Launch a Node¶
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Launch a Node (first time)¶
How to launch the full node:
./programs/witness_node/witness_node
It takes an optional –data-dir parameter to define a working and data directory to store the configuration, blockchain and local databases (defaults to witness_node_data_dir). Those will be automatically created with default settings if they don’t exist locally set.
Enable Remote Procedure Calls¶
In order to allow RPC calls for blockchain operations you need to modify the following entry in the configuration file:
rpc-endpoint = 0.0.0.0:8090
This will open the port 8090 for global queries only. Since the witness node only maintains the blockchain and (unless you are an actively block producing witness) no private keys are involved, it is safe to expose your witness to the internet.
Although you would get default parameters in your config file for better memory reduction, you might want to learn about the plugin.
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Help to reduce RAM usage significantly by using witness_node executable options
Note
Find more information about Node, check Node Tutorials.
Restart the Witness Node¶
When restarting the witness node, it may be required to append the --replay-blockchain
parameter to regenerate the local (in-memory) blockchain state.
Tip
If you want to close the Witness Node in a clean way, use Ctrl-C
in Windows.
API Node Secure Web Socket Connection¶
Tip
How can a Let’s Encrypt certificate be used with an API node to provide a secure web socket (wss) connection.
This can be done with two steps
Concatenate the fullchain.pem with the privkey.pem –
cat fullchain.pem privkey.pem > combined.pem`
In the node’s configuration file, point the TLS certificate to combined.pem, and leave the TLS certificate password as blank.