Full Archive
You have two options when it comes to syncing or restoring a Noble full archive node.
Sync from Archival Snapshot (recommended)
We leverage Polkachu's Archival snapshot service!
You can download the latest snapshot here.
Then follow the snapshot instructions.
To ensure your node retains all of its state, you will need to set pruning to "nothing" in app.toml:
pruning = "nothing"
Also, ensure indexer is set to "kv" in config.toml, which should be the default.
[tx_index]
indexer = "kv"
Manually Sync from Genesis
Be ready, this is a tedious and time consuming process as you are starting from block 0!
Clone repo, then download v1.0.0 of Noble:
git clone https://github.com/noble-assets/noble.git
cd noble
git checkout v1.0.0
make install
Initialize the node:
nobled init <moniker>
Download the genesis file:
curl -o $HOME/.noble/config/genesis.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/noble-assets/docs/main/genesis_files/mainnet/genesis.json
In your config.toml add a comma separated list of peers that also are archival nodes.
Noble's peer: <coming soon>
Also, ensure indexer is set to "kv", which should be the default.
[p2p]
persistent_peers = ""
...
[tx_index]
indexer = "kv"
To ensure your node retains all of its state, you will need to set pruning to "nothing" in app.toml:
pruning = "nothing"
Start your node:
nobled start
Your node will start to sync. It will halt when it hits an upgrade height.
Reference this chart to see heights and versions.
Once your node halts and is waiting for an upgrade, stop the node, update the binary to the next version, and start it again.
Be sure to pay attention to the --halt-height in the chart, as you will need to occasionally set that value when upgrading.
git checkout <next-version>
make install
nobled start
We wish you success on this journey