These instructions are valid for OS X and Linux hosts, Windows hosts should check the syntax.
Step 1: Get the latest Go-Ethereum client from https://geth.ethereum.org/downloads/
Step 2: Unzip the contents of the tar archive above to a location on your computer - for the rest of the guide we assume you are on a Linux machine and you have unzipped the contents to /home/jamichain - you can use a different location, in which case please make sure to use it for the rest of the instruction guide
Step 3: Copy the geth executable (just a file) to /home/jamichain and delete the tar archive and the left-over directory
Step 4: Inside /home/jamichain create a folder called data
Step 5: Copy the genesis.json file from this repository into /home/jamichain
Step 6: Inside the /home/jamichain run the command ./geth --datadir data/ init genesis.json (if the command fails check that the data folder has been created and that you are allowed to execute geth)
Step 7: Run the command geth --datadir=/home/jamichain/data --syncmode=full --networkid 1551 --rpc --rpcaddr 0.0.0.0 --rpcapi "eth,net,web3,personal,admin" --bootnodes "enode://11ba6d3bfdc29a8afb24dcfcf9a08c8008005ead62756eadb363523c2ca8b819efbb264053db3d73949f1375bb3f03090f44cacfb88bade38bb6fc2cb3d890a5@173.231.120.228:30301" console
1. Get the latest Go-Ethereum client from <https://geth.ethereum.org/downloads/>
2. Unzip the contents of the tar archive above to a location on your computer - for the rest of the guide we assume you are on a Linux machine and you have unzipped the contents to `/home/jamichain` - you can use a different location, in which case please make sure to use it for the rest of the instruction guide
3. Copy the geth executable (just a file) to `/home/jamichain` and delete the tar archive and the left-over directory
4. Inside `/home/jamichain` create a folder called data
5. Copy the `genesis.json` file from this repository into `/home/jamichain`
6. Inside the `/home/jamichain` run the command
./geth --datadir data/ init genesis.json
The above steps will allow you to sync with the Jami blockchain in read-only mode (i.e. you cannot mine blocks - however you can submit transactions).
If the command fails check that the data folder has been created and that you are allowed to execute geth.
The above steps will allow you to sync with the Jami blockchain in read-only mode (i.e. you cannot mine blocks - however you can submit transactions).
## Running as a SystemD Service
If you want to run the Jami blockchain as a SystemD service, you can use the following example file (call it jami.service in your SystemD script directory):
```toml
[Unit]
Description=GethNode
[Service]
...
...
@@ -27,8 +32,6 @@ Restart=always
User=geth
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```
Please note that the --rpc, --rpcaddr and --rcpapi are OPTIONAL. You are welcome not to include them if you do not want to access the node via JSON-RPC.
