cocoonventures / docker-zen-node

Docker Zencash Secure Node

This repository will help you setup a zencash node with a single bash script.

The script will install Docker on a fresh Ubuntu VM and provision the following containers:

• zend https://hub.docker.com/r/whenlambomoon/zend/
• Securenodetracker https://hub.docker.com/r/whenlambomoon/secnodetracker/
• neilpang/acme.sh https://hub.docker.com/r/neilpang/acme.sh

acme.sh will run as a docker container and auto-renew your SSL certificates when required.

Requirements

You will need a VPS with at least 4GB ram (swap is OK) to run a Zencash secure node. You may use my DigitalOcean referral link to get $10 free credit https://m.do.co/c/afbafb6012b6

The script has been tested with Ubuntu 16.04 but should work on any other Linux distribution.

You will also need a domain name to point to your VPS.

Installation

Invoking the script is best done on a fresh installation. Re-running the install script should not cause any issues.

git clone https://github.com/WhenLamboMoon/docker-zen-node
./install.sh stakeaddr email fqdn region

• Stakeaddr is the transparent address which has your 42 ZEN
• Email is your notification email address should your node have issues
• FQDN is the hostname which must point to the IP address of your server
• Region must either be eu, na or sea

Example:

./install.sh ztjcr2DSYhMZZ3WFFeoK2hDxhmK4VP3QcgK [email protected] zennode.example.com sea

The script will install the required dependencies and deploy the three containers on your host.

acme.sh is used to provision and maintain a valid SSL certificate on your domain.

The script should execute successfully when you see the output similar to this:

## Generating shield address for node...

ztSpgr2Yat7zSMiLNHtyDKGajzSesxabQsRwJnqtomDJU9wd6LzZppnQJyYiNE8sJDEy5MyTiMrSjf3bWcMKgtF9xcEY4eA

This will be the shield address you need to send 1 ZEN in order for your start accepting challenges.

After you send your 1 ZEN, you may check your node private balance:

docker exec zen-node gosu user zen-cli z_gettotalbalance

Please Note: It may take up to 1-2 hours for your VPS to fully update to the latest block.

You may check the latest block status with the following command:

docker exec zen-node gosu user zen-cli getinfo

Troubleshooting

If you need to execute commands with zen-cli you will need to append the following:

docker exec zen-node gosu user zen-cli

This is because zend is run as a non-root user using gosu. Removing gosu user will return you an error due to missing config files.

Donations

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