Solana Validator Manager

Automatically bootstrap a Solana validator node, optimize its performance, and connect the node to a monitoring dashboard

Solana is a fast, secure, and censorship-resistant blockchain providing open infrastructure necessary for global adoption.

In order to run, the Solana blockchain requires a decentralized network comprising computing resources to validate transactions as well as storage for ledger redundancy.

The computer resources are provided by validators who need to maintain high-performance Linux nodes.

There are now two Solana clusters, Mainnet-Beta and Testnet.

The Mainnet-Beta cluster is maintained by ~700 validators, and the Testnet cluster by ~1700 more validators.

Most of the people running these just bootstrap their nodes manually, referring to the Solana docs or similar community guides. Apparently, there are no 2 identical setups across these 2400 validators.

As a result, it is virtually impossible to support validators having issues with their nodes and/or help them improve their node, thus contributing to the overall cluster performance.

What we would like to do is provide a toolkit to help validators bootstrap and maintain their nodes in a uniform, consistent way.

The Ansible scripts we have created for this purpose are a compilation of best practices and community guidelines.

Please use them, enjoy them, and improve them.

Quick Install

Log in to your server
Create the key pair file (you can also upload it via scp if you prefer):
```
nano ~/validator-keypair.json
```
Paste your key pair, save the file (ctrl-O) and exit (ctrl-X).

If you have a vote account key pair, create the key pair file (or upload it via scp):
```
 nano ~/vote-account-keypair.json
```
Paste your key pair, save the file (ctrl-O) and exit (ctrl-X).
Run this command…

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mfactory-lab/sv-manager/latest/install/install_validator.sh)"

…and follow the wizard’s instructions (enter your own Node name!):

That’s it, you are all set!

How to update validator

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mfactory-lab/sv-manager/latest/install/update_test_validator_version.sh)" --version 1.14.2

how to update monitoring

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mfactory-lab/sv-manager/latest/install/update_monitoring.sh)" 

If you want more control over the configuration of your node, please refer to the advanced technical specifications

Useful links

How you can support this project

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