Mainnet Docker Installation
First you need xDAI, which is the gas fee currency on xDAI. Given that the gas fees there are very low, 1-2 xDAI will last a long time. There are multiple ways to obtain it:
- xDAI can be obtained by following some options described by the xDAI community here: https://www.xdaichain.com/about-xdai/faqs/xdai-native-coin-token.
- If the faucet is not working, join the OriginTrail Community telegram and ask for a cent of xdai -> https://t.me/OriginTrailCommunity
Second, xTRAC (TRAC on xDAI chain) is required. You can convert TRAC tokens to xTRAC using the Omni Bridge. Go to https://omni.xdaichain.com/ Instructions how to use the bridge can be found here: https://docs.tokenbridge.net/eth-xdai-amb-bridge/multi-token-extension/ui-to-transfer-tokens/transfer-erc20
The custom token contract to see xTRAC on Metamask on xDAI is:
0xEddd81E0792E764501AaE206EB432399a0268DB5Copy
Once you have sorted out your xDAI and xTRAC, you need to add the Custom RPC for xDAI, so you can switch your Metamask to the xDAI network. Easiest way to do it is to go to: https://chainlist.org/ , click on Connect Wallet in the top right corner and then click “Add me to metamask” button on xDAI section.
Then you will see on your Metamask xDAI entry when you click on the dropdown on the top where it says Ethereum Mainnet.
First you need Matic, which is the gas fee currency on Polygon. There are multiple ways to obtain it:
- Matic can be obtained by following some options described by the Polygon community here: https://docs.matic.network/docs/develop/network-details/gas-token/
Second, TRAC on Polygon is required. You can convert TRAC tokens to TRAC on Polygon using the PoS Bridge. Instructions how to use the bridge can be found here.
The custom token contract to see TRAC on Polygon on Metamask on Polygon is:
0xA7b98d63a137bF402b4570799ac4caD0BB1c4B1c
Once you have sorted out your Matic and TRAC on Polygon, you need to add the Custom RPC for Polygon, so you can switch your Metamask to the Polygon network. Easiest way to do it is to go to: https://chainlist.org/ , click on Connect Wallet in the top right corner and then click “Add me to metamask” button on Polygon section.
Create operational wallet and management wallets
Create a new wallet using Mycrypto or Metamask and export the private key, which will be used for the operational wallet for the node. Deposit the amount of xTRAC you want to have on your node, which is minimum 3000 xTRAC to secure the network + additional xTRAC to be able to accept jobs. Currently around 5-6k total xTRAC is recommended. Also send 0.1 xDAI for gas fees during installation and litigation responses.
If you want to run nodes on Ethereum or Polygon as well, the process is the same, however each blockchain network requires separate TRAC and ETH for gas fees (i.e. 3-5k+ TRAC on ETH for the Ethereum node ; 3-5k xTRAC for the xDAI node, etc.). Also deposit 0.1 ETH for gas fees to the operational wallet.
Download Termius (or any other terminal client like Kitty) and configure it with the details you received from the VPS hosting (IP, username, password). Click on Hosts, Select New host, Choose a Label for the node and add the IP address from the confirmation e-mail from Digital Ocean or Hetzner that the node is created, choose root as username and input the password, and click on Save on the right top corner.
Once you login follow the configuration logic below. Click on the copy button after each command and right click into the terminal window to paste it. Then confirm with Enter
apt update && apt upgrade -y
If you see this notice, choose the first option
reboot
The official installation commands for docker can be found here, should the ones in this section become outdated: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/
apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add
add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
apt-get update
apt-get install docker-ce
nano /root/.origintrail_noderc
Paste the below in the text editing tool and update "xxxxxx" entries accordingly if you are setting up a node only on xDAI:
{
"blockchain": {
"implementations": [
{
"blockchain_title": "xDai",
"network_id": "xdai:mainnet",
"identity_filepath": "xdai_erc725_identity.json",
"dh_price_factor" : "1",
"node_wallet": "xxxxxxxx",
"node_private_key": "xxxxxxxx",
"management_wallet": "xxxxxxxx"
}
]
},
"network": {
"hostname": "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
},
"initial_deposit_amount": "5000000000000000000000",
"dh_max_holding_time_in_minutes": 530000,
"dh_maximum_dataset_filesize_in_mb": 10
}
save the file by Ctrl-O and Enter and exit by Ctrl-X
If you are going to run nodes on Ethereum and Polygon as well, use the following configuration file:
{
"blockchain": {
"implementations": [
{
"blockchain_title": "Ethereum",
"network_id": "ethr:mainnet",
"identity_filepath": "erc725_identity.json",
"dh_price_factor" : "1",
"node_wallet": "xxxxxxxx",
"node_private_key": "xxxxxxxx",
"management_wallet": "xxxxxxxx",
"rpc_server_url": "xxxxxxxxxxx"
},
{
"blockchain_title": "xDai",
"network_id": "xdai:mainnet",
"identity_filepath": "xdai_erc725_identity.json",
"dh_price_factor" : "1",
"node_wallet": "xxxxxxxx",
"node_private_key": "xxxxxxxx",
"management_wallet": "xxxxxxxx"
},
{
"blockchain_title": "Polygon",
"network_id": "polygon:mainnet",
"dh_price_factor" : "1",
"node_wallet": "xxxxxxxx",
"node_private_key": "xxxxxxxx",
"management_wallet": "xxxxxxxx",
"rpc_server_url": "xxxxxxxxxxx"
}
]
},
"network": {
"hostname": "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
},
"initial_deposit_amount": "5000000000000000000000",
"dh_max_holding_time_in_minutes": 530000,
"disableAutoPayouts": true,
"dh_maximum_dataset_filesize_in_mb": 10
}
Explanation:
initial_deposit_amount – amount of xTRAC you want to deposit on your node during the installation. (5000000000000000000000 is equal to 5000 xTRAC)
node_wallet – Operational wallet public address
node_private_key – Operational wallet private key. As you will store just 0.1 xDAI there for gas fees, even if server gets compromised, the hacker would have access only to this small amount
Note: If your private key start with 0x, remove these two characters when adding it to the configuration file.
management_wallet – this is your management wallet public address – ideally this should be a wallet on your cold storage.
dh_price_factor – this is the setting of your lambda value – should be less than 1 if you want to accept most of all current jobs. The lower the value, the less paid jobs you are willing to accept.
Hostname – this is your server IP, which you can find in the notification e-mail when you setup the VPS
dh_max_holding_time_in_minutes – the maximum length of jobs you are willing to accept in minutes (for example 550 000 is to accept one year jobs).
"rpc_server_url" - only for Ethereum and Polygon, this one is not required for xDAI: your RPC solution, most use a free one from Infura. Here is a quick guide:
Register on Infura
Go to Infura.io and create an account. Create a project, copy the HTTPS link under Endpoints – Mainnet or Polygon mainnet. It should look like: https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx where the xxxxxxxx are your specific link
apt-get install jq
jq "." /root/.origintrail_noderc
Check the brackets, double quotes and commas. Everything except your data has to be exactly like the example above.
Important: Once you run this command, the TRAC will be deposited to the contract and your first task is to copy and back your ERC725 identity and node identity mentioned on Step 8 below, so you can have control over this deposited amount. Should you get an error at this stage, or if the gas setting you used is too low, do not delete the container or destroy the VPS. Instead join the discord channel or the Official Telegram group to ask for assistance
sudo docker run -i --log-driver json-file --log-opt max-size=1g --name=otnode -p 8900:8900 -p 5278:5278 -p 3000:3000 -v ~/.origintrail_noderc:/ot-node/.origintrail_noderc origintrail/ot-node:release_mainnet
Once completed and node has joined the network (Make sure you wait and see it), exit the log with CTRL +C. If you interrupt the process before the node connecting to the network, you will need to spend some extra time fixing it so please be patient.
The first installation runs in interactive mode, and when you click CTRL + C, you both exit the log and stop the node. Thus one additional start command is required.
docker restart otnode
ERC725 identity on xDAI
docker cp otnode:/ot-node/data/xdai_erc725_identity.json ~/xdai_erc725_identity.json
ERC725 identity on Ethereum
docker cp otnode:/ot-node/data/erc725_identity.json ~/erc725_identity.json
ERC725 identity on Polygon
docker cp otnode:/ot-node/data/erc725_identity.json ~/polygon_erc725_identity.json
Node ID
docker cp otnode:/ot-node/data/identity.json ~/identity.json
XDAI
more xdai_erc725_identity.json
Ethereum
more erc725_identity.json
Polygon
more polygon_erc725_identity.json
Node Identity
more identity.json
Or Login to the server using WINSCP or any other FTP application, go to the root folder and download these two files on your local server and archive them with a password.
ufw allow 22/tcp && ufw allow 3000 && ufw allow 5278 && ufw allow 8900 && yes | ufw enable
Double check the firewall is properly configured:
ufw status
If you want to deposit more than the initial amount, you can deposit the amount of xTRAC which will be available for jobs through the node profile management page at this URL: https://node-profile.origintrail.io/
The current recommended amount is 1000-2000 TRAC/xTRAC in addition to the 3000 TRAC/xTRAC required to secure the network, and they have to be present on your management wallet.
Login with your ERC725 Identity which you extracted above and the operational wallet public address and follow the instructions on the page. You need metamask to initiate the deposit.
Then on the top left section “Deposit TRAC to Your Node”, enter the amount of TRAC present on your management wallet, to be deposited to the contract for your node, and a set of 2 transactions have to be processed. Metamask popup will show up for you to confirm you want to process the transaction. Once the first transaction is processed, a second popup will show for the second transaction.
Once the deposit is completed, restart your node.
docker restart otnode
docker update --restart=always otnode
docker logs -f otnode
You can add your node to the OT Hub and monitor how many jobs has the node won, initiate manual payouts and quickly check if your node is online. The OT Hub can be found on the link below:
Also in the Node Maintenance section (menu on the right) you can find how to setup notifications on your mobile.
Swap space is dedicated space on your hard drive, which is used as RAM should the hardware RAM is fully utilized. This usually slows down the server as the hard drive is slower than the RAM, however the swap would ensure the node will continue operation. It's recommended to enable 1 GB Swap space on your server.
fallocate -l 1G /swapfile && chmod 600 /swapfile && mkswap /swapfile && swapon /swapfile
- confirm it is setup (SWAP line should show 1)
free -h
- make it permanent
cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
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