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Cosmovisor

IMPORTANT:

Instructions for installing cosmovisor on an already running node

Install cosmovisor​

go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@latest

Stop your node and disable service​

sudo systemctl stop shidod
sudo systemctl disable shidod

Delete old service​

sudo rm -r /etc/systemd/system/shidod.service

Delete shido binary​

sudo rm -r /usr/local/bin/shidod
ln -s $HOME/.shidod/cosmovisor/genesis $HOME/.shidod/cosmovisor/current -f
sudo ln -s $HOME/.shidod/cosmovisor/current/bin/shidod /usr/local/bin/shidod -f

Prepare binaries for Cosmovisor (in some cases must be used with sudo)​


cd $HOME

mkdir -p $HOME/.shidod/cosmovisor/genesis/bin

curl -L -o shidod https://github.com/ShidoGlobal/shido-upgrade-v3.3.1/releases/download/v3.3.1/shidod

sudo cp shidod $HOME/.shidod/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/

sudo chmod +x $HOME/.shidod/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/shidod

rm -rf shidod

Create service​

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/shidod.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=Shido node service
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.shidod"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=shidod"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
  • Enable & Start the service and check the logs
sudo systemctl enable shidod
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable shidod.service

sudo systemctl start shidod
sudo journalctl -u shidod -f --no-hostname -o cat

Future node updates​

  • You will only need to download the binary file in "$HOME/.shidod/cosmovisor/upgrades/upgrade_name/bin" and cosmovisor will automatically update your node when the update height is reached