Set up and Connect a node manually

How to set up and connect a node to the Mainnet manually.

Before proceeding, please make sure that your machine meets the hardware and software node requirements.

At the end of this guide, the JuneoGo process should remain running in the background on your server (e.g. as a service), which is not demonstrated in this guide. If you are less experienced with this and with the linux operating system in general, we suggest using our Docker guide.

For experienced linux users who wish to set up JuneoGo automatically, we suggest following the Installation Script JuneoGo setup guide.

Setup and Connect a node to the Mainnet​

First, you should transfer the project files found here to your server. If you have git installed on your server, you may execute the following commands:

cd ~

git clone https://github.com/Juneo-io/juneogo-binaries

The required files will now be found in the juneogo-binaries folder in your home directory.

Configuring the initial binary files

Do not execute the preparation.sh or simple_setup.sh scripts found inside the juneogo-binaries directory. These are intended to only be used when following the Install Script JuneoGo setup guide

If you previously ran a node on the Socotra Testnet, updating the binaries will bring you directly on Mainnet.

The binary files required to run JuneoGo are:

1. juneogo

2. jevm

3. srEr2XGGtowDVNQ6YgXcdUb16FGknssLTGUFYg7iMqESJ4h8e

To grant execution permissions of the binary files, please execute the following commands:

chmod +x ~/juneogo-binaries/juneogo
chmod +x ~/juneogo-binaries/plugins/jevm
chmod +x ~/juneogo-binaries/plugins/srEr2XGGtowDVNQ6YgXcdUb16FGknssLTGUFYg7iMqESJ4h8e

After this, the juneogo binary should be moved to the home directory. The remaining two binaries should be moved to the ~/.juneogo/plugins directory.

To do so, please execute the following commands:

mv ~/juneogo-binaries/juneogo ~

mkdir -p ~/.juneogo/plugins

mv ~/juneogo-binaries/plugins/jevm ~/.juneogo/plugins
mv ~/juneogo-binaries/plugins/srEr2XGGtowDVNQ6YgXcdUb16FGknssLTGUFYg7iMqESJ4h8e ~/.juneogo/plugins

The structure of your home directory should resemble the following:

├── juneogo
├── .juneogo/
│   ├── plugins/
│   │   └── jevm
│   │   └── srEr2XGGtowDVNQ6YgXcdUb16FGknssLTGUFYg7iMqESJ4h8e

If these files are structured differenty than above, you will not be able to connect your node.

You may now connect the node to the network by executing the juneogo binary with the following command:

For Mainnet use :

./juneogo

For Socotra Testnet use :

./juneogo --network-id="socotra"

This will start fetching blocks and bootstrapping your node.

Please make sure this process keeps running in the background. If the execution of the juneogo executable stops, your node will be inactive.

You may check if the node has boostrapped with the following call:

curl -X POST --data '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "id"     :1,
    "method" :"info.isBootstrapped",
    "params": {
        "chain":"JUNE"
    }
}' -H 'content-type:application/json;' 127.0.0.1:9650/ext/info

Example response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "isBootstrapped": true
  },
  "id": 1
}

After the bootstrapping process has completed, you may proceed to the next step - add a node to the Validator Set.