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How to Be a Collator on Battery Station

Run the node in "Collator mode"​

Download and set up the node environment​

  1. Use the following command line to get the latest Zeitgeist node binary.
curl -o zeitgeist https://github.com/zeitgeistpm/zeitgeist/releases/download/v0.3.2/zeitgeist_parachain
chmod +x zeitgeist

  1. Register a non-privileged user to run the Zeitgeist node service. Docker is not recommended, as it gives a sub-optimal performance.

    sudo useradd -M -r -s /sbin/nologin zeitgeist

  2. Copy the node binary to the specified folder.

sudo mkdir -p /services/zeitgeist/bin
sudo cp /path/to/your/target/release/zeitgeist /services/zeitgeist/bin
sudo chown -R zeitgeist:zeitgeist /services/zeitgeist
sudo chmod -R go=-rwx /services/zeitgeist

  1. Create a new service.

    sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/zeitgeist-node.service

  2. Configure the relevant information in the file.

[Unit]
Description=Zeitgeist Battery Station parachain full node
After=network.target
Requires=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=zeitgeist
Group=zeitgeist
RestartSec=5
Restart=always
Nice=0
ExecStart=/services/zeitgeist/bin/zeitgeist \
    --base-path=/services/zeitgeist/battery_station \
    --chain=battery_station \
    --name-=zeitgeist-whisker \
    --port=30333 \
    --rpc-port=9933 \
    --ws-port=9944 \
    --collator \
    --rpc-cors=all \
    --pruning=archive \
    --\
    --port=30334 \
    --rpc-port=9934 \
    --ws-port=9945


[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
  1. Enable and start the service.
sudo systemctl enable zeitgeist-node
sudo systemctl start zeitgeist-node

  1. Check the status of the service:

    systemctl status zeitgeist-node

  2. To view the service logging.

    journalctl -u zeitgeist-node