Installing an Electroneum node on Linux

Would you like to learn how to do an Electroneum node installation? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to install an Electroneum node using a computer running Ubuntu Linux.

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Tutorial - Electroneum Node Installation

On the Ubuntu Linux console, you need to use the following commands to install the required libraries and the required packages:

# apt-get update
# apt-get install build-essential cmake pkg-config libboost-all-dev
# apt-get install libssl-dev libunbound-dev libminiupnpc-dev
# apt-get install libunwind8-dev liblzma-dev libldns-dev
# apt-get install libexpat1-dev libgtest-dev doxygen graphviz

Now, let's compile and install gtest.

# cd /usr/src/gtest
# cmake .
# make
# cp libg* /usr/lib/

Create a directory to the node software and download the Electroneum package.

# mkdir /downloads
# cd /downloads
# git clone https://github.com/electroneum/electroneum

Compile and install the Electroneum node software.

# cd electroneum/
# make
# cd build/release/bin/
# install -sv electroneum-blockchain-export electroneumd /usr/local/bin/
# install -sv electroneum-wallet-rpc electroneum-blockchain-import /usr/local/bin/
# install -sv electroneum-wallet-cli /usr/local/bin/

Create an Electroneum configuration file.

# mkdir ~/.electroneum
# vi ~/.electroneum/electroneum.conf

log-level=0
log-file=/root/.electroneum/electroneum.log

Start the Electroneum node daemon using the following command:

# electroneumd --detach

Wait for the synchronization of the blockchain to end.

The blockchain synchronization might take days or weeks.

Use the following command to verify the status of the blockchain synchronization:

# tail -f /root/.electroneum/electroneum.log

To start Electroneum as a service, you need to use the following commands.

# vi /etc/systemd/system/electroneumd.service

[Unit]

Description=Electroneum Full Node

After=network.target

[Service]

WorkingDirectory=/root/

Type=forking

PIDFile=/var/run/electroneumd.pid

ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/electroneumd --config-file /root/.electroneum/electroneum.conf --detach --pidfile /var/run/electroneumd.pid

[Install]

WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable Electroneum as a service and test if it is working using the following commands:

# systemctl enable electroneumd
# service electroneumd start