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Beatrice
Currently the Beatrice testnet has functionality for SON while the mainnet does not. This requires a few more packages to be installed and some extra configuration to enable Bitcoin connectivity.
Building on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Installation Instructions
The following dependencies are necessary for a clean install of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get -y install autoconf bash build-essential ca-certificates cmake \
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dnsutils doxygen git graphviz libbz2-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev \
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libncurses-dev libreadline-dev libssl-dev libtool libzmq3-dev \
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locales ntp pkg-config wget autotools-dev libicu-dev python-dev
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Build Boost 1.67.0
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mkdir $HOME/src
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cd $HOME/src
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export BOOST_ROOT=$HOME/src/boost_1_67_0
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install -y autotools-dev libicu-dev python-dev
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wget -c 'http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.67.0/boost_1_67_0.tar.bz2/download' \
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-O boost_1_67_0.tar.bz2
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tar xjf boost_1_67_0.tar.bz2
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cd boost_1_67_0/
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./bootstrap.sh "--prefix=$BOOST_ROOT"
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./b2 install
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Building Peerplays
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cd $HOME/src
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export BOOST_ROOT=$HOME/src/boost_1_67_0
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git clone https://github.com/peerplays-network/peerplays.git
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cd peerplays
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git checkout beatrice
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git submodule update --init --recursive
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git submodule sync --recursive
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cmake -DBOOST_ROOT="$BOOST_ROOT" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
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make -j$(nproc)
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Starting A Peerplays Witness Node
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./programs/witness_node/witness_node
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Important: Next stop the Witness node before continuing.
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vi witness_node_data_dir/config.ini
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Configure the p2p-endpoint and rpc-endpoint:
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p2p-endpoint = 0.0.0.0:9777
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rpc-endpoint = 127.0.0.1:8090
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Start the Witness node back up.
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./programs/witness_node/witness_node
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Starting the witness as a service
We can add the Peerplays blockchain node as a service by placing a service file under
/etc/systemd/system similar to:1
[Unit]
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Description=Witness
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[Service]
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User=ubuntu
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WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu/beatrice
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ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/beatrice/witness_node
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Restart=always
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[Install]
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WantedBy=mult-user.target
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Replaying the witness node
The witness node will create saving points every 10000 blocks
To replay a node from the last saving point, run the witness node binary without the replay flag:
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./witness_node
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To replay a node from block 0, run the witness node binary with the
replay-blockchain flag:1
./witness_node --replay-blockchain
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