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Tutorial to create a node on Avalanche network (AVAX) to use with Coyote Chainsniper Linux Edition.

AVAX Node Installer Tutorial

created by cedrik31tlse#8672 (Discord) / cedrik31tlse (Telegram)

Tutorial to create a node on Avalanche network (AVAX) to use with Coyote Chainsniper Linux Edition.

Link to official server of Coyote bots : https://discord.gg/fP3Z4tY92j

This tutorial helps to create a node on Avalanche network from a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04.

0. HETZNER put disk in RAID 0

- Run your server in Linux Rescue mode
  - Go in your server panel on hetzner website
  - Go in Rescue tab. Activate it and save the new password
  - Go in Reset tab and do a Automatic reset
  - Run in SSH with the new root password
  
  Type :
  installimage
  
  Then change SWRAIDLEVEL to 0
  
  Then press F2 to save
  Then press F10 2 times to exit.
  
  At the end of the reformat, enter "reboot". 
  The server will reboot and you can start at step 1.

1. Update all packages

apt update && apt upgrade -y

2. Create avax user

useradd -m avax
cd /home/avax

3. Download executable Avalanche

wget https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/releases/download/v1.7.5/avalanchego-linux-amd64-v1.7.5.tar.gz
tar -xvf avalanchego-linux-amd64-v1.7.5.tar.gz

4. Edit starting script

nano start.sh

5. Paste thie content

./avalanchego-v1.7.5/avalanchego

6. Make file executable

chmod +x start.sh

7. Make service

nano /lib/systemd/system/avax.service

8. Paste the content

[Unit]
Description=AVAX Full Node
[Service]
User=avax
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/home/avax
ExecStart=/bin/bash /home/avax/start.sh
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

9. Chown files to avax user

chown -R avax.avax /home/avax/*

10. Start Node

systemctl enable avax
systemctl start avax

11. Check logs

journalctl -u avax -f

12. Use the node with Coyote Chainsniper

In config.json : 
HTTP node : http://127.0.0.1:9650/ext/bc/C/rpc