Cardano Relay Configuration

Let's start by creating a folder structure for our nodes:
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cd 
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mkdir -p cnode
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cd cnode
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mkdir -p config db sockets keys logs scripts  
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cd config
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We will be download the latest default configuration and genesis files from here:  https://hydra.iohk.io/job/Cardano/cardano-node/cardano-deployment/latest-finished/download/1/index.html​
cardano alonzo configuration files
Let's download them from our server's console (currently we are using 7370192 MainNet configuration files)
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#checking the latest built for configs
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export LAST_BUILD=$(curl -s https://hydra.iohk.io/job/Cardano/cardano-node/cardano-deployment/latest-finished/download/1/index.html | grep -e "This item has moved" |  sed -e 's/.*build\/\(.*\)\/download.*/\1/')
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#downloading configs
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wget -q -O mainnet-config.json https://hydra.iohk.io/build/${LAST_BUILD}/download/1/mainnet-config.json
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wget -q -O mainnet-alonzo-genesis.json https://hydra.iohk.io/build/${LAST_BUILD}/download/1/mainnet-alonzo-genesis.json
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wget -q -O mainnet-byron-genesis.json https://hydra.iohk.io/build/${LAST_BUILD}/download/1/mainnet-byron-genesis.json
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wget -q -O mainnet-shelley-genesis.json https://hydra.iohk.io/build/${LAST_BUILD}/download/1/mainnet-shelley-genesis.json
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wget -q -O mainnet-topology.json https://hydra.iohk.io/build/${LAST_BUILD}/download/1/mainnet-topology.json
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#list downloaded files
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ls -al mainnet*
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you should have now 5 files in the config folder:
OPTIONAL: By default you have IOG (relays-new.cardano-mainnet.iohk.io)  relay in your topology file, let's add one more: relays.stakepool247.eu
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cat > mainnet-topology.json << EOF
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{
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  "Producers": [
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    {
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      "addr": "relays-new.cardano-mainnet.iohk.io",
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      "port": 3001,
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      "valency": 2
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    },
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    {
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      "addr": "relays.stakepool247.eu",
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      "port": 3001,
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      "valency": 1
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    }
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  ]
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}
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EOF
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We are almost done - I know that you are eager to test what we have done so far :) So let's test and run our  Node on port 3000
Let's start with the core node:
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cardano-node run --database-path /home/cardano/cnode/db --socket-path /home/cardano/cnode/sockets/node.socket --port 3000 --config /home/cardano/cnode/config/mainnet-config.json  --topology /home/cardano/cnode/config/mainnet-topology.json
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If you followed the guide, you should see this:
carano node syncing blocks

Cardano Node Installation process

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Launching Cardano Relay Node

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