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Joining a Network

This guide will show you how to join your node to the available Archway networks.

Please review the Archway Network page for the network information needed to complete this guide.

Cleaning up​

To remove any previous previous genesis file and configuration that you have used, let's first cleanup our network. 

rm -rf ~/.archway
danger

This command will remove all data and configs you already set.

Initialize the node​

Now run the following command to initialize the genesis file which is required to establish a network. In this guide, we will also show example of connecting to the Constantine Developer Testnet. 

docker run --rm -it -v ~/.archway:/root/.archway archwaynetwork/archwayd:$NETWORK_NAME \
  init my-validator --chain-id my-chain

Constantine Example​

Using Docker, here is how to initialize the node for the Constantine Testnet: 

docker run -v ${HOME}/.archway:/root/.archway docker.io/archwaynetwork/archwayd:0.0.5  init munshi --chain-id constantine-1

Retrieve the Genesis file​

Since we deleted any earlier genesis files, we now need download the genesis file from a validator node:

curl -s "$RPC_ENDPOINT/genesis" | jq '.result.genesis' > ~/.archway/config/genesis.json

Constantine Example​

Below is the command to connect to the RPC Endpoint of the Constantine network to download the Genesis File 

curl -s https://rpc.constantine-1.archway.tech/genesis |jq -r .result.genesis > ${HOME}/.archway/config/genesis.json

Initialize account​

Create a key to hold your account. Once you run this command, your may be prompted with a password dialogue. Please enter a new password for your account.

docker run --rm -it -v ~/.archway:/root/.archway archwaynetwork/archwayd:$NETWORK_NAME \
  keys add my-validator-account

Constantine Example​

docker run --rm -it -v ~/.archway:/root/.archway archwaynetwork/archwayd:0.0.5 \
  keys add my-validator-account

Join the network​

Start the archway and join the network

docker run --rm -it -v ~/.archway:/root/.archway archwaynetwork/archwayd:$NETWORK_NAME \
  start \
  --x-crisis-skip-assert-invariants
  --p2p.seeds [email protected]_Name_OR_IP1:PORT1, ..[email protected]_Name_OR_IPN:PORTN \

Constantine Example​

Below is the command to join the Constantine testnet 

docker run -v ${HOME}/.archway:/root/.archway -p 9091:9091 -p 9090:9090 -p 26656:26656 -p 26657:26657 -p 1317:1317 docker.io/archwaynetwork/archwayd:0.0.5 \ 
  start \ 
  --p2p.seeds [email protected]:26656