Greetings @rishi556 ! Thank you very much for sharing this post. I have a question, I hope you can help me.

>Find the private active_key using your preferred choice. If your private active key is 5KNrHHigj3PRurkm5moaV1XM3gWGrDZJJZCgPRL2FpBLjWy1obg you'd import it by typing in **import_key 5KNrHHigj3PRurkm5moaV1XM3gWGrDZJJZCgPRL2FpBLjWy1obg**

By this, do you mean the private active key of the witness account, or the same one generated in the previous step, when we did "suggest_brain_key"?

The witness already has more than 24 hours synchronized and printing the lines that I indicate in the image

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmZt4JmjSrFQFEjkVPgj7iTCr8AFX4REJswMFEpSrmoVaV/imagen.png)

And he's active on the witness list.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmPTCDkRv9g9YsHe2JB216GLtdkzbh444SFuUZfoHRK3Hp/imagen.png)


Do you think everything is fine?

Thanks for this. I'm in the process of running HIAB using Docker Desktop on a Windows 10 Home machine using WLS 2 (thanks @themarkymark).

I'd do a post when its all working.

My machine is quite a beast - 112 Gb RAM with 6/12 core Intel i76800k CPU, 500 Gb NVME SSD & 500 Gb SATA SSD - so I'm thinking of turning this into an API node and then running a witness on a second, lighter machine.

What changes do I need to make to do that?

Now that I've got my witness node running I want to be able to take snapshots so I can restart easily in case of computer reboot. How do I do that?

I tried to get my node going and my container would not start for some reason. Here is the "docker logs" output.

Any diagnostic input would be greatly appreciated.

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[33m894328ms p2p_plugin.cpp:603            plugin_initialize    ] caught exception 0 exception: unspecified
process exited with: Host not found (authoritative) 
    {"message":"Host not found (authoritative)"}
    asio.cpp:88 resolve_handler

    {}
    asio.cpp:168 resolve

    {"endpoint_string":"seed.buildteam.io:2001"}
    p2p_plugin.cpp:76 resolve_string_to_ip_endpoints while adding seed node seed.buildteam.io:2001
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[33m894723ms p2p_plugin.cpp:603            plugin_initialize    ] caught exception 0 exception: unspecified
process exited with: Host not found (authoritative) 
    {"message":"Host not found (authoritative)"}
    asio.cpp:88 resolve_handler

    {}
    asio.cpp:168 resolve

    {"endpoint_string":"seed.chitty.me:2001"}
    p2p_plugin.cpp:76 resolve_string_to_ip_endpoints while adding seed node seed.chitty.me:2001
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[0m894739ms rc_plugin.cpp:1174            plugin_initialize    ] Initializing resource credit plugin
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[0m894740ms rc_plugin.cpp:1242            plugin_initialize    ] RC's will be computed starting at block 26256743
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[0m894740ms witness_plugin.cpp:481        plugin_initialize    ] Initializing witness plugin
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[0m894742ms account_by_key_plugin.cpp:281 plugin_initialize    ] Initializing account_by_key plugin
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[0m894743ms state_snapshot_plugin.cpp:1428 plugin_initialize    ] Initializing state_snapshot_plugin...
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[0m894743ms state_snapshot_plugin.cpp:894 impl                 ] Registering add_prepare_snapshot_handler...
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[0m894743ms webserver_plugin.cpp:460      plugin_initialize    ] configured with 4 thread pool size
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[0m894744ms webserver_plugin.cpp:469      plugin_initialize    ] configured http to listen on 0.0.0.0:8091
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[0m894744ms webserver_plugin.cpp:486      plugin_initialize    ] configured ws to listen on 0.0.0.0:8090
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                STARTING HIVE NETWORK

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initminer public key: STM8GC13uCZbP44HzMLV6zPZGwVQ8Nt4Kji8PapsPiNq1BK153XTX
chain id: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
blockchain version: 1.25.0
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hived git_revision: "b597ef7247f139a71d8ee41087fe430382a8b36a"


[0m894747ms main.cpp:141                  main                 ] Backtrace on segfault is enabled.
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Setting up a startup_io_handler...

[0m894747ms chain_plugin.cpp:720          plugin_startup       ] Chain plugin initialization...
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[0m894747ms chain_plugin.cpp:413          initial_settings     ] Starting chain with shared_file_size: 26843545600 bytes
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[0m894748ms chain_plugin.cpp:724          plugin_startup       ] Database opening...
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[0m894748ms chain_plugin.cpp:529          open                 ] Opening shared memory from /shm/
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Compiler and build environment read from persistent storage: `{"compiler":"7.5.0", "debug":0, "apple":0, "windows":0,   "version" : { "hive_blockchain_hard_fork" : "1.25.0", "hive_git_revision" : "b597ef7247f139a71d8ee41087fe430382a8b36a" }, "plugins" : ["account_by_key", "account_by_key_api", "block_api", "chain", "condenser_api", "database_api", "json_rpc", "network_broadcast_api", "p2p", "rc", "state_snapshot", "webserver", "witness"]}'

[0m894750ms block_log.cpp:185             open                 ] Log is nonempty
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[0m894752ms block_log.cpp:190             open                 ] Index is nonempty
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[0m894753ms database.cpp:170              open                 ] Opened a blockchain database holding a state specific to head block: 0 and last irreversible block: 0
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[0m894754ms database.cpp:183              operator()           ] Blockchain state database is AT IRREVERSIBLE state specific to head block: 0 and LIB: 0
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[0m894754ms chain_plugin.cpp:727          plugin_startup       ] Snapshot processing...
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[0m894755ms chain_plugin.cpp:741          plugin_startup       ] Consistency data checking...
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[33m894755ms chain_plugin.cpp:516          check_data_consisten ] Replaying is not finished. Synchronization is not allowed. { "block_log-head": 55089686, "state-head": 0 }
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[0m894755ms chain_plugin.cpp:762          plugin_startup       ] Chain plugin initialization finished...
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Entering application main loop...
performing shutdown on interrupt request...
Shutting down...

[0m894756ms chain_plugin.cpp:767          plugin_shutdown      ] closing chain database
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[0m894756ms database.cpp:437              close                ] Closing database
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[0m894756ms database.cpp:448              close                ] Database flushed at last irreversible block: 0
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[0m894756ms database.cpp:456              close                ] Database is closed
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[0m894756ms chain_plugin.cpp:770          plugin_shutdown      ] database closed successfully
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Leaving application main loop...
exited cleanly

I am trying to figure it out and so far am not having all that much luck.

Here's the latest update on that experience.

https://peakd.com/hive-169321/@borepstein/hiab-hive-in-a-box--20-april-update

I wonder what I may be doing wrong.

This is a good run down for HIAB - it's an easy starting point for anyone setting up their own server. I started using @drakos price feed it's simple and reliable https://github.com/Jolly-Pirate/pricefeed

Thank you for this great guide, but you're missing an important line item: users need to invoke `./run.sh shm_size <size>` to prevent the hive node from crashing. I'm not sure what the necessary size is nowadays but I believe it's at least 25GB. Can you please add this to the guide?

Hi,

my blockchain version is 1.25.0

./run.sh dlblocks --> is up to date
./run.sh replay --> last step is database.cpp:5884 apply_hardfork HARDFORK 11 at block 3276913
./run.sh start --> return the following error :

1174662ms database.cpp:170              open                 ] Opened a blockchain database holding a state specific to head block: 3348714 and last irreversible block: 3348691
1174670ms database.cpp:183              operator()           ] Blockchain state database is AT IRREVERSIBLE state specific to head block: 3348714 and LIB: 3348691
1174672ms database.cpp:248              open                 ] 10 assert_exception: Assert Exception
revision() == head_block_num(): Chainbase revision does not match head block num.
    {"rev":0,"head_block":3348714}
    database.cpp:192 operator()
1174672ms database.cpp:248              open                 ] args.data_dir: /steem/witness_node_data_dir/blockchain args.shared_mem_dir: /shm/ args.shared_file_size: 26843545600
1174675ms chain_plugin.cpp:538          open                 ] Error opening database. If the binary or configuration has changed, replay the blockchain explicitly using `--replay-blockchain`.
1174675ms chain_plugin.cpp:539          open                 ] If you know what you are doing you can skip this check and force open the database using `--force-open`.
1174675ms chain_plugin.cpp:540          open                 ] WARNING: THIS MAY CORRUPT YOUR DATABASE. FORCE OPEN AT YOUR OWN RISK.
1174675ms chain_plugin.cpp:541          open                 ]  Error: {"code":10,"name":"assert_exception","message":"Assert Exception","stack":[{"context":{"level":"error","file":"database.cpp","line":192,"method":"operator()","hostname":"","timestamp":"2021-12-16T19:19:34"},"format":"revision() == head_block_num(): Chainbase revision does not match head block num.","data":{"rev":0,"head_block":3348714}},{"context":{"level":"warn","file":"database.cpp","line":248,"method":"open","hostname":"","timestamp":"2021-12-16T19:19:34"},"format":"rethrow","data":{"args.data_dir":"/steem/witness_node_data_dir/blockchain","args.shared_mem_dir":"/shm/","args.shared_file_size":"26843545600"}}]}

any idea ?

Thanks

Sweet, Ill prob set up a witness sometime soon .. just snowballing myself there

Glad I found this.  Incredibly helpful! 🙌

What is the network traffic requirements for a witness node on a monthly basis?

This is honestly awesome and very tempting for me to finally pull the trigger on launching a node myself

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Heh, you beat me to it.

Great guide, I've reblogged it so most HIAB users will find it :)

Hi @rishi556, @hextech or @someguy123,
I started the remote wallet, but the set_password command is "not found" - what should I do?

@rishi556

I followed the steps, but getting this error after the steps of import_key.

error.
./run.sh: line 1836: STEEM_RUN_ARGS[@]: unbound variable

Why the heck steem still exist?
Any idea why?