How to setup a Nethermind only Clique based chain

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Set of validators sealing blocks on private clique network
TL;DR
Download a script that will do all the steps described below for you. It will prompt you 2 things: 
Confirm installation of required packages
The number of Validators you wish to run in your private network
Script can be found here:
nethermind/clique-validators.sh at master · NethermindEth/nethermind
GitHub
or use this command to download it:
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wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NethermindEth/nethermind/master/scripts/private-networking/clique-validators.sh
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Finally give the script permissions and run it (script requires sudo privileges):
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chmod +x clique-validators.sh
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./clique-validators.sh
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Prerequisites
Linux bash shell
Docker-compose
Docker
jq
pwgen
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sudo apt-get install -y docker-compose docker.io jq pwgen
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Manual setup
All these steps are automated and written in the above clique-validators.sh script.
In this setup we will create a private network of 3 Nethermind nodes running Clique consensus algorithm.
create separate directory where we will store all files
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mkdir private-networking
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cd private-networking
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create folders for each node and genesis
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mkdir node_1 node_2 node_3 genesis
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download chainspec file with clique engine and place it in genesis folder (we will be using goerli chainspec in this example)
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wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NethermindEth/nethermind/09389fc28b37605acc5eaed764d3e973969fe319/src/Nethermind/Chains/goerli.json
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cp goerli.json genesis/goerli.json
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create subfolders in each node folder
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mkdir node_1/configs node_2/configs node_3/configs
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create a static-nodes.json file and place it in working directory
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cat <<EOF > static-nodes.json
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[
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​
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]
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EOF
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create config.cfg file and place it in node_1/configs subfolders (do this for node_2 and node_3 as well)
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cat <<EOF > node_1/configs/config.cfg
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{
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    "Init": {
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        "WebSocketsEnabled": false,
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        "StoreReceipts" : true,
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        "EnableUnsecuredDevWallet": true,
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        "IsMining": true,
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        "ChainSpecPath": "/config/genesis/goerli.json",
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        "BaseDbPath": "nethermind_db/clique",
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        "LogFileName": "clique.logs.txt",
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        "StaticNodesPath": "Data/static-nodes.json"
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    },
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    "Network": {
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        "DiscoveryPort": 30300,
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        "P2PPort": 30300,
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        "LocalIp": "10.5.0.2",
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        "ExternalIp": "10.5.0.2"
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    },
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    "JsonRpc": {
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        "Enabled": true,
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        "Host": "10.5.0.2",
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        "Port": 8545
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    },
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    "KeyStoreConfig": {
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        "TestNodeKey": "8687A55019CCA647F6C063F530D47E9A90725D62D853F4B973E589DB24CA9305"
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    }
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}
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EOF
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For each node you will need to change following items in configuration:
TestNodeKey should be a 64 character length alphanumeric string. Can be generated with pwgen tool for example.
LocalIp, ExternalIp and Host should have the same value and be incremented for each node e.g. 10.5.0.3, 10.5.0.4 and so on and so forth.
Copy docker-compose file and place it in working directory.
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version: "3.5"
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services:
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​
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    node_1:
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        image: nethermind/nethermind:1.10.17
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        command: --config config
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        container_name: node_1
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        volumes:
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            - ./genesis:/config/genesis
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            - ./node_1/configs/config.cfg:/nethermind/configs/config.cfg
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            - ./static-nodes.json:/nethermind/Data/static-nodes.json
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            - ./node_1/db/clique:/nethermind/nethermind_db/clique
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            - ./node_1/keystore:/nethermind/keystore
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        ports:
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            - 0.0.0.0:8547:8545
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        networks:
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            vpcbr:
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                ipv4_address: 10.5.0.2
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​
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    node_2:
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        image: nethermind/nethermind:1.10.17
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        command: --config config
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        container_name: node_2
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        volumes:
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            - ./genesis:/config/genesis
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            - ./node_2/configs/config.cfg:/nethermind/configs/config.cfg
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            - ./static-nodes.json:/nethermind/Data/static-nodes.json
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            - ./node_2/db/clique:/nethermind/nethermind_db/clique
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            - ./node_2/keystore:/nethermind/keystore
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        ports:
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            - 0.0.0.0:8548:8545
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        networks:
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            vpcbr:
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                ipv4_address: 10.5.0.3
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​
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    node_3:
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        image: nethermind/nethermind:1.10.17
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        command: --config config
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        container_name: node_3
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        volumes:
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            - ./genesis:/config/genesis
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            - ./node_3/configs/config.cfg:/nethermind/configs/config.cfg
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            - ./static-nodes.json:/nethermind/Data/static-nodes.json
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            - ./node_3/db/clique:/nethermind/nethermind_db/clique
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            - ./node_3/keystore:/nethermind/keystore
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        ports:
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            - 0.0.0.0:8549:8545
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        networks:
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            vpcbr:
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                ipv4_address: 10.5.0.4
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​
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networks:
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    vpcbr:
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        driver: bridge
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        ipam:
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            config:
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                - subnet: 10.5.0.0/16
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run each node separately so that we can copy Enode and Node address for each node, we will use them later
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docker-compose run node_1
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Stop the node when Nethermind initialization completes Ctrl +C. Copy This node and Node address (without 0x prefixes) values to a text file. Continue with node_2 and node_3.
You can use Nethermind.Cli to fetch these values from nodes by executing the following.
Nethermind.Cli can be found in packages on Github Releases or Download Page.
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node.switch("http://localhost:8547")
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node.enode
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node.address
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the file should look similar to this:
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SIGNER_1="b5bc4d9e63eb1cb16aeeb0fd08e8344283b45b0d"
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STATIC_NODE_1="enode://2281549869465d98e90cebc45e1d6834a01465a990add7bcf07a49287e7e66b50[email protected]10.5.0.2:30300"
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SIGNER_2="c4e3a14d33f765faaca31672bd90d0c325bfa0cf"
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STATIC_NODE_2="enode://37878ec16a5ed87c9c80b4648e5428f5c768eddd79483be118319c49d11c4e535[email protected]10.5.0.3:30300"
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SIGNER_3="0076873eb11c627057834fdbdc7b391a33eb9f81"
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STATIC_NODE_3="enode://6067f06d84c207e6233dacf1f3ef961bd7231f71d5425cbaf843cf19cfd5f7e13[email protected]10.5.0.4:30300"
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copy & paste above variables into your terminal and create EXTRA_VANITY and EXTRA_SEAL variables
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EXTRA_VANITY="0x22466c6578692069732061207468696e6722202d204166726900000000000000"
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EXTRA_SEAL="0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
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create EXTRA_DATA variable accordingly to https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-225​
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EXTRA_DATA=${EXTRA_VANITY}${SIGNER_1}${SIGNER_2}${SIGNER_3}${EXTRA_SEAL}
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in goerli.json chainspec file, modify extraData property in genesis field
You can do this either manually or using below command
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cat goerli.json | jq '.genesis.extraData = '\"$EXTRA_DATA\"'' > genesis/goerli.json
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Modify the content of static-nodes.json files by appending Enodes to it
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cat <<EOF > static-nodes.json
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[
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    "$STATIC_NODE_1",
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    "$STATIC_NODE_2",
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    "$STATIC_NODE_3"
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]
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EOF
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remove databases for each node
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sudo rm -rf node_1/db/clique node_2/db/clique node_3/db/clique
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finally run docker-compose file
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docker-compose up
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You should see the private network working and nodes sealing blocks in Clique consensus algorithm 🎉
 
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