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Author: [ jLeopoldA ]

💻 Baremetal

System Requirements

CPU	OS	RAM	DISK
Debian 12/Ubuntu 22.04	8+ Cores	32GB+	10TB+ (SSD or NVMe)

{% hint style="info" %} The Iotex Archive Node has a size of 5.5TB as of 3/5/2025 {% endhint %}

{% hint style="warning" %} The Iotex Archive Node requires an L1 Ethereum RPC {% endhint %}

Pre-Requisites

Update System

sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y
sudo apt install -y git gcc make --fix-missing

Install GO

curl -LO https://go.dev/dl/go1.21.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar xzf go1.21.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/local && rm go1.21.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

# Check Installation
go version

Firewall Configuration

Set Explicit Firewall Rules

sudo ufw default deny incoming 
sudo ufw default allow outgoing

Allow SSH

sudo ufw allow 22/tcp

Allow Connections for Iotex

sudo ufw allow 4689
sudo ufw allow 8080
sudo ufw allow 14014
sudo ufw allow 16014
sudo ufw allow 15014

Enable Firewall Rules

sudo ufw enable

Check Status of Firewall Rules (UFW)

sudo ufw status verbose

Set up Iotex Configuration and Data

Create Directories

# Make Directory for Iotex Server and Data
mkdir -p /var/lib/iotex
mkdir -p /var/lib/iotex/etc
mkdir -p /var/lib/iotex/data
mkdir -p /var/lib/iotex/log

# Make Directory for Configuration
mkdir -p /root/configuration

Download trie.db.patch & poll.db

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iotexproject/iotex-bootstrap/master/trie.db.patch > /var/lib/iotex/data/trie.db.patch
curl https://storage.googleapis.com/blockchain-golden/poll.mainnet.db > /var/lib/iotex/data/poll.db

Create Configuration

Download genesis.yaml

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iotexproject/iotex-bootstrap/master/genesis_mainnet.yaml > /root/configuration/genesis.yaml

Create general_config.yaml

This portion requires an L1_RPC within the configuration. Specifically, the object route of chain > committee > gravityChainAPIs

echo "
---
network:
  # externalHost: SET YOUR EXTERNAL IP HERE (e.g., 12.34.56.78)
  externalPort: 4689
  bootstrapNodes:
    - /dns4/bootnode-0.mainnet.iotex.one/tcp/4689/p2p/12D3KooWPfQDF8ASjd4r7jS9e7F1wn6zod7Mf4ERr8etoY6ctQp5
    - /dns4/bootnode-1.mainnet.iotex.one/tcp/4689/p2p/12D3KooWN4TQ1CWRA7yvJdQCdti1qARLXXu2UEHJfycn3XbnAnRh
    - /dns4/bootnode-2.mainnet.iotex.one/tcp/4689/p2p/12D3KooWSiktocuUke16bPoW9zrLawEBaEc1UriaPRwm82xbr2BQ
    - /dns4/bootnode-3.mainnet.iotex.one/tcp/4689/p2p/12D3KooWEsmwaorbZX3HRCnhkMPjMAHzwu3om1pdGrtVm2QaM35n
    - /dns4/bootnode-4.mainnet.iotex.one/tcp/4689/p2p/12D3KooWHRcgNim4Nau73EEu7aKJZRZPZ21vQ7BE3fG6vENXkduB
    - /dns4/bootnode-5.mainnet.iotex.one/tcp/4689/p2p/12D3KooWGeHkVDQQFxXpTX1WpPhuuuWYTxPYDUTmaLWWSYx5rmUY

chain:
  # If you are a delegate, make sure producerPrivKey is the key for the
  # operator address you have registered.
  # producerPrivKey: SET YOUR PRIVATE KEY HERE (e.g.,
  # 96f0aa5e8523d6a28dc35c927274be4e931e74eaa720b418735debfcbfe712b8)
  enableStakingIndexer: true
  chainDBPath: "/var/lib/iotex/data/chain.db"
  trieDBPatchFile: "/var/lib/iotex/data/trie.db.patch"
  trieDBPath: "/var/lib/iotex/data/archive.db"
  stakingPatchDir: "/var/lib/iotex/data"
  indexDBPath: "/var/lib/iotex/data/index.db"
  blobStoreDBPath: "/var/lib/iotex/data/blob.db"
  bloomfilterIndexDBPath: "/var/lib/iotex/data/bloomfilter.index.db"
  candidateIndexDBPath: "/var/lib/iotex/data/candidate.index.db"
  stakingIndexDBPath: "/var/lib/iotex/data/staking.index.db"
  contractStakingIndexDBPath: "/var/lib/iotex/data/contractstaking.index.db"
  enableArchiveMode: true
  maxCacheSize: 1000
  committee:
    gravityChainAPIs:
      # Please change the Infura key to your key (e.g.,
      # https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/YOUR_KEY)
       - {YOUR_L1_RPC_HERE}
    numOfRetries: 20
    paginationSize: 255
    cacheSize: 1000
  gravityChainDB:
    dbPath: "/var/lib/iotex/data/poll.db"
    numRetries: 8

actPool:
  minGasPrice: "1000000000000"
  store:
    datadir: "/var/lib/iotex/data/actpool.cache"

api:
  gasStation:
    defaultGas: 1000000000000

consensus:
  scheme: ROLLDPOS
  rollDPoS:
    fsm:
      unmatchedEventTTL: 3s
      unmatchedEventInterval: 100ms
      acceptBlockTTL: 4s
      acceptProposalEndorsementTTL: 2s
      acceptLockEndorsementTTL: 2s
    delay: 10s
    consensusDBPath: "/var/lib/iotex/data/consensus.db"

blockSync:
  interval: 2s
  bufferSize: 400
  maxRepeat: 3
  repeatDecayStep: 3

log:
  zap:
    level: info
    encoding: json
    disableStacktrace: true
    outputPaths: ["stderr", "stdout"]
    errorOutputPaths: ["stderr"]
  stderrRedirectFile: /var/lib/iotex/log/s.log
  stdLogRedirect: true
" > /root/configuration/general_config.yaml

Download Necessary Data Files

Download iotex-data

cd /var/lib/iotex

# Multiple Data Files (Block, Blob Storage, Indexing Files)
nohup curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/blockchain-golden/archive/iotex-data.tar.gz & disown

# Check the status of download
tail -f /var/lib/iotex/nohup.out

# When done downloading - unpack.
tar -xzf iotex-data.tar.gz

Download State Database

cd /var/lib/iotex/data

# Download State / Address Database
nohup curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/blockchain-golden/archive/archive.db & disown

# The State Database download will take a long time as it is uncompressed
# Check the status of State Database download
tail -f /var/lib/iotex/data/nohup.out

{% hint style="warning" %} Wait for your data to finish downloading before proceeding to the next step. {% endhint %}

Set up Iotex Chain

Clone Repository and Build Binary

# Clone the Repository
cd /root
git clone https://github.com/iotexproject/iotex-core.git
cd iotex-core

# Checkout the Archive node branch
git checkout origin/archive

# Build binary
make build

# Copy Server
cp ./bin/server /var/lib/iotex/server

Set up Iotex as a System Service

Create System Service File

echo "[Unit]
Description=Iotex Node
After=network.target
StartLimitIntervalSec=200
StartLimitBurst=5

[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
TimeoutSec=900
User=root
Nice=0
LimitNOFILE=200000
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/iotex
ExecStart=/var/lib/iotex/server \
	-config-path=/root/configuration/general_config.yaml \
	-genesis-path=/root/configuration/genesis.yaml 
	-plugin=gateway &
KillSignal=SIGTERM
StandardOutput=journal
StandardError=journal

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target" > /etc/systemd/system/iotex.service

Start System Service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload # Reload SystemCtl
sudo systemctl start iotex.service # Start Service
sudo systemctl stop iotex.service # Stop Service
sudo systemctl status iotex.service # Check status

Query Node

Check Logs of Node

journalctl -fu iotex.service -o cat

# The response should resemble the below
```
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-02-18T18:34:18.829+0100","caller":"chainservice/builder.go:628","msg":"Successfully committed block.","ioAddr":"io1p2xu7xve7nqp85rvyrmqgy9yd3pjuy2xe7ejtr","height":33734123}
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-02-18T18:34:18.949+0100","caller":"chainservice/builder.go:628","msg":"Successfully committed block.","ioAddr":"io1p2xu7xve7nqp85rvyrmqgy9yd3pjuy2xe7ejtr","height":33734124}
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-02-18T18:34:19.078+0100","caller":"chainservice/builder.go:628","msg":"Successfully committed block.","ioAddr":"io1p2xu7xve7nqp85rvyrmqgy9yd3pjuy2xe7ejtr","height":33734125}
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-02-18T18:34:19.156+0100","caller":"chainservice/builder.go:628","msg":"Successfully committed block.","ioAddr":"io1p2xu7xve7nqp85rvyrmqgy9yd3pjuy2xe7ejtr","height":33734126}
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-02-18T18:34:19.305+0100","caller":"chainservice/builder.go:628","msg":"Successfully committed block.","ioAddr":"io1p2xu7xve7nqp85rvyrmqgy9yd3pjuy2xe7ejtr","height":33734127}
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-02-18T18:34:19.430+0100","caller":"chainservice/builder.go:628","msg":"Successfully committed block.","ioAddr":"io1p2xu7xve7nqp85rvyrmqgy9yd3pjuy2xe7ejtr","height":33734128}
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-02-18T18:34:19.641+0100","caller":"chainservice/builder.go:628","msg":"Successfully committed block.","ioAddr":"io1p2xu7xve7nqp85rvyrmqgy9yd3pjuy2xe7ejtr","height":33734129}
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-02-18T18:34:20.047+0100","caller":"chainservice/builder.go:628","msg":"Successfully committed block.","ioAddr":"io1p2xu7xve7nqp85rvyrmqgy9yd3pjuy2xe7ejtr","height":33734130}
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-02-18T18:34:20.157+0100","caller":"chainservice/builder.go:628","msg":"Successfully committed block.","ioAddr":"io1p2xu7xve7nqp85rvyrmqgy9yd3pjuy2xe7ejtr","height":33734131}
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-02-18T18:34:20.222+0100","caller":"chainservice/builder.go:628","msg":"Successfully committed block.","ioAddr":"io1p2xu7xve7nqp85rvyrmqgy9yd3pjuy2xe7ejtr","height":33734132}
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-02-18T18:34:20.312+0100","caller":"chainservice/builder.go:628","msg":"Successfully committed block.","ioAddr":"io1p2xu7xve7nqp85rvyrmqgy9yd3pjuy2xe7ejtr","height":33734133}
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-02-18T18:34:20.904+0100","caller":"chainservice/builder.go:628","msg":"Successfully committed block.","ioAddr":"io1p2xu7xve7nqp85rvyrmqgy9yd3pjuy2xe7ejtr","height":33734134}
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-02-18T18:34:20.992+0100","caller":"chainservice/builder.go:628","msg":"Successfully committed block.","ioAddr":"io1p2xu7xve7nqp85rvyrmqgy9yd3pjuy2xe7ejtr","height":33734135}
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-02-18T18:34:21.120+0100","caller":"chainservice/builder.go:628","msg":"Successfully committed block.","ioAddr":"io1p2xu7xve7nqp85rvyrmqgy9yd3pjuy2xe7ejtr","height":33734136}
{"level":"info","ts":"2025-02-18T18:34:21.252+0100","caller":"chainservice/builder.go:628","msg":"Successfully committed block.","ioAddr":"io1p2xu7xve7nqp85rvyrmqgy9yd3pjuy2xe7ejtr","height":33734137}
```

Check Sync Status

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data \
'{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "method":"eth_syncing", "params":[], "id":1}' \
http://localhost:15014

Check Block Number

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data \
'{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "method":"eth_blockNumber", "params":[], "id":1}' \
http://localhost:15014

# Response should look similar to the below
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x202c35d"}

References

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💻 Baremetal

System Requirements

Pre-Requisites

Update System

Install GO

Firewall Configuration

Set Explicit Firewall Rules

Allow SSH

Allow Connections for Iotex

Enable Firewall Rules

Check Status of Firewall Rules (UFW)

Set up Iotex Configuration and Data

Create Directories

Download trie.db.patch & poll.db

Create Configuration

Download genesis.yaml

Create general_config.yaml

Download Necessary Data Files

Download iotex-data

Download State Database

Set up Iotex Chain

Clone Repository and Build Binary

Set up Iotex as a System Service

Create System Service File

Start System Service

Query Node

Check Logs of Node

Check Sync Status

Check Block Number

References

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💻 Baremetal

System Requirements

Pre-Requisites

Update System

Install GO

Firewall Configuration

Set Explicit Firewall Rules

Allow SSH

Allow Connections for Iotex

Enable Firewall Rules

Check Status of Firewall Rules (UFW)

Set up Iotex Configuration and Data

Create Directories

Download trie.db.patch & poll.db

Create Configuration

Download genesis.yaml

Create general_config.yaml

Download Necessary Data Files

Download iotex-data

Download State Database

Set up Iotex Chain

Clone Repository and Build Binary

Set up Iotex as a System Service

Create System Service File

Start System Service

Query Node

Check Logs of Node

Check Sync Status

Check Block Number

References