Start your node

Starting the node uses the command cardano-node run and a set of options.
You can get the complete list of available options with cardano-node run
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--topology FILEPATH             The path to a file describing the topology.
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--database-path FILEPATH        Directory where the state is stored.
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--socket-path FILEPATH          Path to a cardano-node socket
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--host-addr HOST-NAME           Optionally limit node to one ipv6 or ipv4 address
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--port PORT                     The port number
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--config NODE-CONFIGURATION     Configuration file for the cardano-node
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--validate-db                   Validate all on-disk database files
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--shutdown-ipc FD               Shut down the process when this inherited FD reaches EOF
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--shutdown-on-slot-synced SLOT  Shut down the process after ChainDB is synced up to the
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                                  specified slot
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-h,--help                       Show this help text
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To start the node, run the following command from inside the relay directory:
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 cardano-node run \
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 --topology testnet-topology.json \
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 --database-path db \
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 --socket-path db/node.socket \
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 --host-addr x.x.x.x \
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 --port 3001 \
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 --config testnet-config.json
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The above command will create a db directory inside the relay directory
Replace x.x.x.x with your public IP
Open a new terminal or ssh session
Create the environment variable CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH
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export CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH=~/relay/db/node.socket
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Check whether the node is syncing by fetching the current tip, a couple of times, slotNo should be increasing. --testnet-magic 1097911063 identifies the Shelley testnet
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cardano-cli shelley query tip --testnet-magic 1097911063
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{
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    "blockNo": 16900,
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    "headerHash": "eb964968c860a8abb1ab81bc9da54b572efc01428a5c98d15e5affb5dd9afd12",
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    "slotNo": 371284
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}
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cardano-cli shelley query tip --testnet-magic 1097911063
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{
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    "blockNo": 16903,
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    "headerHash": "ca49a73331bf29808aa33361ae98b41fe797bafb922901af556b7605e386645b",
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    "slotNo": 371358
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}
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