NYM Mixnode

Setup and maintenance NYM v1.0.2 Mixnode.

Setup Mixnode

Set your Mixnode environments:

# Replace YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS with your NYM mainnet wallet address
# Replace YOUR_NODE_ID with your Mixnode name

wallet=WALLET_ADDRESS
echo 'export wallet='$wallet >> $HOME/.bash_profile
node_id=NODE_ID
echo 'export node_id='$node_id >> $HOME/.bash_profile

Prepare system for install:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install pkg-config build-essential libssl-dev curl jq -y
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
source $HOME/.cargo/env

Compile Mixnode binaries:

cd $HOME
git clone https://github.com/nymtech/nym.git
cd nym
git reset --hard
git pull
git checkout tags/v1.0.2
cargo build -p nym-mixnode --release
sudo mv target/release/nym-mixnode /usr/local/bin/

Initialize Mixnode:

nym-mixnode init --id $node_id --host $(curl ifconfig.me) --wallet-address $wallet

Create systemd service file:

sudo tee <<EOF >/dev/null /etc/systemd/system/nym-mixnode.service
[Unit]
Description=NYM Mixnode

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/nym-mixnode run --id $node_id
KillSignal=SIGINT
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=30
StartLimitInterval=350
StartLimitBurst=10
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Setting ulimit:

echo "DefaultLimitNOFILE=65535" >> /etc/systemd/system.conf

Start Mixnode:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable nym-mixnode
sudo systemctl restart nym-mixnode

Useful links

NYM Official site

NYM Explorers:

https://explorer.nymtech.net

https://nym.explorers.guru