Manage Nethermind with systemd

Create a new user
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sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash nethermind
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increase the maximum number of open files
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sudo bash -c 'echo "nethermind soft nofile 1000000" > /etc/security/limits.d/nethermind.conf'
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sudo bash -c 'echo "nethermind hard nofile 1000000" >> /etc/security/limits.d/nethermind.conf'
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switch to the new user
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sudo su - nethermind
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Install Dependencies
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libsnappy-dev libc6-dev libc6 unzip -y
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Get Nethermind
​download the latest Nethermind package
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wget [LINUX_PACKAGE_URL]
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extract the files
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unzip [LINUX_PACKAGE_FILENAME] -d build
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create data directory for logs, database and keystore
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mkdir data
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create .env file inside data directory and provide environment variables to the Node configuration like for example:
NETHERMIND_CONFIG is the important one - defines the network config, the rest is optional.
.env
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NETHERMIND_CONFIG="mainnet_pruned"
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NETHERMIND_JSONRPCCONFIG_ENABLED=true
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NETHERMIND_JSONRPCCONFIG_HOST="0.0.0.0"
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NETHERMIND_HEALTHCHECKSCONFIG_ENABLED="true"
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remove the no more need package (optional)
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rm [LINUX_PACKAGE_FILENAME]
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Manage Nethermind with systemd
download the nethermind.service config
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wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NethermindEth/nethermind/master/scripts/nethermind.service
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move the config into the systemd folder
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sudo mv nethermind.service /etc/systemd/system/
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reload the systemd configs
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sudo systemctl daemon-reload
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you can now start, stop, restart Nethermind with systemd
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sudo service nethermind start
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display the current Nethermind output (optional)
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journalctl -u nethermind -f
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enable autorun (optional)
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sudo systemctl enable nethermind
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Manage Nethermind with systemd