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Aleo Node Guide

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Aleo is a blockchain that uses Zero-Knowledge proof technology. The use of this technology allows for a high level of privacy when working with the network - non-disclosure of the sender's wallet and transaction amount.

Aleo supports the operation of smart contracts, and as a consequence, the possibility of creating DApps on it. The LEO application development language and its own development environment (IDE) were developed especially for this purpose.

Installing Node

Server requirements
Minimum (VDS/DS):
16 CPUs, 16 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, Ubuntu 20.04

Recommended (VDS/DS):
32 CPU, 32 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, Ubuntu 20.04

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Launch

Linux |Manual|
Refresh packets

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
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Install the required packages

sudo apt install wget jq git build-essential pkg-config libssl-dev -y
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Install the Rust

. <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SecorD0/utils/main/installers/rust.sh)
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Clone a repository with a node

cd; git clone https://github.com/AleoHQ/snarkOS.git --depth 1
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Go to the snarkOS folder

cd snarkOS
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Build a snarkOS binary

cargo build --release
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Copy the binary file to the standard binary storage

mv $HOME/snarkOS/target/release/snarkos /usr/bin
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Check version

snarkos --version
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Already have a wallet

Place a file called account_aleo.txt, necessarily containing the line

 Address  aleo1___
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By path (the command displays the path)

echo $HOME/account_aleo.txt
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No wallet yet.

Create a Wallet

snarkos experimental new_account > $HOME/account_aleo.txt
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Make a backup copy of the wallet data file, saving it in a safe place (the command shows the path)

echo $HOME/account_aleo.txt
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Do not show your private key to anyone

Continued

Add the wallet address to the system as a variable

. <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SecorD0/utils/main/miscellaneous/insert_variable.sh) -n aleo_wallet_address -v `grep -oPm1 "(?<=Address  )([^%]+)(?=$)" $HOME/account_aleo.txt`
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Check that the address was added to the system

echo $aleo_wallet_address
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If not, go back to the step with the wallet work

Open the ports in use

. <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SecorD0/utils/main/miscellaneous/ports_opening.sh) 3032 4132
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Create a service file

printf "[Unit]
Description=Aleo Miner
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=`which snarkos` --miner $aleo_wallet_address --trial  --node 0.0.0.0:4132 --rpc 0.0.0.0:3032
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target" > /etc/systemd/system/aleod.service
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Run the service file

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable aleod
sudo systemctl restart aleod
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Add a command to view the miner's log to the system as a variable

. <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SecorD0/utils/main/miscellaneous/insert_variable.sh) -n aleo_log -v "sudo journalctl -fn 100 -u aleod" -a
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Add a command to view information about the miner in the system as a variable

. <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SecorD0/utils/main/miscellaneous/insert_variable.sh) -n aleo_node_info -v ". <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SecorD0/Aleo/main/node_info.sh) -l RU 2> /dev/null" -a
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Wait a couple of minutes for the miner to start up

aleo_log
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Linux |automatic|
Run the script and wait for the installation to complete

. <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SecorD0/Aleo/main/multi_tool.sh)
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To start the miner on an existing wallet, you need to put a file called account_aleo.txt, which must contain the line

      Address aleo1___
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Path (the command shows the path)

echo $HOME/account_aleo.txt
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And run the script after that

Reset synchronization

Stop the miner

sudo systemctl stop aleod
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Uninstall the database

rm -rf $HOME/.aleo/storage/ledger-2
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Restart the miner

sudo systemctl restart aleod
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Information about the miner

Add a command to view information about the miner in the system as a variable

. <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SecorD0/utils/main/miscellaneous/insert_variable.sh) -n aleo_node_info -v ". <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SecorD0/Aleo/main/node_info.sh) -l RU 2> /dev/null" -a
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View information about the miner

aleo_node_info
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Update

Manual
If you have not downloaded the GitHub repository with the node (snarkOS folder), then clone it

cd; git clone https://github.com/AleoHQ/snarkOS.git --depth 1
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Update the binary files

cd $HOME/snarkOS && \
git stash; \
git pull; \
git stash; \ git pull; \ cargo clean; \
cargo build --release; \
mv $HOME/snarkOS/target/release/snarkos /usr/bin; \
cd
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Run the service file

sudo systemctl restart aleod
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Semi-automatic
Run the script and wait for the update to complete

. <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SecorD0/Aleo/main/multi_tool.sh) -u
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Automatic
Create a service file

printf "[Unit]
Description=Aleo auto-updater
After=network.target

[Service]
type=forking
User=$USER
Environment="HOME=$HOME"
WorkingDirectory=$HOME
ExecStartPre=`which wget` -qO $HOME/.aleo/multi_tool.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SecorD0/Aleo/main/multi_tool.sh
ExecStartPre=`which chmod` +x $HOME/.aleo/multi_tool.sh
ExecStart=$HOME/.aleo/multi_tool.sh -u
Restart=always
RestartSec=1m

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target" > /etc/systemd/system/aleou.service
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Run the service file

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable aleou
sudo systemctl restart aleou
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The script restarts every minute

To view the log of the auto update script

sudo journalctl -fn 100 -u aleou
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Useful Commands

Available variables (remove echo if used)

echo $aleo_wallet_address
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View log
Miner

aleo_log
sudo journalctl -fn 100 -u aleod
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automatic update script

sudo journalctl -fn 100 -u aleou
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View information about the miner

aleo_node_info
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Restart the miner

sudo systemctl restart aleod
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