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Aleo Testnet 3 Tutorial Updated

Server requirements

Minimum (VDS/DS):
16 CPU, 16 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, Ubuntu 20.04

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

You can also use GPU for increased farming soon.

Installation

Update packages

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

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

. <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SecorD0/utils/main/installers/rust.sh)
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Rust version must be at least1.65.0

rustc --version
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If not, then uninstall with the command below and install again

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

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

cd snarkOS
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Build the 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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Already have a wallet

Place a file called aleo_account.txt, necessarily containing the string

      Private key  APrivateKey1___
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On the path (the command displays the path)

echo $HOME/aleo_account.txt
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No wallet yet

Create a wallet

snarkos account new > $HOME/aleo_account.txt
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Make a backup copy of the wallet data file, saving it in a safe place (the command displays the path)

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

Continuation

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/aleo_account.txt`
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Add the private key of the wallet to the system as a variable

. <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SecorD0/utils/main/miscellaneous/insert_variable.sh) -n aleo_private_key -v `grep -oPm1 "(?<=Private Key  )([^%]+)(?=$)" $HOME/aleo_account.txt`
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Check adding variables to the system

echo $aleo_wallet_address $aleo_private_key
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If one of them is missing, then they will return to the step with working with the wallet .

Open used ports

. <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SecorD0/utils/main/miscellaneous/ports_opening.sh) 3033 4133
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Create service file

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

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=`which snarkos` start --nodisplay --prover $aleo_private_key
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

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

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable aleod
sudo systemctl restart aleod
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Add a command to view the node 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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Make sure the node is running

aleo_log
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Update

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

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

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

sudo systemctl restart aleod
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Removal

Don't stop

sudo systemctl stop aleod
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Delete service file

sudo systemctl disable aleod
rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/aleod.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
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Delete the project folder and the binary file

rm -rf $HOME/snarkOS /usr/bin/snarkos
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Useful Commands

Available variables (remove echo when using)

echo $aleo_wallet_address
echo $aleo_private_key
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View log

Prover

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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Restart the node

sudo systemctl restart aleod
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Stop auto update script

sudo systemctl stop aleou
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