🖥️Installation
Hardware Specifications
CPU
RAM
Storage
Network Port
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz
32 GB (Recommended)
500 GB NVMe
30333 TCP
Any 4 vCPU Cores should run
4 GB (Minimum)
500 GB SSD
30333 TCP
Install Dependencies
sudo apt install --assume-yes git clang curl libssl-dev llvm libudev-dev make protobuf-compiler
Open Port
sudo ufw allow 22; sudo ufw allow 30333
Download Binary & Copy to /usr/bin
mkdir -p $HOME/.tangle
wget -O tangle https://github.com/webb-tools/tangle/releases/download/v0.6.1/tangle-testnet-linux-amd64 && chmod +x tangle
sudo cp tangle /usr/bin/
Create Daemon Service
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/tangle.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=Tangle Validator Node
After=network-online.target
StartLimitIntervalSec=0
[Service]
User=$USER
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
ExecStart=/usr/bin/tangle \
--base-path $HOME/.tangle/data/validator/YourMoniker \
--name YourName \
--chain tangle-testnet \
--auto-insert-keys \
--node-key-file "/home/YourMoniker/node-key" \
--port 30333 \
--telemetry-url "wss://telemetry.polkadot.io/submit/ 0" \
--validator \
--no-mdns
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
Change all YourMoniker to your name
Start Tangle service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable tangle
sudo systemctl start tangle
Check logs
sudo journalctl -u tangle -f --no-hostname -o cat
Example Output
2024-02-23 22:44:16 🔍 Discovered new external address for our node: /ip4/84.247.146.186/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWJBdKT2KB6CaUe37amdrW4tJaFajHhgmK34uiUnBFxwyv
2024-02-23 22:44:20 ⚙️ Syncing, target=#605047 (6 peers), best: #384 (0x2039…5ae2), finalized #1 (0x26f1…77b1), ⬇ 119.0kiB/s ⬆ 14.0kiB/s
2024-02-23 22:44:25 ⚙️ Syncing 228.6 bps, target=#605048 (6 peers), best: #1531 (0xa961…fc3d), finalized #1024 (0x6121…001b), ⬇ 102.9kiB/s ⬆ 6.2kiB/s
2024-02-23 22:44:30 ⚙️ Syncing 230.9 bps, target=#605048 (6 peers), best: #2687 (0xdba9…e348), finalized #2560 (0x9890…58a1), ⬇ 79.9kiB/s ⬆ 6.4kiB/s
2024-02-23 22:44:35 ⚙️ Syncing 232.2 bps, target=#605049 (6 peers), best: #3848 (0xb3ed…a1f5), finalized #3584 (0xfc0f…e3d6), ⬇ 106.8kiB/s ⬆ 1.3kiB/s
2024-02-23 22:44:40 ⚙️ Syncing 253.9 bps, target=#605049 (6 peers), best: #5120 (0xf2d9…90f5), finalized #4608 (0xe3af…52bb), ⬇ 58.4kiB/s ⬆ 0.7kiB/s
2024-02-23 22:44:45 ⚙️ Syncing 229.2 bps, target=#605049 (7 peers), best: #6268 (0x7634…8a02), finalized #6144 (0x48ed…9043), ⬇ 81.6kiB/s ⬆ 0.9kiB/s
2024-02-23 22:44:50 ⚙️ Syncing 248.7 bps, target=#605049 (7 peers), best: #7514 (0x158c…7055), finalized #7168 (0xca31…eefe), ⬇ 79.5kiB/s ⬆ 1.2kiB/s
2024-02-23 22:44:55 ⚙️ Syncing 227.8 bps, target=#605050 (7 peers), best: #8653 (0xbcd3…3a40), finalized #8192 (0x97b3…033f), ⬇ 55.9kiB/s ⬆ 1.0kiB/s
2024-02-23 22:45:00 ⚙️ Syncing 215.0 bps, target=#605050 (7 peers), best: #9728 (0x3a6e…9b74), finalized #9216 (0xdc44…4e7f), ⬇ 96.1kiB/s ⬆ 0.8kiB/s
2024-02-23 22:45:05 ⚙️ Syncing 157.4 bps, target=#605051 (7 peers), best: #10515 (0xace8…997f), finalized #10240 (0xb608…0036), ⬇ 44.8kiB/s ⬆ 1.2kiB/s
2024-02-23 22:45:06 [10778] 💸 generated 22 npos targets
Bond TNT and setup validator Account
Go to PolkadotJS
Create new account 1 for Stash and 1 for Controller

Choose Stash & Controller account, then fill the amount you want to stake
Generate Session Key
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"id":1, "jsonrpc":"2.0", "method": "author_rotateKeys", "params":[]}' http://localhost:9944
Copy the
0x
OutputBack to PolkadotJS
Click Set Session Key
Input the
0x
Output beforeValidator created successfully
Check if your validator is on the telemetry
If you want to delete Tangle service, run this command below:
sudo systemctl stop tangle
sudo systemctl disable tangle
rm -r /usr/bin/tangle
cd $HOME
rm -r .tangle
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