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Node Setup

  • SBP (Snapshot Block Producer / Supernode) - 2 CPUs / 8 GB RAM
  • Full Node - 1 CPU / 4 GB RAM

A stable internet connection with a minimum speed of 5 Mbit/s is required.

Minimal Installation

You can quickly start a full node on the Vite mainnet by following the steps below. While this is a convenient way to verify that everything is functioning correctly, you should customize the default configuration to suit your needs. All configuration options are described here.

  1. Download and extract the latest release of go-vite.
  2. Open a terminal and navigate to the installation directory.
  3. Run ./gvite to start the full node with the default configuration.

The following message should appear: 

Vite RPC service started successfully!

It may take some time for the node to start syncing the distributed ledger. Eventually, you should see output similar to the following: 

[Snapshot Stats] Height:10001, Hash:ec543ff3f7397876b6c67a41a170c0e1f97ac637fee4c4db3d1903087f42312e, Timestamp:2019-05-22 01:20:13 +0000 UTC, Producer:vite_dff5ee13c87ed2f205ef87d820b3cd8e97c181b1bb6781c602, Time:2022-05-29 12:16:09.19895974 +0000 UTC m=+51.489945950

To estimate the time required to sync the entire ledger, check the current height using one of the available explorers and compare it to the height shown above.

Directory Structure

Installation Directory

This refers to the folder where the gvite executable and configuration files are located. For example, ~/gvite-${version}-${os} is an installation directory.

  • gvite: The Gvite executable file.
  • bootstrap: An optional boot script to start the node.
  • node_config.json: The configuration file.

Working Directory

The working directory contains subdirectories and files such as "ledger", "ledger_files", "LOCK", "net", "rpclog", "runlog", and "wallet".

cd ~/.gvite/maindata
  • ledger: Directory for storing transactions and snapshot blocks.
  • rpclog: Directory for storing RPC logs.
  • runlog: Directory for storing runtime logs.
  • wallet: Wallet keystore directory for storing keystore files that secure private keys.

Danger

Keep your private key safe.

Stopping or Rebooting the Node

If you started the node using the ./bootstrap script, follow these instructions to stop or reboot your node.

Run the following command to obtain the gvite process ID: 

ps -ef | grep gvite

Example output: 

ubuntu   27268     1 99 16:00 ?        01:54:56 ./gvite -pprof

Kill the process using: 

kill -9 27268

Then reboot the node: 

./bootstrap

To verify that gvite has restarted successfully, run: 

ps -ef | grep gvite