Install dependencies

Update system and install build tools

sudo apt -q update
sudo apt -qy install curl git jq lz4 build-essential
sudo apt -qy upgrade

Install Go

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go1.22.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - -C /usr/local
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/golang.sh)
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin' | tee -a $HOME/.profile)

Download and build binary

Clone project repository

cd $HOME
git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app.git
cd celestia-app
gut pull
git checkout v3.0.2
make install
celestia-appd version
which celestia-appd

Initialize the node

Set node configuration

celestia-appd config chain-id celestia

Initialize the node

celestia-appd init you-node-name --chain-id celestia

Download genesis and addrbook

curl -Ls https://snapshots.tienthuattoan.com/mainnet/celestia/genesis.json > $HOME/.celestia-app/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.tienthuattoan.com/mainnet/celestia/addrbook.json > $HOME/.celestia-app/config/addrbook.json

Add seed

sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"2030b8d022cd3c65b6f267943df82d69c3e6ba64@celestia-rpc.tienthuattoan.com:26656\"|" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml

Set minimum gas price

sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.002utia\"|" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml

Set commit timeout

sed -i -e "s|^target_height_duration *=.*|timeout_commit = \"11s\"|" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml

Set pruning

sed -i -e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "nothing"|' $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml

Download Snapshot

wget -O celestia_latest.tar.lz4 https://snapshots.tienthuattoan.com/mainnet/celestia/celestia_latest.tar.lz4 && lz4 -c -d celestia_latest.tar.lz4 | tar -x -C $HOME/.celestia-app

Create service

sudo tee </dev/null /etc/systemd/system/celestia-appd.service
[Unit]
Description=Celestia node service
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which celestia-appd) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Start the service and check the logs

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable celestia-appd
sudo systemctl restart celestia-appd
sudo journalctl -u celestia-appd -f

Set up validator

Official documentation https://docs.celestia.org/nodes/validator-node

1. Create a wallet

celestia-appd keys add wallet

Save the mnemonic output as this is the only way to recover your validator wallet in case you lose it! To list your wallets use command below

celestia-appd keys list

2. Top up wallet with tokens

You can buy tokens at https://app.osmosis.zone

To check wallet balance use command below

celestia-appd q bank balances $(celestia-appd keys show wallet -a)

3. Create validator Please make sure you have adjusted moniker, identity, details, website to match your values.

celestia-appd tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000utia \
--pubkey $(celestia-appd tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--chain-id celestia \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--commission-max-rate 0.20 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.05 \
--from wallet \
--gas-adjustment 1.4 \
--gas auto \
--gas-prices 0.005utia

Save the ~/.celestia-app/config/priv_validator_key.json file as this is the only way to recover your validator signing key in case you lose it!

Install Bridge Node

Official documentation https://docs.celestia.org/nodes/bridge-node

Download and build binaries

cd $HOME 
git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node.git 
cd celestia-node
git pull
git checkout v3.0.2-mocha
make install

celestia version

make cel-key
make install-key

which cel-key

Add Bridge wallet

Generate new wallet

cel-key add bridge-wallet --node.type bridge --p2p.network celestia

Recover existing wallet

cel-key add bridge-wallet --node.type bridge --p2p.network celestia --recover

Fund the wallet with testnet tokens

Once you start the Bridge Node, a wallet key will be generated for you. You will need to fund that address

Initialize Bridge node

celestia bridge init \
  --keyring.keyname bridge-wallet \
  --core.ip http://localhost \
  --p2p.network celestia

Create service

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/celestia-bridge.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=Celestia Bridge Node service
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which celestia) bridge start --metrics.tls=true \
--metrics --metrics.endpoint otel.celestia.observer \
--keyring.keyname bridge-wallet \
--core.ip http://localhost \
--p2p.network celestia
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Start Bridge node

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable celestia-bridge
sudo systemctl restart celestia-bridge
sudo journalctl -u celestia-bridge -f

Useful commands

Get Bridge Node ID

AUTH_TOKEN=$(celestia bridge auth admin --p2p.network celestia)
curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $AUTH_TOKEN" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":0,"method":"p2p.Info","params":[]}' http://localhost:26658 | jq -r .result.ID

Get Bridge Node ID

celestia p2p info --node.store ~/.celestia-bridge

Check bridge wallet balance

celestia state balance --node.store ~/.celestia-bridge

Get wallet address

cd $HOME/celestia-node
./cel-key list --node.type bridge --keyring-backend test  --p2p.network celestia

Restore an existing cel_key

KEY_NAME="my_celes_key"
cd ~/celestia-node
./cel-key add $KEY_NAME --keyring-backend test --node.type bridge  --recover --p2p.network celestia

Check bridge node status

celestia header sync-state --node.store  ~/.celestia-bridge

Reset node

celestia bridge unsafe-reset-store --p2p.network celestia

Delete bridge node

sudo systemctl stop celestia-bridge
sudo systemctl disable celestia-bridge
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/celestia-bridge.service
rm -rf $HOME/celestia-node $HOME/.celestia-app $HOME/.celestia-bridge