Monero Node
Store Monero Node on an external drive.
- First, do the same as in the LUKS guide for the drive.
- Assuming that /dev/sdb is the drive
If you don't use sudo, just change it to sudo
Preparing the Drive
sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
n
# Enter
# Enter
# Enter
# Enter
w
Optional encryption
sudo cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sdb1
sudo cryptsetup open /dev/sdb1 a
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/a
sudo cryptsetup close a
sync
Downloading monerod
Install monerod in your distro of choice
# In Archlinux
sudo pacman -S monero
# In Debian
sudo apt install monero
# With Homebrew
brew install monero
or
In other distros install wget and ->
wget https://downloads.getmonero.org/gui/linux64
# Or if you prefer only cli
wget https://downloads.getmonero.org/cli/linux64
tar -xvf linux64
# ...
sudo cp monerod /usr/local/bin/
sudo cp monero-wallet-cli /usr/local/bin/
# Or just
sudo mv monero* /usr/local/bin/
or
Recommended to create a user without sudo for only monero
Setting up Monero
sudo useradd --system --shell /usr/sbin/nologin --home-dir /var/lib/monero monero
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/monero-node/
sudo mount /dev/xxx /mnt/monero-node
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/monero-node/.bitmonero # Your blockchain storage location
sudo mkdir -p /var/log/monero # Log directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/monero # Configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /run/monero
sudo chown monero:monero /run/monero
# Set ownership for blockchain directory
sudo chown -R monero:monero /mnt/monero-node/.bitmonero
sudo chmod 750 /mnt/monero-node/.bitmonero
# Set ownership for log directory
sudo chown -R monero:monero /var/log/monero
sudo chmod 750 /var/log/monero
# Create the monerod configuration file
sudo vim /etc/monero/monerod.conf
sudo chown root:monero /etc/monero/monerod.conf
sudo chmod 640 /etc/monero/monerod.conf
Firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=18089/tcp --zone=drop
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
Run Monerod
There are 2 alternatives; Service or Terminal
Monerod Service
# Create the systemd service file
sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/monerod.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable monerod
sudo systemctl start monerod
sudo systemctl status monerod
Monerod in Terminal
sudo -u monero /usr/local/bin/monerod --config-file=/etc/monero/monerod.conf
Homebrew (In Linux)
sudo -u monero /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/monerod --config-file=/etc/monero/monerod.conf
Cli Wallet
monero-wallet-cli --trusted-daemon --daemon-login username
Monero Ban List
In monero