2023 Ubuntu Linux Spacemesh Node

In this video I go over how to get a Spacemesh Node running in Linux Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS

go download:
https://go.dev/dl/

go spacemesh releases:
https://github.com/spacemeshos/go-spacemesh/releases

go spacemesh mainnet config:
https://configs.spacemesh.network/config.mainnet.json

Install GO & grpcurl
# Go Install
wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.21.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz

# Verify – Use the latest check some below
echo “d0398903a16ba2232b389fb31032ddf57cac34efda306a0eebac34f0965a0742 *go1.21.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz” | shasum -a 256 –check

# Extract the files
tar -xf go1.21.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz

# Remove previous installation
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go

# Set file ownership to root
sudo chown -R root:root ./go

# Move files
sudo mv -v go /usr/local

# Update Profile
nano ~/.profile

# Add
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# Go Lang Path
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GOPATH/bin
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# Activate Profile
source ~/.profile

# Install grpcurl
go install github.com/fullstorydev/grpcurl/cmd/grpcurl@latest

# Test
go version
grpcurl -help

Install go-spacemesh
# Install Dependencies
sudo apt install unzip tmux libpocl2

# Make Directory
mkdir go-spacemesh

# Move to Directory
cd go-spacemesh

# Download
# https://github.com/spacemeshos/go-spacemesh/releases
wget https://storage.googleapis.com/go-spacemesh-release-builds/v1.0.11/Linux.zip

# Unzip
unzip Linux.zip

# Move and Delete Directory
mv Linux/* ./ && cd .. && rm -r Linux/ Linux.zip

# Create Node Instance + Download Config
mkdir smesherX
cd smesherX

# Download Configs
wget https://configs.spacemesh.network/config.mainnet.json

# Start Node
~/go-spacemesh/go-spacemesh –listen /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/7513 –config ./config.mainnet.json -d ./sm_data –smeshing-opts-datadir ./post

# Run Node and then Run
grpcurl –plaintext -d “{}” localhost:9092 spacemesh.v1.ActivationService.Highest

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