Node Installation

Plugin 2.0 :- STEPS TO SETUP PLUGIN 2.0 NODE ON LINUX VPS

1. Login as root to your new VPS

2. Update the system and add base packages before executing the below command on the root terminal.

   • sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt install -y git nano curl && sudo apt autoremove -y

3. Allow permissions on the below ports.

   1. sudo ufw allow 6688

   2. sudo ufw allow 6689

4. Create a new admin user account

   1. sudo groupadd my_new_user

   2. sudo useradd -p $(openssl passwd -6 my_new_password) my_new_user -m -s /bin/bash -g my_new_user -G sudo

5. Now open a new terminal session to your VPS and logon with your new admin user account and complete the rest of the steps.

   1. sudo -i -u my_new_user

6. git clone https://github.com/GoPlugin/pluginV2Install.git

7. cd pluginV2Install

8. chmod +x *.sh

9. ./pli_node_scripts.sh mainnet

[Usage: ./pli_node_scripts.sh {function}]

Example: ./pli_node_scripts.sh mainnet where {function} is one of the following;
  mainnet       ==  deploys the full Mainnet node & exports the node keys

  keys          ==  extracts the node keys from DB and exports to json file for import to MetaMask

  logrotate     ==  implements the logrotate conf file 

  address       ==  displays the local nodes address (after full node deploy) - required for the 'Fulfillment Request' remix step

  node-gui      ==  displays the local nodes full GUI URL to copy and paste to browser

10. Run the following commands

    1. source ~/.profile

    2. pm2 status

    3. pm2 log [id]

11. Login to the node UI with the credentials from pluginV2/apicredentials.txt

12. Go to the keys section and fetch the node address & fund it with 1 XDC and 1 PLI.