Getting Setup
Instruction to install the starsd binary
Stargaze Installation and Setup
Choose an Operating System
The operating system you use for your node is entirely your personal preference. You will be able to compile the stars
daemon on most modern linux distributions and recent versions of macOS.
For the tutorial, it is assumed that you are using an Ubuntu LTS release.
If you have chosen a different operating system, you will need to modify your commands to suit your operating system.
Install pre-requisites
Install Go
Follow the instructions here to install Go. Please install Go v1.20 or later.
For an Ubuntu LTS, you can probably use:
Unless you want to configure in a non standard way, then set these in the .profile
in the user's home (i.e. ~/
) folder.
After updating your ~/.profile
you will need to source it:
Build Stargaze from source
If syncing from genesis, the mainnet version is v1.1.0
. If syncing from a recent snapshot or statesync, then the review the latest mainnet version tag. Be sure to watch the #validator-announcements channel on the Stargaze Discord server.
For genesis, the mainnet version tag will be v1.1.0
- i.e:
Once you're on the correct tag, you can build:
To confirm that the installation has succeeded, you can run:
Running a Node
Continue with Joining Mainnet.
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