A comprehensive guide to installing and configuring a Symphony blockchain node on your server. Follow these steps to set up your node quickly and efficiently.
First, make sure your system is up to date with the latest packages.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -yInstall the necessary dependencies for the Symphony node software.
sudo apt install curl build-essential git wget jq make gcc tmux htop nvme-cli pkg-config libssl-dev libleveldb-dev tar clang bsdmainutils ncdu unzip lz4 -yInstall Go programming language which is required for building the Symphony node.
wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.20.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.20.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrcClone the official Symphony repository to your local machine.
git clone https://github.com/symphony-network/symphony.git
cd symphonyBuild the Symphony node software from source.
make installInitialize your Symphony node with a custom moniker.
symphonyd init mynode --chain-id symphony_1Download the genesis file for the Symphony network.
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/symphony-network/networks/main/mainnet/genesis.json -O ~/.symphonyd/config/genesis.jsonAdd persistent peers to your configuration.
PEERS="$(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/symphony-network/networks/main/mainnet/peers.txt | head -n 10 | awk '{print $1}' | paste -s -d ',' -)"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" ~/.symphonyd/config/config.tomlEnable state sync for faster synchronization.
sed -i.bak -E 's#^(enable[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$#\1true#' ~/.symphonyd/config/config.toml
sed -i.bak -E 's#^(rpc_servers[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$#\1"https://rpc.symphony.network,https://rpc.symphony.network"#' ~/.symphonyd/config/config.toml
sed -i.bak -E 's#^(trust_height[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$#\1"1"#' ~/.symphonyd/config/config.toml
sed -i.bak -E 's#^(trust_hash[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$#\1"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"#' ~/.symphonyd/config/config.tomlCreate a systemd service file for automatic startup.
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/symphonyd.service > /dev/null
[Unit]
Description=Symphony Node
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME
ExecStart=$(which symphonyd) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOFEnable and start the Symphony node service.
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable symphonyd
sudo systemctl start symphonydMonitor your node's status and logs.
# Check service status
sudo systemctl status symphonyd
# View logs
sudo journalctl -u symphonyd -f
# Check sync status
symphonyd status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfoOptimize storage usage by configuring pruning settings.
sed -i.bak -E 's#^(pruning[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$#\1"custom"#' ~/.symphonyd/config/app.toml
sed -i.bak -E 's#^(pruning-keep-recent[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$#\1"100"#' ~/.symphonyd/config/app.toml
sed -i.bak -E 's#^(pruning-keep-every[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$#\1"0"#' ~/.symphonyd/config/app.toml
sed -i.bak -E 's#^(pruning-interval[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$#\1"10"#' ~/.symphonyd/config/app.tomlEnable the indexer for better query performance.
sed -i.bak -E 's#^(indexer[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$#\1"kv"#' ~/.symphonyd/config/config.tomlConfigure minimum gas prices for transactions.
sed -i.bak -E 's#^(minimum-gas-prices[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$#\1"0.0001asymphony"#' ~/.symphonyd/config/app.tomlEnable Prometheus metrics for monitoring.
sed -i.bak -E 's#^(prometheus[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$#\1true#' ~/.symphonyd/config/config.toml# Check node status
symphonyd status 2>&1 | jq .
# Check validator status
symphonyd query staking validator $(symphonyd keys show wallet --bech val -a)
# Check node info
symphonyd query tendermint-validator-set
# Check network info
symphonyd query staking params
# Check your balance
symphonyd query bank balances $(symphonyd keys show wallet -a)If your node is not syncing, try these steps:
If your node is using too much memory:
If you're having connection problems: