Gear

Gear Node Installation Instructions

General information

Official documentation

System requirements:

CPU: 2 Core
RAM: 4Gb
SSD: 60Gb
OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Installing the Gear Node | Update

System update

sudo apt update && apt upgrade -y

Download and install the Gear node

copy and paste with one command

wget https://get.gear.rs/gear-nightly-linux-x86_64.tar.xz && \
tar xvf gear-nightly-linux-x86_64.tar.xz && \
rm gear-nightly-linux-x86_64.tar.xz

Copy gear executable to /usr/bin directory

cp gear /usr/bin

With the help of nano we create a service file gear-node.service

nano /etc/systemd/system/gear-node.service

Paste the following data into the open nano editor

Instead of "NodeName" - specify the name of your node

[Unit]
Description=Gear Node
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=root
WorkingDirectory=/root/
ExecStart=/usr/bin/gear --name "NodeName" --telemetry-url "ws://telemetry-backend-shard.gear-tech.io:32001/submit 0"
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=10000

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Exit nano by saving changes to the file
Ctrl+X, Ctrl+Y, Enter

Starting the service

systemctl daemon-reload

systemctl enable gear-node

systemctl start gear-node

You can check the success of the deployed node on the Telemetry website.
Follow the link, type the name of the node.

Checking the logs:

journalctl -n 100 -f -u gear-node

Removing a Gear node

Note that once a node is deleted, you won't be able to fully restore it. See the article Backup and Restore for important data to be backed up.

sudo systemctl stop gear-node

sudo systemctl disable gear-node

sudo rm -rf /root/.local/share/gear

sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/gear-node.service

sudo rm /usr/bin/gear

In the case when the storage space is over, use the following command

Checking how much space the Gear blockchain database takes up

du -h $HOME/.local/share/gear/chains/gear_staging_testnet_v4/db/full

Freeing up space

Stopping the node

systemctl stop gear-node

Cleaning up the cache

gear purge-chain

Launching the node

systemctl start gear-node

Additional Information

Viewing the Gear Unique Node ID

hexdump -e '1/1 "%02x"' /root/.local/share/gear/chains/gear_staging_testnet_v4/network/secret_ed25519

Override key to use new server with old Gear ID
After the = sign, specify your key

gear --node-key=42bb2fdd46edfa4f41a5f0f9c1a5a1d407a39bafbce6f07456a2c8d9963c8f5c

Update

1. We recommend cleaning the previous network DB before the update:
   

sudo systemctl stop gear-node
gear purge-chain -y

2. Then, update the node executable to the latest version that contains everything needed to connect to the new network.
   

wget https://get.gear.rs/gear-nightly-linux-x86_64.tar.xz
sudo tar -xvf gear-nightly-linux-x86_64.tar.xz -C /usr/bin
rm gear-nightly-linux-x86_64.tar.xz

3. Start the new version (Gear Staging Testnet V6):
   

sudo systemctl start gear-node

4. (optional) If you care about keeping your peer ID the same as earlier, you can copy the network key from the previous chain:
   

sudo systemctl stop gear-node
cd /root/.local/share/gear/chains
sudo cp gear_staging_testnet_v6/network/secret_ed25519 gear_staging_testnet_v7/network/secret_ed25519
sudo systemctl start gear-node

5. Find your node at https://telemetry.gear-tech.io/ under the Gear Staging Testnet V5 tab.