Witness - Backup Server

Backup Server

To stay a reliable block producer it is recommend you have a hot swappable backup server with same specs as the live server running an instance of witness_node.

Attention

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS BACKUP SHOULD NOT HAVE THE SAME SIGNING KEY PAIR in the config.ini as your main node!

How it works:

  1. Your live witness node is signing blocks with the private key which is stated in the config.ini.

  2. Your backup witness node is running a copy of the software with another private key in the config.ini.

Note

  • generate a new public/private keypair with cli_wallet command: suggest_brain_key

  1. On a third server you monitor your live node on regular intervals with an automated script (e.g.: https://github.com/roelandp/Bitshares-Witness-Monitor).

  2. As soon as your live node is starting to fail producing blocks the missing blocks parameter increases and you can issue a command to update_witness to your backup’s Public Key.

  3. Investigate the issue with your live node and stay happy.