Building Collator node
Let's get started
Let's start with updating our server. Connect to your server and update:
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get upgrade
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sudo apt install -y adduser libfontconfig1
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Build the node
To build a collator node, you have 3 different options
Build from source
Building a node from source code is the most complicated path, but will also provide the best optimized node version for your server.
Make sure your server is ready to build a collator:
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## Install Rust
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##
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curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
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source $HOME/.cargo/env
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rustup update nightly
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rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown --toolchain nightly
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## Compilation required software
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##
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bash -c "$(wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh)"
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sudo apt install cmake
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sudo apt install git
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sudo apt install build-essential
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sudo apt update
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sudo apt install clang
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Clone the Astar repository:
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git clone https://github.com/AstarNetwork/Astar.git
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cd Astar
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Make sure you have the latest commit in place:
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git checkout
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git pull
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Compile the node binary:
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CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO=true RUSTFLAGS="-C codegen-units=1" cargo build --release
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Build from binaries
The easiest way to install an Astar node is to download the binaries. You can find them here:
GitHub - AstarNetwork/Astar: The dApp Hub for blockchains of the future
GitHub
Astar releases
Get the file and extract:
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wget $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/AstarNetwork/Astar/releases/latest | grep "tag_name" | awk '{print "https://github.com/PlasmNetwork/Plasm/releases/download/" substr($2, 2, length($2)-3) "/astar-collator-" substr($2, 3, length($2)-4) "-ubuntu-x86_64.tar.gz"}')
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tar -xvf astar-collator*.tar.gz
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Run a Docker container
Docker documentation is not detailed for collators because we don't recommend to run a collator from a container. If you do have good reasons to do so, you can refer to our Docker archive node guide and adapt with the commands below.
Start node
Create a dedicated user for the node and move the node binary:
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sudo useradd --no-create-home --shell /usr/sbin/nologin astar
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sudo cp ./astar-collator /usr/local/bin
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chmod +x astar-collator*.tar.gz
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Create a dedicated directory for the chain storage data:
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sudo mkdir /var/lib/astar
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sudo chown astar:astar /var/lib/astar
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Let's first go to our binary directory and start the node manually:
Astar
Shiden
Shibuya
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cd /usr/local/bin
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./astar-collator --validator --chain astar --name ${COLLATOR_NAME} --parachain-id 2006 --rpc-cors all --base-path /var/lib/astar --telemetry-url 'wss://telemetry.polkadot.io/submit/ 0' --execution wasm --state-cache-size 1
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cd /usr/local/bin
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./astar-collator --validator --chain shiden --parachain-id 2007 --name ${COLLATOR_NAME} --rpc-cors all --base-path /var/lib/astar --telemetry-url 'wss://telemetry.polkadot.io/submit/ 0' --execution wasm --state-cache-size 1
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cd /usr/local/bin
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./astar-collator --validator --chain shibuya --parachain-id 1000 --name ${COLLATOR_NAME} --rpc-cors all --base-path /var/lib/astar --telemetry-url 'wss://telemetry.polkadot.io/submit/ 0' --execution wasm --state-cache-size 1
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Type in the place of ${COLLATOR_NAME}, how you would like to call your node.
Useful commands to be used in screen:
ctrl+a+d (detach actual session)
screen ls (this will list all running screens)
screen -r (restore a screen session)Stop the manual node and kill the screen session:
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ctrl+c
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ctrl+a+k
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Set systemd service
To run a stable collator node, a systemd service has to be set and activated. This will ensure that the node is restarting even after a server reboot.
Create a service file
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sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/astar.service
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Add service parameters:
Astar
Shiden
Shibuya
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[Unit]
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Description=Astar Collator
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[Service]
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User=astar
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Group=astar
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ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/astar-collator \
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--collator \
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--rpc-cors all \
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--name ${COLLATOR_NAME} \
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--chain astar \
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--parachain-id 2006 \
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--base-path /var/lib/astar \
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--telemetry-url 'wss://telemetry.polkadot.io/submit/ 0' \
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--execution wasm \
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--state-cache-size 1
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Restart=always
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RestartSec=120
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[Install]
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WantedBy=multi-user.target
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[Unit]
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Description=Shiden Collator
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[Service]
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User=astar
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Group=astar
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ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/astar-collator \
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--collator \
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--rpc-cors all \
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--name ${COLLATOR_NAME} \
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--chain shiden \
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--parachain-id 2007 \
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--base-path /var/lib/astar \
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--telemetry-url 'wss://telemetry.polkadot.io/submit/ 0' \
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--execution wasm \
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--state-cache-size 1
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Restart=always
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RestartSec=120
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[Install]
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WantedBy=multi-user.target
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[Unit]
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Description=Shibuya Collator
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[Service]
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User=astar
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Group=astar
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ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/astar-collator \
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--collator \
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--rpc-cors all \
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--name ${COLLATOR_NAME} \
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--chain shibuya \
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--parachain-id 1000 \
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--base-path /var/lib/astar \
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--telemetry-url 'wss://telemetry.polkadot.io/submit/ 0' \
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--execution wasm \
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--state-cache-size 1
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Restart=always
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RestartSec=120
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[Install]
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WantedBy=multi-user.target
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Do not forget to change ${COLLATOR_NAME}
Start the service:
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sudo systemctl start astar.service
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Check the node log and that everything is syncing fine:
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journalctl -f -u astar.service -n100
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Enable the service:
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sudo systemctl enable astar.service
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Finalizing
To finalize your collator you need to:
- Setup an account
- Author your session key
- Set up your session key
- Verify your identity
- Bond tokens
All these steps can be found here:
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