AvalancheGo
Official node implementation of the Avalanche network - a blockchains platform with high throughput, and blazing fast transactions.
Installation
Avalanche is an incredibly lightweight protocol, so the minimum computer requirements are quite modest.
- Hardware: 2 GHz or faster CPU, 4 GB RAM, 2 GB hard disk.
- OS: Ubuntu >= 18.04 or Mac OS X >= Catalina.
- Software: Go version >= 1.13.X and set up
$GOPATH. - Network: IPv4 or IPv6 network connection, with an open public port.
Native Install
Clone the AvalancheGo repository:
go get -v -d github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/...
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ava-labs/avalanchegoBuilding the Avalanche Executable
Build Avalanche using the build script:
./scripts/build.shThe Avalanche binary, named avalanchego, is in the build directory.
Docker Install
- Make sure you have docker installed on your machine (so commands like
docker runetc. are available). - Build the docker image of latest avalanchego branch by
./scripts/build_image.sh. - Check the built image by
docker image ls, you should see some image taggedavalanchego-xxxxxxxx, wherexxxxxxxxis the commit id of the Avalanche source it was built from. - Test Avalanche by
docker run -ti -p 9650:9650 -p 9651:9651 avalanchego-xxxxxxxx /avalanchego/build/avalanchego --network-id=local --staking-enabled=false --snow-sample-size=1 --snow-quorum-size=1. (For a production deployment, you may want to extend the docker image with required credentials for staking and TLS.)
Running Avalanche
Connecting to Mainnet
To connect to the Avalanche Mainnet, run:
./build/avalanchegoYou should see some pretty ASCII art and log messages.
You can use Ctrl+C to kill the node.
Connecting to Fuji
To connect to the Fuji Testnet, run:
./build/avalanchego --network-id=fujiCreating a Local Testnet
To create a single node testnet, run:
./build/avalanchego --network-id=local --staking-enabled=false --snow-sample-size=1 --snow-quorum-size=1This launches an Avalanche network with one node.