Running a Coreum Node

Running a Coreum node is crucial for participating in the Coreum network. This guide covers various methods to set up and run a Coreum node, including binary executions.

Running Coreum with Binary

Prerequisites

• cored Binary: Build or download the latest on-chain version of cored.
• Permissions: Ensure executable permissions for your binary.

Steps

1. Execute cored Binary: Run the command ./cored [command] [flags]. For starting the daemon, use ./cored start.
2. Systemd Configuration: Configure cored to run as a systemd service for reliability.
   • Move the binary to /usr/bin with cp cored /usr/bin/.
   • Create and edit the systemd service file /etc/systemd/system/cored.service with appropriate configurations.
3. Manage Service:
   • Reload systemd: sudo systemctl daemon-reload
   • Restart cored: sudo systemctl restart cored
   • Enable on boot: sudo systemctl enable cored
   • Check logs: journalctl -u cored -f

Configuring cored

• Config Files: Located in $HOME/.core/config.
  • config.toml: General settings.
  • app.toml: Application-specific settings.
  • client.toml: Stargaze client settings.