Non-official guide! Binary extracted from Docker

Docs

# explorer
[<https://explorer.augusta-1.archway.tech/validators>](<https://explorer.augusta-1.archway.tech/validators>)

# docs (docker)
[<https://docs.archway.io/docs/validator/running-a-validator-node/>](<https://docs.archway.io/docs/validator/running-a-validator-node/>)

Server prepare

# update
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

# packages
sudo apt install curl tar wget clang pkg-config libssl-dev jq build-essential bsdmainutils git make ncdu gcc git jq chrony liblz4-tool -y

sudo apt install -y uidmap dbus-user-session

Build and start

# download binary
cd $HOME
mkdir archway && cd archway
wget "<https://github.com/Northa/archway_bin/releases/download/v0.0.3/archwayd>"

sha256sum archwayd
# f9d35c829ed84d427a3e923ba93f2bac400a17ca1d38f7964156f24def891d08  archwayd

chmod +x archwayd
sudo mv archwayd /usr/local/bin/

# set vars
ARCHWAY_CHAIN="augusta-1"
ARCHWAY_MONIKER="**YOUR_MONIKER_NAME**"
ARCHWAY_WALLET="**YOUR_WALLET_NAME**" 

echo 'export ARCHWAY_CHAIN='${ARCHWAY_CHAIN} >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo 'export ARCHWAY_MONIKER='${ARCHWAY_MONIKER} >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo 'export ARCHWAY_WALLET='${ARCHWAY_WALLET} >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

# init
archwayd init ${ARCHWAY_MONIKER} --chain-id $ARCHWAY_CHAIN

# config
archwayd config chain-id $ARCHWAY_CHAIN

seeds="[email protected]:31076,[email protected]:26656"
PEERS="[email protected]:26656"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \\"$seeds\\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \\"$PEERS\\"/" $HOME/.archway/config/config.toml

# add external (if dont use sentry), port is default
external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me)
sed -i.bak -e "s/^external_address = \\"\\"/external_address = \\"$external_address:26656\\"/" $HOME/.archway/config/config.toml

sed -i.bak -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.archway/config/config.toml

# get genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.archway/config/genesis.json "<https://github.com/maxzonder/archway/raw/main/genesis.json>"

# config pruning
pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="100"
pruning_keep_every="5000"
pruning_interval="10"

sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \\"$pruning\\"/" $HOME/.archway/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \\"$pruning_keep_recent\\"/" $HOME/.archway/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \\"$pruning_keep_every\\"/" $HOME/.archway/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \\"$pruning_interval\\"/" $HOME/.archway/config/app.toml

# reset
archwayd unsafe-reset-all

# create keys
archwayd keys add $ARCHWAY_WALLET

**# SAVE MNEMONIC FROM OUTPUT !!**

# save addr and valoper ======================================== **(OPTIONAL PART)** =================================================
ARCHWAY_ADDR=$(archwayd keys show $ARCHWAY_WALLET -a)

# check
echo $ARCHWAY_ADDR
# output example
# archway1yrvnvj6f6ysz2daxwjf4ew8XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX - ***this is your wallet addr***

ARCHWAY_VALOPER=$(archwayd keys show $ARCHWAY_WALLET --bech val -a)

# check
echo $ARCHWAY_VALOPER
# output example
# archwayvaloper1yrvnvj6f6ysz2daxwjfXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX - ***this is your valoper addr***

# save
echo 'export ARCHWAY_ADDR='${ARCHWAY_ADDR} >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo 'export ARCHWAY_VALOPER='${ARCHWAY_VALOPER} >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
# ============================================================ **(OPTIONAL PART)** ================================================

# create service
tee $HOME/archwayd.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=ARCHWAY
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which archwayd) start --x-crisis-skip-assert-invariants
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

sudo mv $HOME/archwayd.service ****/etc/systemd/system/

# start service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable archwayd
sudo systemctl restart archwayd && journalctl -u archwayd -f -o cat

Wait for sync!

# check sync
curl -s localhost:26657/status

# wait for **"catching_up": false**

Ask for tokens in discord #faucet channel

Check balance before validator creating

archwayd query bank balances $ARCHWAY_ADDR

Create validator

archwayd tx staking create-validator \\
  --amount 9000000uaugust \\
  --from $ARCHWAY_WALLET \\
  --commission-max-change-rate "0.01" \\
  --commission-max-rate "0.20" \\
  --commission-rate "0.01" \\
  --min-self-delegation "1" \\
  --pubkey $(archwayd tendermint show-validator) \\
  --moniker $ARCHWAY_MONIKER \\
  --chain-id $ARCHWAY_CHAIN \\
  --gas 200000 \\
  --fees 1uaugust

Check validator

archwayd query staking validator $ARCHWAY_VALOPER

**# IF OK - DOWNLOAD AND BACKUP $HOME/.archway/config/priv_validator_key.json NOW!

# IF NOT OK - TRY TO CREATE VALIDATOR AGAIN WITHOUT ERRORS**