Launching your Cardano BP node!
let's launch your block producing node!
when all the certificates and keys are generated, now we have to adjust the launch script on our block producing node
copy following files to your BP server and place them under /home/$USER/cnode/keys/
myPool.kes-000.skey
myPool.vrf.skey
myPool.node-000.opcert
rename keys to default names so you don't have to edit your script/service config
there are 2 ways you can launch your node:
launching as a script using tmux (recommended only for testnet or for any other non-production server )
launching as a system service (RECOMENDED on production servers)
create a systemd service configuration file with all the keys and other settings, so the cardano node process will be running in the background:
If you haven't previously installed systemd service, then let's do it now and start the cardano node service as a system service
if you have previously already installed systemd service, then you just need to reload the configuration and restart the node
you can check the cardano nodes live logfile using journalctl
congratulations! you have installed a block-producing node!
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