enabling Hive-Engine witness node after year long slumber, step 1 - app update
It's been eight months since my Hive-Engine witness node has last signed the block. An eternity in blockchain world. After last autumn's #hivefest in Split I promised to myself and some friends that I will reawaken it. Well, it took me another half of year to get to it.
Today, after a message from my hosting provider that I need to pay the bill for next year's lease, I finally started enabling it. It was the proverbial kick in the butt and awakening call.
As you can see from this screenshot (
I am glad that my tiny upgrade procedure is still working. With it, it was a matter of minutes to bring it up to latest version. Here it is:
-- go to local top level directory for witness nodes
cd /var/witness/
-- get latest node software, it's v2.0.2
git clone --recursive --branch he_v2.0.2 https://github.com/hive-engine/hivesmartcontracts.git he202
-- go into newly created directory
cd he202
-- compile it
npm ci
-- copy over config and environment files
cp ../he20/config.json .
cp ../he200/.env .
-- stop node app, delete it, run it anew
pm2 stop app
pm2 delete app
pm2 start app.js
pm2 logs
-- it's working! chain is 6134480 blocks ahead
Ps: hopefully, config didn't change. I'll check it later.
Next steps
- download latest snapshot of light version of database, import it
- wait for node to catch up with the chain
- enable witness, start participating in block production
- go to discord server and tell the guys I am back
- distribute my votes - it's not much - 907 $WORKERBEE
- lobby and plead for votes to get to top 20 witnesses
The last step will be the hardest 😂
Why am I doing this?
- because I want to contribute to community
- yes, server and hosting cost money yet there is small compensation for it - if I reach top 20 witnesses
- because I can & it's fun in a nerdy sort of way
Tagging some friends to announce the begging for votes part:
better and better
:ervin :lemark
#2025 46/365