Launch a Validator Node

How to launch Etherlite validator node with Docker Compose and OpenEthereum

1. Install Docker Engine and Docker Compose following the original instructions https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/ and https://docs.docker.com/compose/instal/

2. Clone this repo:

    git clone https://github.com/etherlite-org/validator-node-dockerized
    cd validator-node-dockerized

3. To be a validator, you need to download the binary from official etherlite

   apt install -y unzip
   curl -L "https://github.com/etherlite-org/openethereum/releases/download/v3.2.2-rc.1/openethereum-ubuntu20.04.zip" -o openethereum.zip
   unzip openethereum.zip

4. Create password file for mining account.

   nano password

5. Create your mining account

   openethereum account new --keys-path=data/keys --password=password --chain=etherlite

6. Copy .env.example to .env and configure the .env file. There are a few settings you need to define:

   PASSWORD_PATH=/root/password
   EXT_IP=YOUR-EXTERNAL-IP-ADDRESS
   ACCOUNT=0x...

   • EXT_IP - External IP of the current server.

   • ACCOUNT - Your mining address (with leading 0x).

7. Start your node.

   docker-compose up -d

After docker containers are created, the node will sync with the chain (may take a while).

To restart you need to use docker-compose stop and docker-compose start being in the validator-node-dockerized directory.