Run a Testnet read node

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Requirements #

  • Minimum hardware requirements: AWS EC2 m5.large with 8GB RAM, 2 vCPUs and at least 300GB of Amazon EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) storage (or equivalent).
  • We would recommend going with Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (64-bit).

Network Settings #

Open up port 22 for SSH, as well as port 7946 for both TCP and UDP traffic. A custom port can be used with the “–port ” flag when running your opera node.

Install Required Tools #

You are still logged in as the new user via SSH. Now we are going to install Go.
First, install the required build tools:

# Update package lists and upgrade installed packages
(validator)$ apt upgrade -y

# Install software-properties-common
(validator)$ apt install -y software-properties-common

# Add the Go programming language repository
(validator)$ add-apt-repository -y ppa:longsleep/golang-backports

# Update package lists after adding the repository
(validator)$ apt update

Install Go #

# Install go
(validator)$ apt install -y golang-go

Download genesis file #

# Start opera node
(validator)$ cd build/
(validator)$ wget https://github.com/Ncog-Earth-Chain/testnet/blob/main/testnet.g
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