Taiko Aims To Build A Secure, Decentralized, And Permissionless Rollup On Ethereum
We’d Be Looking To Maximize Our Efforts On The Blockchain By Running A Node On Their Askja Testnet To Be Eligible For Future Rewards
Heres A Step-By-Step Tutorial On How To Go About It
First Step: Order & Configure Your
Before Running A Node, You’d Be Needing To Rent A VPS & I’d Be Guiding You On How To Go About It
Click → HERE Order Your VPS
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Next Select CLOUD VPS M
Next Select 1 Month Rental Period, You Can Extend When Subscription Expires
Set Region As European Union (Germany)
Set Storage Type As 400 GB SSD
Next Image, Switch To Apps & Panels & Select Docker
5. Login & Password For Your Server
Click Generate Password, Copy & Save That Password As It Would Be Used To Access Your Terminal
For Networking & Add-Ons, Leave As Same & Click Next
Now If You’re A New Customer, Youd Charge A One time Set Up Fee & Youd Also Need To Fill In Your Necessary Details, If You’re An Old Customer Click I’m a Contabo Customer & Proceed To Check Out
Once it’s Done Click Next
Next Choose A Mode Of Payment, I.E Credit Card Input Details & Click Next, You should Receive A Order Status Mail Immediately
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Order Status
Next Email In 15Mins Should Contain Your Your VPS Details
Copy Your VPS IP Address
NB The Password For It Was The One We Generated On Contabo
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Now Lets Proceed ↓
→ For Windows Users
You’d Need To Download Putty Click HERE , Now Set Up & Install It & Launch The App, Let’s Configure It, Input Your IP Address Where You Have Host Name, Select SSH & Click Open
You should see a login interface, Username Root & Password Is The One We Generate At Contabo
When You Type The Password, You Won’t See It, So Type Correctly
You Should See A Contabo Welcome Message
→ MacOs Users
Go To Your Launchpad & Search For Terminal
Next Type The Following In The Terminal Window
ssh username@vps-ip-address
Replace Username With root
Replace Vps-ip-address With Your VPS Sent To Your Mail 158.220.113.10
Click Enter & Input Your Password Copied When Renting VPS, Password Won’t Be Visible Just Type & Click Enter
You should see this
If you’re facing any problem, Be sure to type the correct password
You’ve Gain Access To Your Server & You Have Permission To Write & Paste Commands
Follow My Steps, You Can Choose To Paste Or Cøpy Them
Second Step: PREPARATION
→ Let’s Update The Packages :
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
→ Next Install Prerequisites:
After Pasting This Code On The Terminal, You Should See A Prompt Saying Y/n Input Y & Click Enter
sudo apt install pkg-config curl git-all build-essential libssl-dev libclang-dev ufw
→ Install Taiko Node Docker
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release
→ Let’s Add Docker’s Official GPG Key
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
→ Next Set Up The Repository
echo \
"deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
$(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
→ Let’s Grant Read Permission For The Docker Public Key File
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
sudo apt-get update
→ Install Latest Version Using This Command
After Pasting, A Prompt Should Come Up (Y/n) input Y & Click Enter
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin
If It’s Already Installed, Command Prompt Won’t Come Up
Next Install Docker Compose
After Pasting, A Prompt Should Come Up (Y/n) input Y & Click Enter
sudo apt install docker-compose
Now Verify If The Docker Installation Is Successful By Using This Command
sudo docker run hello-world
→ Let’s Check Docker Compose Version
docker-compose -v
→ Install Screen
sudo apt install screen
Next Create A New Session By Screen
Where <Your Session Name> Should Be Replaced With A Name Of Your Choice I.e HEADBOY
sudo screen -S <Your Session Name>Then Use This Command
sudo screen -S taikoThird Step: Account Set Up Alchemy & MetaMask
Visit Alchemy & Create A Free Account, Now Click Apps & Select Create App, Next Set Name As Taiko, Description As Alpha-2, Chain As Ethereum & Network As Sepolia & Click Create App
Go Back To Dashboard & Click VIEW KEY, & Copy Both The HTTPS & WEBSOCKETS
→ MetaMask Setup
NB: You’d be needing to create a fresh wallet that would be only utilized for taiko node, as we’d be exporting private keys
Now Visit MetaMask To Download MetaMask, Now Head To Settings & Click Create Account, Set Name & Click Create, Next Up Click The Three dot Area & Click On Account Details & Click On Export Private Key
Next Input MetaMask Password & Copy Your Private Key
● Let’s Add Network & Request Faucet
→ Add the Sepolia testnet
Visit https://chainid.network/, search for “Sepolia”, and click the “Add Chain” button.
→ Add The Taiko Testnet
Visit https://chainid.network/, search for “Taiko”, and click the “Add Chain” button.
● FAUCET
Visit https://sepoliafaucet.com/, login into your account & Paste Your WalleT Address Then Click Send Me ETH
Fouth Step: NODE INSTALLATION
→ First Download The Node
git clone https://github.com/taikoxyz/simple-taiko-node.git
cd simple-taiko-node
→ Let’s Configure The Node
cp .env.sample .env
→ Let’s Edit The Configurations
nano .envNext The Keys You Copied From Alchemy
Starting With Https:// & Wss
Paste Them Respectively Where You Have
L1_ENDPOINT_HTTP=
L1_ENDPOINT_WS=
Next Change The Following
ENABLE_PROVER= Prev False Now True
L1_PROVER_PRIVATE_KEY= Your MetaMask Private Key
Next Press Ctrl + X And Type Y Then Click Enter On Your Keyboard
→ Let’s Start The Node
docker compose up
You Can Check Alchemy, To Monitor The Status Of Your Node
Other Commands You Might Want To Explore
Ctrl and A + D to detach screen session.
→ Stop A Node
docker compose down→ Remove a node
These Command Will Completely Remove The Node
docker compose down -vrm -f .env→ Update a node
Update the simple-taiko-node Docker images:
docker compose pull→ View all logs
docker compose logs -f→ View the prover image’s logs
docker compose logs -f taiko_client_prover
→ View the L2 execution engine logs
docker compose logs -f l2_execution_engineFirst Time Interaction On Taiko ZkEvm, Here A Some Other Interactions To Consider
→ Contract Deployment
Click → HERE
→ Testnet
Click → HERE
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