XODE Node

These steps run a node for XODE on the Polkadot Relay Chain (para ID 3417).

Node binaries and runtime upgrades are published on the xode-blockchain releases page. The commands below download v0.1.2.14; for a newer release, replace v0.1.2.14 with its tag.

Running a XODE node directly in the host

Minimum AWS Instance type: t2.medium

• vCPU: 2
• RAM: 4.0GB
• Storage: 500GB
• Operating System: Ubuntu 22.0 or higher

STEP 1: Downloading the xode-node binary

x86-64

curl -L "https://github.com/D2-Xode/xode-blockchain/releases/download/v0.1.2.14/xode-node" -o xode-node

Aarch64

curl -L "https://github.com/D2-Xode/xode-blockchain/releases/download/v0.1.2.14/xode-node-aarch64" -o xode-node

STEP 2: Download the xode chainspec

wget --no-check-certificate 'https://github.com/D2-Xode/xode-blockchain/releases/download/v0.1.2.14/polkadot_raw_chain_spec.json' -O raw-xode-node-chainspec.json

STEP 3: Make the xode-node binary executable

chmod +x xode-node

STEP 4: Make a xode base path directory

mkdir xode

STEP 5: Create a shell script:

nano xode-node.sh

#!/bin/bash
/home/ubuntu/xode-node \
--chain /home/ubuntu/raw-xode-node-chainspec.json \
--base-path /home/ubuntu/xode \
--rpc-port 9944 \
--pruning archive \
--telemetry-url "wss://telemetry.polkadot.io/submit/ 0" \
--name "xode-node-name"

STEP 6: Make the xode-node.sh executable

chmod + xode-node.sh

STEP 7: Test if it runs

./xode-node.sh

STEP 8: Create a service:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/xode-collator.service

[Unit]
Description=Xode Node
[Service]
ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/xode-node.sh
Restart=always
RestartSec=120
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

STEP 9: Enable the service

sudo systemctl enable xode-collator.service

STEP 10: Start the service

sudo systemctl start xode-collator.service

STEP 11: Wait for 30 seconds and check if the service is running

journalctl -f -u xode-collator

STEP 12: Check the telemetry site to view your node

https://telemetry.polkadot.io/#/0xb2985e778bb748c70e450dcc084cc7da79fe742cc23d3b040abd7028187de69c

Running XODE node using container (Podman)

STEP 1: Install Podman

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install podman

STEP 2: Download xode-node image

x86-64: https://hub.docker.com/r/xoderockson/xode-node-x86_64

podman pull docker.io/xoderockson/xode-node-x86_64

aarch64: https://hub.docker.com/r/xoderockson/xode-node-aarch64

podman pull docker.io/xoderockson/xode-node-aarch64

STEP 3: Run the container but first make a local directory

This directory will hold the database (very important)

mkdir xode

x86-64

podman run -d --name xode-node --volume ./xode:/xode -it xoderockson/xode-node-x86_64 <NODENAME>

aarch64

podman run -d --name xode-node --volume ./xode:/xode -it xoderockson/xode-node-aarch64 <NODENAME>

STEP 4: Enable service

podman generate systemd --new --name xode-node  > ./xode-node.service
mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
mv ./xode-node.service ~/.config/systemd/user
systemctl --user enable xode-node.service

STEP 5: Enable auto login

Edit this file

sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/getty@.service

Change this line

ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty -o '-p -- \u' --noclear %I $TERM

To this line

ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noissue --autologin [USERNAME] %I $TERM

Maintaining the container (Podman)

Stopping all containers

podman stop --all

Clearing the cache before running the container

podman container prune -f

Displaying the running containers and images

podman ps
podman images