How to Setup a Node for Zenon Network

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tl;dr

This article walks through the steps to setup a node for Zenon Network with Grafana to monitor the server, containers, and node.

Quick Start Zenon Network Node Setup Video

Quick Start Zenon Network Node Setup Instructions

Install Ubuntu Desktop or Server and update.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Install Dependencies

sudo apt install git && sudo apt install curl

Install Docker

cd ~
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
sudo sh get-docker.sh

Confirm Docker is installed correctly

docker -v

Clone the znndNode Repository and Submodules

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/0x3639/znndNode.git

Update the .env file with the correct Domain Name and Public IP address

cd znndNode
nano .env

Change the Domain and Public IP Variables

DOMAIN=example.com #UPDATE THE DOMAIN NAME
PUBLIC_IP=1.1.1.1 #UPDATE THE IP ADDRESSADMIN_USER=admin
ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin
ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH=$2a$14$1l.IozJx7xQRVmlkEQ32OeEEfP5mRxTpbDTCTcXRqn19gXD8YK1pO
GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER=admin
GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD=adminGF_USERS_ALLOW_SIGN_UP=false
GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=marcusolsson-json-datasource

Save and exit ctrl-x

Ensure the following ports are open and forwarded to the private node IP address

TCP: 3000, 35995, 35997, 35998, 80, 443 
UDP: 35995

IMPORTANT: Make sure to insert an A Record at your DNS provider pointing the domain name (setup above) to the IP address (setup above) of your server.

Start the Docker stack

cd ~/znndNode
sudo docker compose up -d

Docker images will be built or downloaded and configured. After all image are started you can check to make sure the images are running with the following command. Make sure you are in the /znndNode directory.

sudo docker compose ps

Log into grafana and setup a new password

https://example.com:3000 #Replace example.com with the domain you setup above.

Default Grafana User ID = admin
Default Grafana Password = admin

Node Access

Replace example.com with your domain name

Grafana Access: https://example.com:3000
SYRIUS Access: wss://example.com:35998
API Access: https://example.com:35997
Check Sync Status:

curl -X GET https://example.com:35997 -H "content-type: application/json" -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 40, "method": "stats.syncInfo", "params": []}'

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