Install dependencies

Update system and install build tools

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y

Install Go

cd $HOME
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.21.11.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.21.11.linux-amd64.tar.gz
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile
[ ! -d ~/go/bin ] && mkdir -p ~/go/bin
go version
which go
rm -rf go1.21.11.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Download and build binary

Clone project repository

cd $HOME
rm -rf side
git clone https://github.com/sideprotocol/side
cd side
git checkout v0.9.4
make install
sided version
which sided

Or download directly binary

wget -O sided https://snapshots.tienthuattoan.com/testnet/side/sided && mv sided $HOME/go/bin

Initialize the node

Set node configuration

sided config chain-id sidechain-testnet-4

Initialize the node

sided init you-node-name --chain-id sidechain-testnet-4

Download genesis and addrbook

curl -Ls https://snapshots.tienthuattoan.com/testnet/side/genesis.json > $HOME/.side/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.tienthuattoan.com/testnet/side/addrbook.json > $HOME/.side/config/addrbook.json

Add seed

sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"80c5a1ba72714329a08374d577f26e8944182e83@side-testnet-rpc.tienthuattoan.com:26356\"|" $HOME/.side/config/config.toml

Set minimum gas price

sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.005uside\"|" $HOME/.side/config/app.toml

Update pruning and disable indexer to save disk space

sed -i \
  -e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "100"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "10"|' \
  $HOME/.side/config/app.toml

sed -i 's/indexer = "kv"/indexer = "null"/g' $HOME/.side/config/config.toml

Download Snapshot

wget -O side_latest.tar.lz4 https://snapshots.tienthuattoan.com/testnet/side/side_latest.tar.lz4 && lz4 -c -d side_latest.tar.lz4 | tar -x -C $HOME/.side

Create service

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/sided.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=Side node service
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which sided) 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 sided
sudo systemctl restart sided
sudo journalctl -u sided -f