Jackal

Jackal Protocol is the purpose-built blockchain for the everyday user. No more choosing between security or user-experience. With Jackal, protecting your valuable data has never been easier

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  • Network Chain ID: jackal-1

  • Binary: canined

  • Denom: ujkl

  • Working directory: .canine

Installation

Server preparation

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apt update && apt upgrade -y

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apt install curl iptables build-essential git wget jq make gcc nano tmux htop nvme-cli pkg-config libssl-dev libleveldb-dev tar clang bsdmainutils ncdu unzip libleveldb-dev -y

Install GO

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ver="1.20.3"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
rm "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
go version

Node installation

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git clone https://github.com/JackalLabs/canine-chain && cd canine-chain
git checkout v3.2.1
make install

canined version --long | grep -e version -e commit
# version: 3.2.1
# commit: 5e6eb390cca253231feb8c570a0d2d04d4b0cfa9

We initialize the node to create the necessary configuration files

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canined init UTSA_guide --chain-id jackal-1

Download Genesis

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wget -O $HOME/.canine/config/genesis.json "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1002389406650466405/1034968352591986859/updated_genesis2.json"

# check the genesis
sha256sum ~/.canine/config/genesis.json
# b6a0e67fbdf21b929d9080ac546db080790bc18c4931bea60fec8fb18559ad39

At this stage, we can download the address book

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wget -O $HOME/.canine/config/addrbook.json "https://share.utsa.tech/jackal/addrbook.json"

Set up node configuration

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canined config chain-id jackal-1
canined config keyring-backend os
sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.025ujkl\"/;" ~/.canine/config/app.toml
external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me)
sed -i.bak -e "s/^external_address *=.*/external_address = \"$external_address:26656\"/" $HOME/.canine/config/config.toml
peers=""
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.canine/config/config.toml
seeds="ec38fb158ffb0272c4b7c951fc790a8f9849e280@198.244.212.27:26656"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds =.*/seeds = \"$seeds\"/" $HOME/.canine/config/config.toml

(OPTIONAL) Set up pruning

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pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="1000"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.canine/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.canine/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.canine/config/app.toml

(OPTIONAL) Set up indexer

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indexer="null"
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"$indexer\"/" $HOME/.canine/config/config.toml

(OPTIONAL) Enable/Disable Snapshots

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snapshot_interval=1000
sed -i.bak -e "s/^snapshot-interval *=.*/snapshot-interval = \"$snapshot_interval\"/" ~/.canine/config/app.toml

Create a service file

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sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/canined.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=canined
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which canined) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

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systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable canined
systemctl restart canined && journalctl -u canined -f -o cat
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