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Sei validator node

Official documentation:

Validator setup instructions

Explorer:

https://sei.explorers.guru/

Install guide

Update packages

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Install dependencies

sudo apt install curl tar wget clang pkg-config libssl-dev jq build-essential bsdmainutils git make ncdu gcc git jq chrony liblz4-tool -y

Install go

ver="1.18.2"
cd $HOME && \
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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 GOROOT=/usr/local/go" >> ~/.bash_profile && \
echo "export GOPATH=$HOME/go" >> ~/.bash_profile && \
echo "export GO111MODULE=on" >> ~/.bash_profile && \
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile && \
source ~/.bash_profile && \
go version

Download and build binaries

cd $HOME
git clone https://github.com/sei-protocol/sei-chain.git && cd sei-chain
git checkout 1.0.6beta
make install

Init app

seid init <moniker> --chain-id sei-testnet-2

Download genesis and addrbook

wget -O $HOME/.sei/config/genesis.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sei-protocol/testnet/main/sei-testnet-2/genesis.json"
wget -O $HOME/.sei/config/addrbook.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sei-protocol/testnet/main/sei-testnet-2/addrbook.json"

Config app

Setup seeds and peers

seeds=""
sed -i "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$seeds\"/;" $HOME/.sei/config/config.toml
peers=""
sed -i "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/;" $HOME/.sei/config/config.toml

Set min gas price

sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.0025usei\"/;" ~/.sei/config/app.toml

Increase numbers of peers for connect, ex. persistens peers in config.toml

sed -i 's/max_num_inbound_peers =.*/max_num_inbound_peers = 100/g' $HOME/.sei/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/max_num_outbound_peers =.*/max_num_outbound_peers = 100/g' $HOME/.sei/config/config.toml

Set external ip to config.toml

external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me) && \
sed -i.bak -e "s/^external_address *=.*/external_address = \"$external_address:26656\"/" $HOME/.sei/config/config.toml

Config pruning

pruning="custom" && \
pruning_keep_recent="100" && \
pruning_keep_every="0" && \
pruning_interval="10" && \
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.sei/config/app.toml && \
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.sei/config/app.toml && \
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.sei/config/app.toml && \
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.sei/config/app.toml

Disable indexing

indexer="null" && \
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"$indexer\"/" $HOME/.sei/config/config.toml

Enable/Disable snapshot (optional)

snapshot_interval="1000" && \
sed -i.bak -e "s/^snapshot-interval *=.*/snapshot-interval = \"$snapshot_interval\"/" ~/.sei/config/app.toml

Enable state sync (optional)

SNAP_RPC=

LATEST_HEIGHT=$(curl -s $SNAP_RPC/block | jq -r .result.block.header.height); \
BLOCK_HEIGHT=$((LATEST_HEIGHT - 1000)); \
TRUST_HASH=$(curl -s "$SNAP_RPC/block?height=$BLOCK_HEIGHT" | jq -r .result.block_id.hash)

echo $LATEST_HEIGHT $BLOCK_HEIGHT $TRUST_HASH

sed -i.bak -E "s|^(enable[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1true| ; \
s|^(rpc_servers[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$SNAP_RPC,$SNAP_RPC\"| ; \
s|^(trust_height[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1$BLOCK_HEIGHT| ; \
s|^(trust_hash[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$TRUST_HASH\"| ; \
s|^(seeds[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"\"|" $HOME/.sei/config/config.toml

Change port (optional)

SEI_PORT=
echo "export sei_PORT=${sei_PORT}" >> ~/.bash_profile && \
source ~/.bash_profile

sed -i.bak -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${SEI_PORT}658\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${SEI_PORT}657\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:${SEI_PORT}060\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${SEI_PORT}656\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":${SEI_PORT}660\"%" $HOME/.sei/config/config.toml && \
sed -i.bak -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${SEI_PORT}317\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":${SEI_PORT}080\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${SEI_PORT}090\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${SEI_PORT}091\"%" $HOME/.sei/config/app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%^node = \"tcp://localhost:26657\"%node = \"tcp://localhost:${SEI_PORT}657\"%" $HOME/.sei/config/client.toml && \
external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me) && \
sed -i.bak -e "s/^external_address *=.*/external_address = \"$external_address:${SEI_PORT}656\"/" $HOME/.sei/config/config.toml

Enable prometheus (optional)

sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.sei/config/config.toml

Reset chain data

seid tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.sei

Create service

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/seid.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=seid
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which seid) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Register and start service

sudo systemctl restart systemd-journald && \
sudo systemctl daemon-reload && \
sudo systemctl enable seid && \
sudo systemctl restart seid && sudo journalctl -u seid -f -o cat

Check synchronization status ("catching_up": false is synced)

seid status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo

Create wallet (!Safe your mnemonic)

seid keys add <wallet_name>

To recover your wallet using seed phrase (optional)

seid keys add <wallet_name> --recover

Check balance

seid query bank balances <wallet_address>

Create validator

seid tx staking create-validator \
--chain-id sei-testnet-2 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--commission-max-rate 0.2 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.1 \
--min-self-delegation 1 \
--amount 1000000usei \
--pubkey $(seid tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "<moniker>" \
--from <wallet_name> \
--fees 5550usei

Show address validator

seid  keys show <wallet_name> --bech val -a

Check validator status

seid  query staking validator <valoper_address>

Usefull command

Synchronization info

seid status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo

Node info

seid status 2>&1 | jq .NodeInfo

Show node id

seid tendermint show-node-id

Get wallet balance

seid query bank balances <wallet_name>

Transfer funds

seid tx bank send <wallet_address> <to_wallet_address> 10000000usei --fees 5555usei -y

Voting

seid tx gov vote <number_proposal> <yes/no> --from <wallet_name> --chain-id=sei-testnet-2

Delegate stake

seid tx staking delegate <valoper_address> 10000000usei --from=<wallet_name> --chain-id=sei-testnet-2 --gas=auto

Withdraw all rewards

seid tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from=<wallet_name> --chain-id=sei-testnet-2 --gas=auto

Withdraw rewards with commision

seid tx distribution withdraw-rewards <valoper_address> --from=<wallet_name> --commission --chain-id=sei-testnet-2 --gas=auto

Edit validator

seid tx staking edit-validator \
--moniker=<moniker> \
--identity=<identity> \
--website=<web> \
--details=<any details> \
--chain-id=sei-testnet-2 \
--from=<wallet_name>

Unjail validator

seid tx slashing unjail \
  --broadcast-mode=block \
  --from=<wallet_name> \
  --chain-id=sei-testnet-2 \
  --gas=auto

Delete node

sudo systemctl stop seid && \
sudo systemctl disable seid && \
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/sei* -rf && \
sudo rm $(which seid) -rf && \
sudo rm $HOME/.sei* -rf && \
sudo rm $HOME/sei -rf

Update guide

Set command from developers

wget -qO optimize-configs.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sei-protocol/testnet/main/sei-testnet-2/optimize-configs.sh
sudo chmod +x optimize-configs.sh && ./optimize-configs.sh
sudo systemctl restart seid && sudo journalctl -u seid -f -o cat

Update new version 1.0.6 on block height 1,217,302

sudo systemctl stop seid && cd sei-chain
git pull
git checkout 1.0.6beta
make install

seid version --long | head
# version 1.0.6beta
# commit: e3958ff9cc3fa00a12b0c32cf55b635baa0d49bd

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