gaia-docker

Dockerfile for gaia

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Prereqs

Install Docker

For Ubuntu distros: sudo ./install-docker-ubuntu.sh For other distros see Docker docs

Build docker image

Refer to latest cosmos-sdk tags

sudo docker build --build-arg git_checkout_arg=v0.23.1 -t gaia .

Initialize gaiad

sudo docker run -v /root/.gaiad:/root/.gaiad --rm -it gaia gaiad init --name my-node

Get genesis.json for latest testnet

sudo curl -o /root/.gaiad/config/genesis.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cosmos/testnets/master/gaia-7004/genesis.json

Add seed nodes for latest testnet

sudo sed -i 's/^seeds = .*/seeds = "718145d422a823fd2a4e1e36e91b92bb0c4ddf8e@gaia-testnet.coinculture.net:26656,5922bf29b48a18c2300b85cc53f424fce23927ab@67.207.73.206:26656,7c8b8fd03577cd4817f5be1f03d506f879df98d8@gaia-7000-seed1.interblock.io:26656,a28737ff02391a6e00a1d3b79befd57e68e8264c@gaia-7000-seed2.interblock.io:26656,987ffd26640cd03d08ed7e53b24dfaa7956e612d@gaia-7000-seed3.interblock.io:26656"/' /root/.gaiad/config/config.toml

Edit config.toml with appropriate settings

sudo vi /root/.gaiad/config/config.toml

Start gaiad

sudo docker run -d -p 26656-26657:26656-26657/tcp --name gaiad -v /root/.gaiad:/root/.gaiad --rm -it gaia gaiad start

Follow gaiad logs

sudo docker logs -f gaiad

Open interactive bash shell inside container

sudo docker exec -it gaiad bash

Stop gaiad

sudo docker stop gaiad