jkoub/base-node-english-guide

Base node

Base Node

Base Node installation guide
<< Hercules >>

🟢 information

There is no incentive for Base Node. Base is a Coinbase Brand, so I think every transaction is important.

link

• Hercules Node Telegram
• Hercules Twitter
• Base Dc

🟢 Hardware requirements

• at least 16 GB RAM
• an SSD drive with at least 100 GB free

1️⃣ System Update

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

2️⃣ Docker Setup

apt install docker-compose

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt install jq && 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 && sudo apt-get install docker-compose-plugin

3️⃣ Clone Base Files.

git clone https://github.com/base-org/node.git

4️⃣ Screen create

screen -S base

5️⃣ Base directory

cd node

6️⃣ Let's edit the Compose file

We will log in to the docker-compose.yml file and add only ETH-Goerli RPC here.

Modify this field : OP_NODE_L1_ETH_RPC=https://ethereum-goerli-rpc.allthatnode.com
Replace it with the RPC you received here and save with ctrl + x.

nano docker-compose.yml

7️⃣ Let's start our node.

this process will take a while, wait. You will get a printout like in the picture.

docker compose up --build

After the operations are finished, you will see a log in this way Synchronising. That's it for now

🟢 v0.2.0 Update

docker-compose stop

docker-compose build

docker-compose up

🟢 Useful commands

After doing docker compose up , come to the main directory. Do not do it in Screen. Enter the command below and you should get output as in the picture.

curl -d '{"id":0,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["latest",false]}' \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

Do the command to look at the synchronisation progress in the main directory, do not do it in the base screen, you can exit with ctrl + a + d.

echo Latest synced block behind by: $((($(date +%s)-$( \
  curl -d '{"id":0,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"optimism_syncStatus"}' \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:7545 | \
  jq -r .result.unsafe_l2.timestamp))/60)) minutes

don't forget to like and Fork :)