How to Host a Garlicoin Full Node on a Linux Server

1. Explanation

This is a simplified version of the tutorial from this link.

2. Create a New User Account and Set a Password

useradd -m garlic
passwd garlic

3. Installation and Launch

3.1 Log in as the Garlic User via SSH

Use SSH to log in to the newly created garlic account.

3.2 Download and Extract the Node Software

wget https://github.com/GarlicoinOrg/Garlicoin/releases/download/v0.18.0/garlicoin-0.18.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
tar xvzf garlicoin-0.18.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz

3.3 Download the Updated Peer File and Save It in the .garlicoin Directory

wget "https://grlc.eu/peers.dat" -O "./.garlicoin/peers.dat"

3.4 Set RPC Login and Password in garlicoin.conf

Add the following lines to garlicoin.conf:

rpcuser=user
rpcpassword=password
rpcport=42069

3.5 Start the Node

/home/garlic/bin/garlicoind -txindex=1 -server=1 -listen=1 -daemon=1 -maxuploadtarget=0 -maxconnections=32

3.6 Optionally, Clear Logs to Avoid Disk Overload

To prevent the disk from filling up with logs, you can delete the log file. Remember to remove this link before restarting garlicoind:

cd ./.garlicoin && rm -f ./debug.log && ln -s /dev/null ./debug.log

4. Verify Node Status

To check if the node is running, use:

/home/garlic/bin/garlicoin-cli getblockchaininfo

Once synchronized, you should see output similar to:

{
    "chain": "main",
    "blocks": 5187415,
    "headers": 5187415,
    "bestblockhash": "28a87a6c4c8c06c7ee1e78b5e73e19aba06921be7805eadb0c5f595c126155af",
    "difficulty": 3.287577173104078,
    "mediantime": 1729886363,
    "verificationprogress": 0.9999993343923127,
    "initialblockdownload": false,
    "chainwork": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000006de9498b788405d",
    "size_on_disk": 12153890245,
    "pruned": false
}