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