Installation

Minimum Hardware Requirements 4x CPUs; the faster clock speed the better 8GB RAM 100GB of storage (SSD or NVME)

Install dependencies

sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install git curl build-essential make jq gcc snapd chrony lz4 tmux unzip bc -y

Install Rust

curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh

Create avail file

mkdir avail

Enter the file

cd avail

Download the binary

wget https://github.com/availproject/avail/releases/download/v2.2.5.1/x86_64-ubuntu-2204-avail-node.tar.gz

Extract the file

tar -xf x86_64-ubuntu-2204-avail-node.tar.gz

Create the service file

Replace YOURVALIDATORNAME with your moniker

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/availd-mainnet.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Avail Validator
After=network.target
StartLimitIntervalSec=0
[Service]
User=root
ExecStart= /root/avail/avail-node -d /root/avail/node-data --chain mainnet --validator --name "YOURVALIDATORNAME" --port 30334 --rpc-port 9945
Restart=always
RestartSec=120
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Enable and start the service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable availd-mainnet.service
sudo systemctl restart availd-mainnet && sudo journalctl -u availd-mainnet -f