CESS

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Minimum Specifications

Spec	Size
CPU	4
RAM	8 GB
SSD	100 GB
Bandwidth	5 MB

Initial Setup

1. Create 2 wallets on Polkadot
2. Then, get the faucet HERE
3. The first wallet is used to receive mining rewards
4. The second wallet is used for mining

Open Ports

sudo ufw allow ssh; sudo ufw allow 4001; sudo ufw allow 15001; sudo ufw enable

Install Docker (Skip if already installed)

sudo apt update; sudo apt upgrade -y

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt install jq git && sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common -y && curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add - && sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal stable" && sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin -y

Install CESS

mkdir -p /opt/cess
git clone https://github.com/CESSProject/cess-nodeadm
cd cess-nodeadm
git checkout tags/v0.5.7
./install.sh

Set Configuration

• Paste this

cess profile testnet

cess config set

• Enter cess node mode from 'authority/storage/rpcnode' = Type storage then press Enter

• Enter cess storage listener port = Skip it just press Enter

• Enter cess rpc ws-url = Fill with wss://testnet-rpc.cess.network/ws/

• Enter cess storage earnings account = Paste the address from the first wallet

• Enter cess storage signature account phrase = Paste the phrase from the second wallet

• Enter cess storage disk path = Type /opt/cess

• Enter cess storage space = Fill it with 100 or more, depending on your SSD size

• Enter the number of CPU cores = Fill with whatever you want

• Enter the staking account if you use one account to stake multiple nodes = Skip it just press Enter

• Enter the TEE worker endpoints if you have any = Skip it just press Enter

Start Node

cess reload

then

cess start

List of Commands

• Check chain logs

docker logs -f chain

• Check bucket logs

docker logs -f bucket

• Check status

cess bucket stat

If There's an Update

• The latest node version can be checked HERE

How to Update

First, Stop

cess stop
cess down

Delete

cess purge

Delete old folders and files

rm -r cess-nodeadm
rm -r /opt/cess; mkdir -p /opt/cess
git clone https://github.com/CESSProject/cess-nodeadm
cd cess-nodeadm
git checkout tags/SESUAI_VERSITERBARU_JIKA_SUDAH_ADA

After that, start again from the Set Configuration step

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⚠️ If you want to delete ⚠️

cess down; cess purge
rm -r /opt/cess