Automatic search and download of snapshots for Solana
- Finds all available RPCs
- Get the number of the current slot
- In multi-threaded mode, checks the slot numbers of all snapshots on all RPCs
- Sorts from newest snapshots to older
slots_diff = current_slot - snapshot_slot - Checks the download speed from RPC with the most recent snapshot. If
download_speed <min_download_speed, then it checks the speed at the next node. - Download snapshot
Solana snapshot finder
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-t THREADS_COUNT, --threads-count THREADS_COUNT
the number of concurrently running threads that check snapshots for rpc nodes
-r RPC_ADDRESS, --rpc_address RPC_ADDRESS
RPC address of the node from which the current slot number will be taken https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com
--max_snapshot_age MAX_SNAPSHOT_AGE
How many slots ago the snapshot was created (in slots)
--min_download_speed MIN_DOWNLOAD_SPEED
Minimum average snapshot download speed in megabytes
--measurement_time MEASUREMENT_TIME
Time in seconds during which the script will measure the download speed
--snapshot_path SNAPSHOT_PATH
The location where the snapshot will be downloaded (absolute path). Example: /home/ubuntu/solana/validator-ledger
Install requirements
sudo apt-get update \
&& sudo apt-get install python3-venv git -y \
&& git clone https://github.com/c29r3/solana-snapshot-finder.git \
&& cd solana-snapshot-finder \
&& python3 -m venv venv \
&& source ./venv/bin/activate \
&& pip3 install -r requirements.txtStart script
python3 snapshot-finder.py --snapshot_path $HOME/solana/validator-ledger
$HOME/solana/validator-ledger/ - path to your validator-ledger
cd ~; \
mkdir snapshot; \
chmod 777 snapshot; \
docker run -it --rm \
-v $(pwd)/snapshot:/solana/snapshot \
c29r3/solana-snapshot-finder:latest \
--snapshot_path /solana/snapshot