BitShares Mainnet API 'pre-compiled-witness_node' [Ubuntu 18.10 x64]

Bash scripts that deploy precompiled BitShares API node fully synced/replayed (optional: NGINX + SSL certs example)

Minimum server requirements

CPU: 2 (v)Core RAM: 8GB RAM HDD: 100GB SSD Higher IOPS drive Bandwidth: Minimum 100Mbit/s | Recommended +1Gbit/s (up/down)

Notice: This is default configuration for API Node owner (max-ops 100, rpc 8090, p2p 1776).

Description

• These bash scripts will install/deploy everything needed for Ubuntu 18.10 to run BitShares Public Mainnet API node, as per clone provisioned and weekly backed up from Toronto Mainnet BitShares.org API - Currently listed in BitShares DEX, maintained through Consensus/Worker and used by BitShares DEXBot

• [optional - see 2.1 and 2.2] nginx installation and configuration to run websocket on 8090 and ssl example deployed with your default server $hostname (whatever is /etc/hostname content) SSL WARNING: You will have to replace cert and key for your own domain and edit '/etc/nginx/sites-available/bitshares' for changes

• WebSocket/API available with endings '/ws' & '/wss' - Default '/' left for port 80 (nginx webserver).

• TREE of Deployed folders/files:

/bitshares/
/bitshares/witness_node/
/bitshares/swap
/etc/nginx/ssl/
/etc/nginx/sites-available/
/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

1.1 - Preparing the environment and swap

Be logged in as root or use sudo command

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dls-cipher/pre-compiled-witness_node/master/1-buildenv.sh
chmod a+x 1-buildenv.sh
./1-buildenv.sh

Once fully processed your server will be restarted within 1 minute. Wait!

2.1 - WGET/Deploy pre-compiled witness_node and nginx configuration /w SSL

Be logged in as root or use sudo command

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dls-cipher/pre-compiled-witness_node/master/2-deploy.sh
chmod a+x 2-deploy.sh
./2-deploy.sh
#comment: run last command through SCREEN to prevent session drop - e.g. screen -dmS build ./2-deploy.sh

This will take some time. Usually it takes around 10-12 minutes to download node with blockchain database not older than 1 week. After successful download, untar can possibly make your screen/ssh session look frozen for about 20-30 mins. Be patient, please.

Replace:

/etc/nginx/ssl/ssl-bundle.crt
/etc/nginx/ssl/apasia3rd.key

with your own set of SSL cert/key, and their replacements edit within nginx configuration:

/etc/nginx/sites-available/bitshares

2.2 - WGET/Deploy pre-compiled witness_node (NO nginx/websocket/ssl configuration)

Be logged in as root or use sudo command

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dls-cipher/pre-compiled-witness_node/master/2-deploy-nonginx.sh
chmod a+x 2-deploynonginx.sh
./2-deploynonginx.sh

This will take some time. Usually it takes around 15-20 minutes to download node with blockchain database not older than 1 week. After successful download, untar can possibly make your screen/ssh session look frozen for about 20-30 mins. Be patient, please.

3.1 - Start witness_node with screen

Be logged in as root or use sudo command

cd /bitshares/witness_node
screen -dmS btsd ./witness_node