Joining a Network
Cleaning up
Let's first cleanup our network. This is needed if you already have a genesis file.
rm -rf ~/.archway
danger
This command will remove all data and configs you already set.
Initialize the node
Run the following command to initialize the genesis file which is required to establish a network.
- Binary
- Docker
archwayd init my-validator --chain-id my-chain
docker run --rm -it -v ~/.archway:/root/.archway archwaynetwork/archwayd:$NETWORK_NAME \
init my-validator --chain-id my-chain
Retrieve the Genesis file
Download the genesis file from a validator node:
curl -s "$RPC_ENDPOINT/genesis" | jq '.result.genesis' > ~/.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.
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- Docker
archwayd keys add my-validator-account
docker run --rm -it -v ~/.archway:/root/.archway archwaynetwork/archwayd:$NETWORK_NAME \
keys add my-validator-account
Join the network
Start the archway and join the network
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- Docker
archwayd start \
--x-crisis-skip-assert-invariants
--p2p.seeds [email protected]_Name_OR_IP1:PORT1, ..[email protected]_Name_OR_IPN:PORTN \
docker run --rm -it -v ~/.archway:/root/.archway archwaynetwork/archwayd:$NETWORK_NAME \
start \
--x-crisis-skip-assert-invariants
--p2p.seeds [email protected]_Name_OR_IP1:PORT1, ..[email protected]_Name_OR_IPN:PORTN \
Joining a testnet
To initialize a node for existing testnets, you'll need the parameters for the Chain ID, RPC Endpoint and P2P Seeds. See the Networks page to find parameters for all networks currently available.