DennohKim / 0g-tools

0G Validator Guide

About Zero Gravity (0G)

• Zero Gravity is a pioneering data availability system featuring a decentralized storage layer designed for super scalability and security.

• By segregating data availability workflows into distinct publishing and storage lanes, 0G optimizes scalability through efficient partitioning while ensuring data availability through consensus-based sampling, mitigating broadcasting bottlenecks.

• Its incentive-based storage mechanism fosters network participation, promoting scalability and enabling support for diverse data types across Layer 2 networks and decentralized AI platforms. network.

Navigation

• Navigation
• Hardware requirements
• TrustedPoint Services
• Installation guide
  • 1. Install required packages
  • 2. Install Go
  • 3. Build evmosd binary
  • 4. Set up variables
  • 5. Initialize the node
  • 6. Download genesis.json
  • 7. Add seeds and peers to the config.toml
  • 8. Change ports (Optional)
  • 9. Configure prunning to save storage (Optional)
  • 10. Set min gas price
  • 11. Enable indexer (Optional)
  • 12. Create a service file
  • 13. Start the node
  • 14. Create a wallet for your validator
  • 15. Extract the HEX address to request some tokens from the faucet
  • 16. Request tokens from the faucet
  • 17. Check wallet balance
  • 18. Create a validator
• State sync
  • 1. Stop the node
  • 2. Backup priv_validator_state.json
  • 3. Reset DB
  • 4. Setup required variables (One command)
  • 4. Move priv_validator_state.json back
  • 5. Start the node
  • 6. Check the synchronization status
  • 7. Disable state sync
• Download fresh addrbook.json
  • 1. Stop the node and use wget to download the file
  • 2. Restart the node
  • 3. Check the synchronization status
• Add fresh persistent peers
  • 1. Extract persistent_peers from our endpoint
  • 2. Restart the node
  • 3. Check the synchronization status
• Download Snapshot
  • 1. Download latest snapshot from our endpoint
  • 2. Stop the node
  • 3. Backup priv_validator_state.json
  • 4. Reset DB
  • 5. Extract files fromt the arvhive
  • 6. Move priv_validator_state.json back
  • 7. Restart the node
  • 8. Check the synchronization status
• Useful commands
  • Check node status
  • Query your validator
  • Query missed blocks counter & jail details of your validator
  • Unjail your validator
  • Delegate tokens to your validator
  • Get your p2p peer address
  • Edit your validator
  • Send tokens between wallets
  • Query your wallet balance
  • Monitor server load
  • Query active validators
  • Query inactive validators
  • Check logs of the node
  • Restart the node
  • Stop the node
  • Upgrade the node
  • Delete the node from the server
  • Example gRPC usage
  • Example REST API query
• Monitoring

Hardware requirements

- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- CPU: 4 cores
- Disk: 500 GB NVME SSD
- Bandwidth: 100mbps Gbps for Download / Upload
- Linux amd64 arm64 (The guide was tested on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS)

TrustedPoint Services

Parameter	Value
indexing	kv
pruning	custom (100/50)
min-retain-blocks	0
snapshot-interval	2000
snapshot-keep-recent	2
minimum-gas-prices	0.00252aevmos

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• RPC: https://rpc-zero-gravity-testnet.trusted-point.com:443
• REST API: https://api-zero-gravity-testnet.trusted-point.com:443
• WSS: wss://rpc-zero-gravity-testnet.trusted-point.com:443/websocket
• gRPC: http://grpc-zero-gravity-testnet:9295
• P2P Persistent Peer: [e-mail]:26326
• EVM RPC: https://evm-rpc-zero-gravity-testnet.trusted-point.com:443

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• State sync: Guide
• Fresh Snapshot: URL / Guide (Being updated every 3 hours)
• Fresh addrbook: URL / Guide (Being updated every 5 minutes)
• Live Peers scanner: URL / Guide (Being updated every 5 minutes)

Installation guide

1. Install required packages

sudo apt update && \
sudo apt install curl git jq build-essential gcc unzip wget lz4 -y

2. Install Go

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" && \
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile && \
source ~/.bash_profile && \
go version

3. Build evmosd binary

git clone https://github.com/0glabs/0g-evmos.git
cd 0g-evmos
git checkout v1.0.0-testnet
make install
evmosd version

4. Set up variables

# Customize if you need
echo 'export MONIKER="My_Node"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export CHAIN_ID="zgtendermint_9000-1"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export WALLET_NAME="wallet"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export RPC_PORT="26657"' >> ~/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

5. Initialize the node

cd $HOME
evmosd init $MONIKER --chain-id $CHAIN_ID
evmosd config chain-id $CHAIN_ID
evmosd config node tcp://localhost:$RPC_PORT
evmosd config keyring-backend os # You can set it to "test" so you will not be asked for a password

6. Download genesis.json

wget https://github.com/0glabs/0g-evmos/releases/download/v1.0.0-testnet/genesis.json -O $HOME/.evmosd/config/genesis.json

7. Add seeds and peers to the config.toml

PEERS="[e-mail]:26326" && \
SEEDS="8c01665f88896bca44e8902a30e4278bed08033f@54.241.167.190:26656,b288e8b37f4b0dbd9a03e8ce926cd9c801aacf27@54.176.175.48:26656,8e20e8e88d504e67c7a3a58c2ea31d965aa2a890@54.193.250.204:26656,e50ac888b35175bfd4f999697bdeb5b7b52bfc06@54.215.187.94:26656" && \
sed -i -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.evmosd/config/config.toml

8. Change ports (Optional)

# Customize if you need
EXTERNAL_IP=$(wget -qO- eth0.me) \
PROXY_APP_PORT=26658 \
P2P_PORT=26656 \
PPROF_PORT=6060 \
API_PORT=1317 \
GRPC_PORT=9090 \
GRPC_WEB_PORT=9091

sed -i \
    -e "s/\(proxy_app = \"tcp:\/\/\)\([^:]*\):\([0-9]*\).*/\1\2:$PROXY_APP_PORT\"/" \
    -e "s/\(laddr = \"tcp:\/\/\)\([^:]*\):\([0-9]*\).*/\1\2:$RPC_PORT\"/" \
    -e "s/\(pprof_laddr = \"\)\([^:]*\):\([0-9]*\).*/\1localhost:$PPROF_PORT\"/" \
    -e "/\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/\(laddr = \"tcp:\/\/\)\([^:]*\):\([0-9]*\).*/\1\2:$P2P_PORT\"/}" \
    -e "/\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/\(external_address = \"\)\([^:]*\):\([0-9]*\).*/\1${EXTERNAL_IP}:$P2P_PORT\"/; t; s/\(external_address = \"\).*/\1${EXTERNAL_IP}:$P2P_PORT\"/}" \
    $HOME/.evmosd/config/config.toml

sed -i \
    -e "/\[api\]/,/^\[/{s/\(address = \"tcp:\/\/\)\([^:]*\):\([0-9]*\)\(\".*\)/\1\2:$API_PORT\4/}" \
    -e "/\[grpc\]/,/^\[/{s/\(address = \"\)\([^:]*\):\([0-9]*\)\(\".*\)/\1\2:$GRPC_PORT\4/}" \
    -e "/\[grpc-web\]/,/^\[/{s/\(address = \"\)\([^:]*\):\([0-9]*\)\(\".*\)/\1\2:$GRPC_WEB_PORT\4/}" $HOME/.evmosd/config/app.toml

9. Configure prunning to save storage (Optional)

sed -i.bak -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.evmosd/config/app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.evmosd/config/app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"10\"/" $HOME/.evmosd/config/app.toml

10. Set min gas price

sed -i "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.00252aevmos\"/" $HOME/.evmosd/config/app.toml

11. Enable indexer (Optional)

sed -i "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"kv\"/" $HOME/.evmosd/config/config.toml

12. Create a service file

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/ogd.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=OG Node
After=network.target

[Service]
User=$USER
Type=simple
ExecStart=$(which evmosd) start --home $HOME/.evmosd
Restart=on-failure
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

13. Start the node

sudo systemctl daemon-reload && \
sudo systemctl enable ogd && \
sudo systemctl restart ogd && \
sudo journalctl -u ogd -f -o cat

P.S. Consider downloading snapshot or using state-sync for the quick sync.

14. Create a wallet for your validator

evmosd keys add $WALLET_NAME

# DO NOT FORGET TO SAVE THE SEED PHRASE
# You can add --recover flag to restore existing key instead of creating

15. Extract the HEX address to request some tokens from the faucet

echo "0x$(evmosd debug addr $(evmosd keys show $WALLET_NAME -a) | grep hex | awk '{print $3}')"

Example output:

16. Request tokens from the faucet

-> FAUCET <-

17. Check wallet balance

Make sure your node is fully synced unless it won't work.

evmosd status | jq .SyncInfo.catching_up

If your node is in sync, then proceed with the following command:

evmosd q bank balances $(evmosd keys show $WALLET_NAME -a) 

Example output:

Note: The faucet gives you 100000000000000000aevmos. To make the validator join the active set you need at least 1000000000000000000aevmos (10 times more)

18. Create a validator

evmosd tx staking create-validator \
  --amount=10000000000000000aevmos \
  --pubkey=$(evmosd tendermint show-validator) \
  --moniker=$MONIKER \
  --chain-id=$CHAIN_ID \
  --commission-rate=0.05 \
  --commission-max-rate=0.10 \
  --commission-max-change-rate=0.01 \
  --min-self-delegation=1 \
  --from=$WALLET_NAME \
  --identity="" \
  --website="" \
  --details="0G to the moon!" \
  --gas=500000 --gas-prices=99999aevmos \
  -y

Do not forget to save priv_validator_key.json file located in $HOME/.evmosd/config/

State sync

1. Stop the node

sudo systemctl stop ogd

2. Backup priv_validator_state.json

cp $HOME/.evmosd/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.evmosd/priv_validator_state.json.backup

3. Reset DB

evmosd tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.evmosd --keep-addr-book

4. Setup required variables (One command)

PEERS="[e-mail]:26326" && \
RPC="https://rpc-zero-gravity-testnet.trusted-point.com:443" && \
LATEST_HEIGHT=$(curl -s --max-time 3 --retry 2 --retry-connrefused $RPC/block | jq -r .result.block.header.height) && \
TRUST_HEIGHT=$((LATEST_HEIGHT - 1500)) && \
TRUST_HASH=$(curl -s --max-time 3 --retry 2 --retry-connrefused "$RPC/block?height=$TRUST_HEIGHT" | jq -r .result.block_id.hash) && \

if [ -n "$PEERS" ] && [ -n "$RPC" ] && [ -n "$LATEST_HEIGHT" ] && [ -n "$TRUST_HEIGHT" ] && [ -n "$TRUST_HASH" ]; then
    sed -i.bak \
        -e "/\[statesync\]/,/^\[/{s/\(enable = \).*$/\1true/}" \
        -e "/^rpc_servers =/ s|=.*|= \"$RPC,$RPC\"|;" \
        -e "/^trust_height =/ s/=.*/= $TRUST_HEIGHT/;" \
        -e "/^trust_hash =/ s/=.*/= \"$TRUST_HASH\"/" \
        -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" \
        $HOME/.evmosd/config/config.toml
    echo -e "\nLATEST_HEIGHT: $LATEST_HEIGHT\nTRUST_HEIGHT: $TRUST_HEIGHT\nTRUST_HASH: $TRUST_HASH\nPEERS: $PEERS\n\nALL IS FINE"
else
    echo -e "\nError: One or more variables are empty. Please try again or change RPC\nExiting...\n"
fi

4. Move priv_validator_state.json back

mv $HOME/.evmosd/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.evmosd/data/priv_validator_state.json

5. Start the node

sudo systemctl restart ogd && sudo journalctl -u ogd -f -o cat

You should see the following logs. It may take up to 5 minutes for the snapshot to be discovered. If doesn't work, try downloading snapshot

2:39PM INF sync any module=statesync msg="Discovering snapshots for 15s" server=node
2:39PM INF Discovered new snapshot format=3 hash="?^��I��\r�=�O�E�?�CQD�6�\x18�F:��\x006�" height=602000 module=statesync server=node
2:39PM INF Discovered new snapshot format=3 hash="%���\x16\x03�T0�v�f�C��5�<TlLb�5��l!�M" height=600000 module=statesync server=node
2:42PM INF VerifyHeader hash=CFC07DAB03CEB02F53273F5BDB6A7C16E6E02535B8A88614800ABA9C705D4AF7 height=602001 module=light server=node

After some time you should see the following logs. It make take 5 minutes for the node to catch up the rest of the blocks

2:43PM INF indexed block events height=602265 module=txindex server=node
2:43PM INF executed block height=602266 module=state num_invalid_txs=0 num_valid_txs=0 server=node
2:43PM INF commit synced commit=436F6D6D697449447B5B31313720323535203139203132392031353920313035203136352033352031353320313220353620313533203139352031372036342034372033352034372032333220373120313939203720313734203620313635203338203336203633203235203136332039203134395D3A39333039417D module=server
2:43PM INF committed state app_hash=75FF13819F69A523990C3899C311402F232FE847C707AE06A526243F19A30995 height=602266 module=state num_txs=0 server=node
2:43PM INF indexed block events height=602266 module=txindex server=node
2:43PM INF executed block height=602267 module=state num_invalid_txs=0 num_valid_txs=0 server=node
2:43PM INF commit synced commit=436F6D6D697449447B5B323437203134322032342031313620323038203631203138362032333920323238203138312032333920313039203336203420383720323238203236203738203637203133302032323220313431203438203337203235203133302037302032343020313631203233372031312036365D3A39333039427D module=server

6. Check the synchronization status

evmosd status | jq .SyncInfo

7. Disable state sync

sed -i.bak -e "/\[statesync\]/,/^\[/{s/\(enable = \).*$/\1false/}" $HOME/.evmosd/config/config.toml

Download fresh addrbook.json

1. Stop the node and use wget to download the file

sudo systemctl stop ogd && \
wget -O $HOME/.evmosd/config/addrbook.json https://rpc-zero-gravity-testnet.trusted-point.com/addrbook.json

2. Restart the node

sudo systemctl restart ogd && sudo journalctl -u ogd -f -o cat

3. Check the synchronization status

evmosd status | jq .SyncInfo

The file is being updated every 5 minutes

Add fresh persistent peers

1. Extract persistent_peers from our endpoint

PEERS=$(curl -s --max-time 3 --retry 2 --retry-connrefused "https://rpc-zero-gravity-testnet.trusted-point.com/peers.txt")
if [ -z "$PEERS" ]; then
    echo "No peers were retrieved from the URL."
else
    echo -e "\nPEERS: "$PEERS""
    sed -i "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" "$HOME/.evmosd/config/config.toml"
    echo -e "\nConfiguration file updated successfully.\n"
fi

2. Restart the node

sudo systemctl restart ogd && sudo journalctl -u ogd -f -o cat

3. Check the synchronization status

evmosd status | jq .SyncInfo

Peers are being updated every 5 minutes

Download Snapshot

1. Download latest snapshot from our endpoint

wget https://rpc-zero-gravity-testnet.trusted-point.com/latest_snapshot.tar.lz4

2. Stop the node

sudo systemctl stop ogd

3. Backup priv_validator_state.json

cp $HOME/.evmosd/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.evmosd/priv_validator_state.json.backup

4. Reset DB

evmosd tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.evmosd --keep-addr-book

5. Extract files fromt the arvhive

lz4 -d -c ./latest_snapshot.tar.lz4 | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.evmosd

6. Move priv_validator_state.json back

mv $HOME/.evmosd/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.evmosd/data/priv_validator_state.json

7. Restart the node

sudo systemctl restart ogd && sudo journalctl -u ogd -f -o cat

8. Check the synchronization status

evmosd status | jq .SyncInfo

Snapshot is being updated every 3 hours

Useful commands

Check node status

evmosd status | jq

Query your validator

evmosd q staking validator $(evmosd keys show $WALLET_NAME --bech val -a) 

Query missed blocks counter & jail details of your validator

evmosd q slashing signing-info $(evmosd tendermint show-validator)

Unjail your validator

evmosd tx slashing unjail --from $WALLET_NAME --gas=500000 --gas-prices=99999aevmos -y

Delegate tokens to your validator

evmosd tx staking delegate $(evmosd keys show $WALLET_NAME --bech val -a)  <AMOUNT>aevmos --from $WALLET_NAME --gas=500000 --gas-prices=99999aevmos -y

Get your p2p peer address

evmosd status | jq -r '"\(.NodeInfo.id)@\(.NodeInfo.listen_addr)"'

Edit your validator

evmosd tx staking edit-validator --website="<WEBSITE>" --details="<DESCRIPTION>" --new-moniker="<NEW_MONIKER>" --identity="<KEY BASE PREFIX>" --from=$WALLET_NAME --gas=500000 --gas-prices=99999aevmos -y

Send tokens between wallets

evmosd tx bank send $WALLET_NAME <TO_WALLET> <AMOUNT>aevmos --gas=500000 --gas-prices=99999aevmos -y

Query your wallet balance

evmosd q bank balances $(evmosd keys show $WALLET_NAME -a)

Monitor server load

sudo apt update
sudo apt install htop -y
htop

Query active validators

evmosd q staking validators -o json --limit=1000 \
| jq '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_BONDED")' \
| jq -r '.tokens + " - " + .description.moniker' \
| sort -gr | nl

Query inactive validators

evmosd q staking validators -o json --limit=1000 \
| jq '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_UNBONDED")' \
| jq -r '.tokens + " - " + .description.moniker' \
| sort -gr | nl

Check logs of the node

sudo journalctl -u ogd -f -o cat

Restart the node

sudo systemctl restart ogd

Stop the node

sudo systemctl stop ogd

Upgrade the node

cd 0g-evmos
git fetch
git checkout tags/<version>
make install
evmosd version
# Restrt the node
sudo systemctl restart ogd && sudo journalctl -u ogd -f -o cat

Delete the node from the server

# !!! IF YOU HAVE CREATED A VALIDATOR, MAKE SURE TO BACKUP `priv_validator_key.json` file located in $HOME/.evmosd/config/ 
sudo systemctl stop ogd
sudo systemctl disable ogd
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/ogd.service
rm -rf $HOME/.evmosd $HOME/0g-evmos

Example gRPC usage

wget https://github.com/fullstorydev/grpcurl/releases/download/v1.7.0/grpcurl_1.7.0_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
tar -xvf grpcurl_1.7.0_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
chmod +x grpcurl
./grpcurl  -plaintext  localhost:$GRPC_PORT list
### MAKE SURE gRPC is enabled in app.toml
# grep -A 3 "\[grpc\]" /home/og-testnet-validator/.evmosd/config/app.toml

Example REST API query

curl localhost:$API_PORT/cosmos/staking/v1beta1/validators
### MAKE SURE API is enabled in app.toml
# grep -A 3 "\[api\]" /home/og-testnet-validator/.evmosd/config/app.toml

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Monitoring

To enhance the observability and monitoring of your nodes and network status, you are encouraged to utilize our public dashboard. This platform offers real-time insights and analytics, enabling you to track performance, identify potential issues, and make informed decisions for optimal network health.