Script - Phase 2

After the successful execution of Phase 1, follow this Phase 2 to complete the script way installations

Before proceeding to the next step, please change the default contents of ‘.env.apicred’ & ‘.env.password’ to your own credentials and safely keep a note of this contents. It is important to keep a note of this password somewhere.

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			    IMPORTANT MESSAGE                                    
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# Make sure you have the below-mentioned 2 files available and populated as given below. 
# Then start 'pm2 start 2_nodeStartPM2.sh' script to run your  
# node in the background. To view your node log use 'pm2 logs 0'.
#                                                                          
# File 1: .env.password => contains your Keystore password
#  *** KEYSTORE PASSWORD SHOULD FOLLOW THIS CONDITIONS ***
#   “must be longer than 12 characters”,			    
#   “must contain at least 3 lowercase characters”,	     
#   “must contain at least 3 uppercase characters”,	     
#   “must contain at least 3 numbers”,			     
#   “must contain at least 3 symbols”,			     
#   “must not contain more than 3 identical consecutive characters”.						     
#     
# File 2: .env.apicred => first line of the file contains #email id for UI
#  second line of the file contains a password for UI
#  (This password should be strong, but need not follow the Keystore password condition).	     
#						
#
# NOTE: These files have default contents, please change the mail & passwords before 
starting 'pm2 2_nodeStartPM2.sh #start'.			     
###########################################################################################  
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Edit the file 2_nodeStartPM2.sh file and change the last line

from

plugin node start -d -p password.txt -a apicredentials.txt

to

plugin node start -d -p .env.password -a .env.apicred

Save and submit!,

Password must be kept safe & secure else, there is no way to retrieve it and the funds managed by the private key will also get lost.

Each time you start/restart your node, you will have to enter this password to unlock the Keystore. The node requires to sign the transaction through the private key of the Keystore and submit it to the blockchain.

After you change the credentials submit the following command

pm2 start 2_nodeStartPM2.sh

You should be able to view the logs on the console and also the list of existing jobs using the below command

plugin jobs list

If you do not have any issues, you should be able to see the Plugin node using the below URL

http://localhost:6688/

Replace the localhost with your public/remote IP if you are running this in VPS

Once you reached this point successfully, next go to Core Adapters