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Setup a Full Node via Docker

Let's learn how to set up a full node via Docker for easier deployments

Requirements​

  • Physical machine, cloud instance, or VPS that supports Docker i.e. Vultr, Digital Ocean, KVM or XEN based VMs) running Ubuntu 18.04 or later

  • At least 10 GB to store the block chain files (and always growing!)

  • At least 500 MB + 1 GB swap file

Really Fast Quick Start​

One liner for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS machines with JSON-RPC enabled on localhost and adds upstart init script:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/naftalimurgor/bgld-docker/master/bootstrap-host.sh | sh

Quick Start​

  1. Run an instance of Bitegesell node as follows:

    docker run -dp 8454:8454 naftalimurgor/bgld

  2. Verify that the container is running and bgld node is downloading the blockchain

    $ docker ps
    CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                COMMAND   CREATED         STATUS         PORTS                                                 NAMES
    304e5a74a539   naftalimurgor/bgld   "BGLd"    5 seconds ago   Up 3 seconds   0.0.0.0:8454->8454/tcp, :::8454->8454/tcp, 8455/tcp   naughty_greider

  3. You can then access the daemon's output thanks to the docker logs command

    docker logs -f bgld

  4. Install optional init scripts for upstart and systemd are in the init directory.

Documentation​