Installation

• Update and install packages

sudo apt update
sudo apt install make clang pkg-config libssl-dev build-essential

• Install and Extract binary

curl -O https://dill-release.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/linux/dill.tar.gz
tar -xzvf dill.tar.gz && cd dill

• Generate validator keys

./dill_validators_gen new-mnemonic --num_validators=1 --chain=andes --folder=./

• Import your keys to your keystore

./dill-node accounts import --andes --wallet-dir ./keystore --keys-dir validator_keys/ --accept-terms-of-use

sample output

[2024-07-13 08:08:34]  INFO flags: Running on the Andes Beacon Chain Testnet
Password requirements: at least 8 characters
New wallet password:
Confirm password:
[2024-07-13 08:08:39]  INFO wallet: Successfully created new wallet walletPath=/home/ubuntu/dill/keystore
[2024-07-13 08:08:39]  WARN client: You are using an insecure gRPC connection. If you are running your beacon node and validator on the same machines, you can ignore this message. If you want to know how to enable secure connections, see: https://docs.prylabs.network/docs/prysm-usage/secure-grpc
[2024-07-13 08:08:39]  INFO accounts: importing validator keystores...
[2024-07-13 08:08:39]  INFO accounts: checking directory for keystores: /home/ubuntu/dill/validator_keys
Enter the password for your imported accounts:
Importing accounts, this may take a while...
Importing accounts... 100% [===================================================================================]  [1s:0s]
[2024-07-13 08:08:44]  INFO local-keymanager: Reloaded validator keys into keymanager
[2024-07-13 08:08:44]  INFO local-keymanager: Successfully imported validator key(s) pubkeys=0xxxxx
[2024-07-13 08:08:44]  INFO accounts: Imported accounts [xxxxxx], view all of them by running `accounts list`
ubuntu@ip-xxxxx:~/dill$

• Start the light validator node

echo {your-password} > walletPw.txt
./start_light.sh -p walletPw.txt

• The node will output the following when started:

Option --pwdfile, argument 'walletPw.txt'
Remaining arguments:
using password file at walletPw.txt
start light node
start light node done
ubuntu@xxxxx:~/dill$ nohup: redirecting stderr to stdout