POA Node Setup Instructions

The following instructions are for docker-based Nethermind nodes.

Install docker & docker compose

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo apt-get install \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    gnupg \
    lsb-release

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg

echo \
  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
  $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

sudo groupadd docker
sudo usermod -aG docker $(whoami)
# Refresh group
sudo su - $(whoami)

# Verify installation
docker run hello-world

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

# Verify installation
docker-compose --version

POA Core RPC node

Requirements

CPU: 2
Memory: 8
Disk: 400G

git clone https://github.com/openpoa/node-setup.git

docker-compose -f docker-compose.poacore-rpc.yml up -d

POA Core Validator node

Requirements

CPU: 4
Memory: 16
Disk: 400G

You will need 3 keys:

Voting key
Mining key
Payout key

git clone https://github.com/openpoa/node-setup.git

cp .env.example .env

Edit .env

ETHSTATS_ID=[validator_name] # whatever you'd like
ETHSTATS_CONTACT=[contact_email] # whatever you'd like
ETHSTATS_SECRET=[netstat_secret_key] # ask for this
KEY=[your_private_key_for_mining_address] # mining private key
SEQAPIKEY=[seq_api_key] # ask for this

Start

docker-compose -f docker-compose.poacore-validator up -d

Follow along with logs and when the node is fully caught up, edit the docker compose file to turn mining on

# Edit docker-compose.poacore-validator.yml
# Set NETHERMIND_INITCONFIG_ISMINING: "true"

# Restart node
docker-compose -f docker-compose.poacore-validator up -d

POA Core Archive node

Requirements

CPU: 4
Memory: 16
Disk: 2TB

git clone https://github.com/openpoa/node-setup.git

docker-compose -f docker-compose.poacore-archive.yml up -d

POA Sokol RPC node

Requirements

CPU: 2
Memory: 8
Disk: 400G

git clone https://github.com/openpoa/node-setup.git

docker-compose -f docker-compose.poasokol-rpc.yml up -d