Manage Nethermind with systemd

Create a new user
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
Install Dependencies
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libsnappy-dev libc6-dev libc6 unzip -y
Get Nethermind
​download the latest Nethermind package
wget [LINUX_PACKAGE_URL]
extract the files
unzip [LINUX_PACKAGE_FILENAME] -d build
create data directory for logs, database and keystore
mkdir data
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
NETHERMIND_CONFIG="mainnet_pruned"
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]
Manage Nethermind with systemd
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

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Create a new user

Install Dependencies

Get Nethermind

Manage Nethermind with systemd