-chain
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
# reset and download snapshot
crossfid tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.mineplex-chain
if curl -s --head curl https://testnet-file.ruangnode.com/snap-testnet/crossfi-testnet/snap_crossfi.tar.lz4 | head -n 1 | grep "200" > /dev/null; then
curl https://testnet-file.ruangnode.com/snap-testnet/crossfi-testnet/snap_crossfi.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.mineplex-chain
else
echo no have snap
fi
# enable and start service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable crossfid
sudo systemctl restart crossfid && sudo journalctl -u crossfid -fCreate wallet
# to create a new wallet, use the following command. don’t forget to save the mnemonic
crossfid keys add $WALLET
# to restore exexuting wallet, use the following command
crossfid keys add $WALLET --recover
# save wallet and validator address
WALLET_ADDRESS=$(crossfid keys show $WALLET -a)
VALOPER_ADDRESS=$(crossfid 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"
crossfid status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo
# before creating a validator, you need to fund your wallet and check balance
crossfid query bank balances $WALLET_ADDRESSCreate validator
MonikerIdentityDetailsAmount, mpxCommission rateCommission max rateCommission max change rate
crossfid tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000mpx \
--from $WALLET \
--commission-rate 0.1 \
--commission-max-rate 0.2 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.01 \
--min-self-delegation 1 \
--pubkey $(crossfid tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "test" \
--identity "" \
--details "" \
--chain-id crossfi-evm-testnet-1 \
--gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 10000000000000mpx \
-yMonitoring
If you want to have set up a monitoring and alert system use our cosmos nodes monitoring guide with uptime kuma
Security
To protect you keys please don`t share your privkey, mnemonic and follow a basic security rules
Set up ssh keys for authentication
You can use this guide to configure ssh authentication and disable password authentication on your server
Firewall security
Set the default to allow outgoing connections, deny all incoming, allow ssh and node p2p port
sudo ufw default allow outgoing
sudo ufw default deny incoming
sudo ufw allow ssh/tcp
sudo ufw allow ${CROSSFI_PORT}656/tcp
sudo ufw enableDelete node
sudo systemctl stop crossfid
sudo systemctl disable crossfid
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/crossfid.service
sudo rm $(which crossfid)
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.mineplex-chain
sed -i "/CROSSFI_/d" $HOME/.bash_profileLast updated