Ansible Role: Matic Mainnet full node

Install Matic Mainnet Full Node on Debian/Ubuntu servers.

This role installs and configures Heimdall and Bor for Matic Mainnet Full Node. You will likely need to do extra setup work before this role, like changing variables, describing the location and options to use for your particular node.

Requirements

Minimal: ****4 core 8 RAM 2TB of free disk space

Recommended: ****8 core 16 RAM 2TB of free disk space

Dependencies

golang v1.14.0+

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

golang_path: ""

Be sure to specify the value of the golang_path variable.

bor_branch: "v0.2.14"

The branch from the bor repository https://github.com/maticnetwork/bor.git

heimdall_rpc_address: "127.0.0.1"

TCP or UNIX socket address for the RPC server to listen on Heimdall

bor_http_addr: "127.0.0.1"

Bor HTTP-RPC server listening interface

Example Playbook

- hosts: node
  become: yes
  vars:
    golang_path: "/opt/go/1.17.6/bin:{{ ansible_env.PATH }}"
  roles:
     - role: roles/ansible-polygon

Launch Polygon node

Heimdall service starts first, wait until Heimdall is synchronized. Check the sync status:

curl 127.0.0.1:26657/status

catching_up should show_ false_

Next, we start the heimdalld-rest-server service and the bor service