EOS Blog - Building my EOS node 2.x on public testnet by rival

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utopian-io · @rival · Jan 27 '18 (edited)

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EOS Blog - Building my EOS node 2.x on public testnet

## Today I started to install a EOS public testnode.

![DQmVjm9PALZrNqo3BXL2h7sA62WzNgojiNbEo2pPciL8EVA.gif](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVjm9PALZrNqo3BXL2h7sA62WzNgojiNbEo2pPciL8EVA/DQmVjm9PALZrNqo3BXL2h7sA62WzNgojiNbEo2pPciL8EVA.gif)

I followed the instructions on this page : https://github.com/EOSIO/eos#publictestnet

My server is Ubuntu 16.04 and not 16.10 as in the document. But I gave it a try.

Automated build script
For Ubuntu 16.10 and  there is an automated build script that can install all dependencies and builds EOS.

Clean install Ubuntu 16.10 for the public testnet
>git clone https://github.com/eosio/eos --recursive

>cd eos
>git checkout dawn-2.x
>./build.sh ubuntu

This last step almost takes almost 2 hours.
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVbkeXGU3kDViea5KJYzUtgdckKiwWjKcrb7T6VDi75at/image.png)

After this installation I continued and trying to start the node:

Connecting Local EOSD node with Public Testnet
To run a local node connected to the public testnet operated by block.one, a script is provided.

>cd ~/eos/build/scripts
>./start_npnode.sh

This command will use the data folder provided for the instance called testnet_np.

You should see the following response:

Launched eosd.
See testnet_np/stderr.txt for eosd output.
Synching requires at least 8 minutes, depending on network conditions.

### It worked, see here the output of my start command:
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQuQZ2dXmZZ1VL9KsJcjeYKwSC97mo3CzAoUKa1s3M9ZT/image.png)


Now the blockchain is syncing:

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdCoSP8enmuVa6rA7TLae2j8pZrspJ2KBj6wiNQ24fmcn/image.png)

I let it sync for 10 minutes.

You can check the results by using this command:

>tail -F testnet_np/stderr.txt

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRPYptEoCBjqqEvRQKZZwA9hT2LyD3yNyDcB7ewrY9kov/image.png)


After 90 minutes the output of my log looks like this.

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRB8AEStmktuNtAoZSwamRw29NU21vPBtC3UhGRvKhcb6/image.png)

## YES I so Now I have a EOS node connected to the public test net.

Some test.

After the chain was running I did this test:
> curl 127.0.0.1:8888/v1/chain/get_info
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRJvcQp5843eyz2W1eXaTWYVdzg9ZbG1YmX6oLrPWtP12/image.png)

Up to the next self education and see what I can do with this public node. Let me know if you are interested of creating an EOS blockchain explorer or other development. I would love to work together.

Kind regards,

Ron

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@efemena56 · Jan 26 '18

$0.03

thank you for a well informative writeup you have made,it brings a lot to steemit,i truely appreciate your work

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@scipio · Jan 27 '18

$1.42

Thank you for the contribution. It has been approved.

PS:
- you originally filed this article as "development": that was the wrong category because it involves self-written code (developed by you), hosted on GitHub, labeled with an Open Source licence;
- you were then told, by two other moderator, to move it to blog;
- to my own perception, this should have been filed under "tutorial", because it provides step-by-step technical instructions regarding setting up and running an EOS dawn 2.x node on Ubuntu 16.x server: you would have qualified as a tutorial immediately;
- I won't ask you to re-file it again as tutorial, because -a- you did exactly as you were told, and -b- you have received significant manual upvotes already by (.e.g) @adsactly and myself! ;-)

Approved, by @scipio

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@rival · Jan 27 '18

Thank you. this is much appreciated

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@senseieli · Jan 28 '18

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@tradewolf · Jan 26 '18

Thank you for the info, The purpose for the node is to mine or what?

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@vcelier · Jan 27 '18

$0.03

I followed your instructions, and me too I have an EOS node connected to the public test net.

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