Cosmovisor

image

Recommended Hardware: 6 Cores, 16GB RAM, 400GB of storage (NVME), 100 Mb/s

install dependencies, if needed

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y

install go, if needed

cd $HOME
VER="1.22.11"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$VER.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go$VER.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
rm "go$VER.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
[ ! -f ~/.bash_profile ] && touch ~/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:~/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
[ ! -d ~/go/bin ] && mkdir -p ~/go/bin

OR (for user account)

[ ! -f $HOME/.bash_profile ] && touch $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
[ ! -d $HOME/go/bin ] && mkdir -p $HOME/go/bin

Check version

go version

set vars

Port: 14 (you can change to another port)

echo "export MONIKER="Your-Monkier"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export STORY_CHAIN_ID="aeneid"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export STORY_PORT="14"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

install Story-geth

cd $HOME && \
rm -rf $HOME/story-geth && \
git clone https://github.com/piplabs/story-geth.git && \
cd $HOME/story-geth && \
git checkout v1.1.0 && \
make geth && \
mv build/bin/geth  $HOME/go/bin/

install Story

cd $HOME && \
rm -rf $HOME/story && \
git clone https://github.com/piplabs/story && \
cd $HOME/story && \
git checkout v1.4.2 && \
go build -o story ./client  && \
mv ./story $HOME/go/bin/story

Cosmovisor Setup

Install and init Cosmovisor:

go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@latest
echo "export DAEMON_NAME="story"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export DAEMON_HOME="$HOME/.story/story"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
cosmovisor init $(which story)

create directory:

cd $HOME
mkdir -p $HOME/.story/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mkdir -p $HOME/.story/cosmovisor/upgrades
cp $HOME/go/bin/story $HOME/.story/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/

Check Story version

$HOME/go/bin/story version

UPGRADE v1.4.2:

Create a directory and download the current version of story:

cd $HOME
mkdir -p $HOME/.story/story/cosmovisor/upgrades/v1.4.2/bin
cp $HOME/go/bin/story $HOME/.story/story/cosmovisor/upgrades/v1.4.2/bin

Check version:

$HOME/.story/story/cosmovisor/upgrades/v1.4.2/bin/story version

result

Version       v1.4.2-stable
Git Commit    19af5ad
Git Timestamp 2025-10-30T21:37:46Z

Check upgrade info

cat $HOME/.story/story/cosmovisor/upgrades/v1.4.2/upgrade-info.json

result: {"name":"v1.4.2","time":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","height":10886688}

Create upgrade simlink:

echo '{"name":"v1.4.2","time":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","height":10886688}' > $HOME/.story/story/cosmovisor/upgrades/v1.4.2/upgrade-info.json

Check current simlink:

ls -l $HOME/.story/story/cosmovisor/current

result: lrwxrwxrwx 1 story story 15 May 5 17:20 /home/story/.story/story/cosmovisor/current -> upgrades/v1.4.0

Check upgrade info:

cat $HOME/.story/story/cosmovisor/upgrades/v1.4.2/upgrade-info.json

result: {"name":"v1.4.2","time":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","height":10886688}

Sets up an automatic upgrade in Cosmovisor:

cosmovisor add-upgrade v1.4.2 $HOME/.story/story/cosmovisor/upgrades/v1.4.2/bin/story --force --upgrade-height 10886688

result:

10:13AM INF Using /home/story/.story/story/cosmovisor/upgrades/v1.4.2/bin/story for v1.4.2 upgrade module=cosmovisor
10:13AM INF Upgrade binary located at /home/story/.story/story/cosmovisor/upgrades/v1.4.2/bin/story module=cosmovisor
10:13AM INF /home/story/.story/story/data/upgrade-info.json created, v1.4.2 upgrade binary will switch at height 10886688 module=cosmovisor

Create service file:

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/storytest.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=story node service
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=story"
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.story/story"
Environment="DAEMON_RESTART_AFTER_UPGRADE=true"
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"
Environment="DAEMON_DATA_BACKUP_DIR=$HOME/.story/story/data"
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run run
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

init story app

story init --moniker $MONIKER --network aeneid

set seeds and peers

SEEDS="[e-mail]:26656"
PEERS="3b1aaa03f996d619cb2f4230ebace45686ab3b8a@34.140.167.127:26656,36ca8b119bf5851cd1e37060af914cb07dec24f9@34.79.40.193:26656,2a28bd1a6ecb0a1d8ceade599b311d202447d635@193.122.141.78:26656,b540a4a88399bee252207ab9cf783c14fcefd4dc@65.108.30.59:26656,b21b772ca2e4067844f881e8a79a7447dc435217@65.108.141.109:29456,6c89fb9e0791ffa67468b9f9923891a2bfcad80f@141.94.143.203:56356,1ff566a5ac0bd3605e8af09e92cacc43927aed7f@161.35.70.64:26656,2e00c3e558f382e48fe7511f50c069fde44a6468@150.136.128.196:26656,20a1a828469c42047601529a50f527ecf9301251@35.211.53.224:26656,b965eed902107d29df3669b2ff9a93859db236a3@49.12.92.82:56356,817a54d7ed4f3b618d37ea80448c135b20fc34e1@34.143.143.252:26656,0eda723784a874798b173df8f17545f9984b86e6@35.211.230.141:26656,155bcba7d521ced31042bd99100841c6cf057f36@35.211.9.151:26656,7e311e22cff1a0d39c3758e342fa4c2ee1aea461@188.166.224.194:28656,59201fade719c1e4ded98b2304e555377d2b4cef@116.202.217.20:28656,9d34ab3819aa8baa75589f99138318acfa0045f5@95.217.119.251:30900,45938d3dfe2877e1eb45cbce10f2d02c676f50a0@198.244.176.117:33656,580be4f3e5f505ed0ea15510997aeeb74e35408e@35.211.167.181:26656,944e8889ecd7c13623ef1081aae4555d6f525041@35.211.57.203:26656"
sed -i -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/}" \
       -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/}" $HOME/.story/story/config/config.toml

download genesis and addrbook

wget -O $HOME/.story/story/config/genesis.json https://story-testnet-services.luckystar.asia/story/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.story/story/config/addrbook.json  https://story-testnet-services.luckystar.asia/story/addrbook.json

set custom ports in story.toml file

sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${STORY_PORT}317%g;
s%:8551%:${STORY_PORT}551%g" $HOME/.story/story/config/story.toml

set custom ports in config.toml file

sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${STORY_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${STORY_PORT}657%g;
s%:26656%:${STORY_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${STORY_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${STORY_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.story/story/config/config.toml

enable prometheus and disable indexing

sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.story/story/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.story/story/config/config.toml

create geth servie file

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/story-geth.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Story Geth
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$HOME/go/bin/geth --aeneid --syncmode full --port ${STORY_PORT}303 --http --http.api eth,net,web3,engine --http.vhosts '*' --http.addr 0.0.0.0 --http.port ${STORY_PORT}545 --authrpc.addr 127.0.0.1 --authrpc.port ${STORY_PORT}551 --authrpc.vhosts=* --ws --ws.api eth,web3,net,txpool --ws.addr 0.0.0.0 --ws.port ${STORY_PORT}546 --ws.origins '*'
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

download snapshots

backup priv_validator_state.json

cp $HOME/.story/story/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.story/story/priv_validator_state.json.backup

remove old data and unpack Story snapshot

rm -rf $HOME/.story/story/data/*
curl https://story-testnet-services.luckystar.asia/story/aeneid_latest.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.story/story/data

restore priv_validator_state.json

mv $HOME/.story/story/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.story/story/data/priv_validator_state.json

delete Geth data and unpack Geth snapshot

rm -rf $HOME/.story/geth/aeneid/geth/chaindata/*
mkdir -p $HOME/.story/geth/aeneid/geth/chaindata
curl https://story-testnet-services.luckystar.asia/story/geth_aeneid_latest.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.story/geth/aeneid/geth/chaindata

enable and start geth, story

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable storytest story-geth
sudo systemctl restart story-geth && sleep 5 && sudo systemctl restart storytest

check logs (in new Tmux)

sudo journalctl -u storytest -u story-geth -f

Check sync status:

curl localhost:${STORY_PORT}657/status | jq

curl -s localhost:${STORY_PORT}657/status | jq .result.sync_info

curl -s localhost:${STORY_PORT}657/status | jq .result.sync_info.catching_up

END SETUP:

Note

From now please do not stop and restart node before block 10.886.688 . Because it will run forcely with new binary.

If you need to restart the node unexpectedly, please setup again:

Remove folder

rm -rf $HOME/.story/story/cosmovisor/upgrades/v1.4.2

Remove symlink:

rm $HOME/.story/story/cosmovisor/current

Setup symlink v1.4.0 back:

ln -s $HOME/.story/story/cosmovisor/upgrades/v1.4.0 $HOME/.story/story/cosmovisor/current

Finally Start node & setup v1.4.2 with Cosmosvisor again.