Installation

Adding Chainflip APT Repo

sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL repo.chainflip.io/keys/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/chainflip.gpg

Verify the key’s authenticity:

gpg --show-keys /etc/apt/keyrings/chainflip.gpg

Important: Make sure you see the following output from the terminal:

pub rsa3072 2022-11-08 [SC] [expires: 2024-11-07]
BDBC3CF58F623694CD9E3F5CFB3E88547C6B47C6
uid Chainflip Labs GmbH <dev@chainflip.io>
sub rsa3072 2022-11-08 [E] [expires: 2024-11-07]

After that, add Chainflip’s Repo to apt sources list:

echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/chainflip.gpg] https://repo.chainflip.io/perseverance/$(lsb_release -c -s) $(lsb_release -c -s) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/chainflip.list

Installing The Packages

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y chainflip-cli chainflip-node chainflip-engine1.1

Generating Validator Keys

chainflip-cli generate-keys --path /etc/chainflip/keys

# Default configurations for the CFE
[node_p2p]
node_key_file = "/etc/chainflip/keys/node_key_file"
ip_address = "IP_ADDRESS_OF_YOUR_NODE"
port = "8078"
 
[state_chain]
ws_endpoint = "ws://127.0.0.1:9944"
signing_key_file = "/etc/chainflip/keys/signing_key_file"
 
[eth]
# Ethereum private key file path. This file should contain a hex-encoded private key.
private_key_file = "/etc/chainflip/keys/ethereum_key_file"
 
[eth.rpc]
ws_endpoint = "wss://my_local_geth_node:8546"
http_endpoint = "https://my_local_geth_node:8545"
 
# Optional
# [eth.backup_rpc]
# ws_endpoint = "wss://some_public_rpc.com:443/<secret_access_key>"
# http_endpoint = "https://some_public_rpc.com:443/<secret_access_key>"
 
[dot.rpc]
ws_endpoint = "wss://rpc-pdot.chainflip.io:443"
http_endpoint = "https://rpc-pdot.chainflip.io:443"
 
# Optional
# [dot.backup_rpc]
# ws_endpoint = "wss://rpc-pdot2.chainflip.io:443"
# http_endpoint = "https://rpc-pdot2.chainflip.io:443"
 
[btc.rpc]
basic_auth_user = "flip"
basic_auth_password = "flip"
http_endpoint = "http://a108a82b574a640359e360cf66afd45d-424380952.eu-central-1.elb.amazonaws.com"
 
# Optional
# [btc.backup_rpc]
# basic_auth_user = "flip2"
# basic_auth_password = "flip2"
# http_endpoint = "http://second-node-424380952.eu-central-1.elb.amazonaws.com"
 
# Optional (default: 36079)
# [logging]
# command_server_port = 36079

Start the Node

sudo systemctl start chainflip-node

systemctl status chainflip-node

At this point, you will need to wait for your node to catch up with the latest block. You can find the latest block on our Block Explorer

Check the Node:

journalctl -f -u chainflip-node.service

2023-03-24 08:21:30 💻 Memory: 7957MB
2023-03-24 08:21:30 💻 Kernel: 5.4.0-122-generic
2023-03-24 08:21:30 💻 Linux distribution: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
2023-03-24 08:21:30 💻 Virtual machine: yes
2023-03-24 08:21:30 📦 Highest known block at #0
2023-03-24 08:21:30 〽️ Prometheus exporter started at 127.0.0.1:9615
2023-03-24 08:21:30 Running JSON-RPC HTTP server: addr=127.0.0.1:9933, allowed origins=Some(["http://localhost:*", "http://127.0.0.1:*", "https://localhost:*", "https://127.0.0.1:*", "https://polkadot.js.org"])
2023-03-24 08:21:30 Running JSON-RPC WS server: addr=127.0.0.1:9944, allowed origins=Some(["http://localhost:*", "http://127.0.0.1:*", "https://localhost:*", "https://127.0.0.1:*", "https://polkadot.js.org"])
2023-03-24 08:21:30 🔍 Discovered new external address for our node: /ip4/178.128.36.211/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWMDs3oyT2YpQw88V7TdmN1dJa73D1jrfQorLaBovh7Kim
2023-03-24 08:21:35 ⏩ Warping, Downloading finality proofs, 7.99 Mib (10 peers), best: #0 (0x2d00…c9b3), finalized #0 (0x2d00…c9b3), ⬇ 1.6MiB/s ⬆ 27.8kiB/s
2023-03-24 08:21:40 ⏩ Warping, Downloading finality proofs, 15.97 Mib (14 peers), best: #0 (0x2d00…c9b3), finalized #0 (0x2d00…c9b3), ⬇ 1.7MiB/s ⬆ 25.8kiB/s
2023-03-24 08:21:45 ⏩ Warping, Downloading finality proofs, 23.97 Mib (16 peers), best: #0 (0x2d00…c9b3), finalized #0 (0x2d00…c9b3), ⬇ 1.7MiB/s ⬆ 24.6kiB/s

Restart the Node

sudo systemctl restart chainflip-node

Check Node Logs

sudo journalctl -u chainflip-node -f