Deploying an HSSN Validator
Step-by-step guide for deploying a new HSSN Validator Node, including system requirements, hardware configurations, and setup instructions.
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Step-by-step guide for deploying a new HSSN Validator Node, including system requirements, hardware configurations, and setup instructions.
Last updated
Ubuntu Server 22.04.4 LTS
Low-End
64-core
128GB
7TB
Mid-Range
128-core
256GB
10TB
Open ports 80 and 443 to support RPC external services.
Open TCP and UDP protocol ports 1317, 9090, 26656, 26657
This document is a work in progress. Some parts of it may change as it's progressively polished. However, the bulk of will remain the same.
HSSN validator setup is currently only being gradually rolled out to selected Sonic's Ecosystem Partners, and will gradually be publicly rolled. If you would like to run an HSSN Node, please contact our team on .
Please make use of the chat to follow any new developments, as well as for node operator support.
Navigate to the extracted directory:
Create a key pair:
Initialize the configuration (replace <NODE_NAME>
with your node name):
Copy the ~/.hypergrid-ssn/genesis.json
file and overwrite the the contents of the file generated at ~/.hypergrid-ssn/config/genesis.json
.
Modify config/app.toml
:
Modify config/config.toml
:
Update the external IP. Make sure to replace the <YOUR_NODE_IP_ADDRESS>
with your node's external IP address.
Create or Modify ~/.hypergrid.yaml
Create or Modify ~/.hypergrid-ssn/start.sh
Start service:
Check log:
After your node has caught up with the rest of the network, please proceed to the next steps.
Display your validator's account address:
Use the account address obtained from the command above to get HSOL tokens.
Because the new validator needs to sync and replay all blocks from the main validator, it will take a while to do that. Till you can query valid balances of the new account.
Display your HSSN validator public key:
Create file validator.json
, replace the <VALIDATOR_PUBKEY>
in validator.json with the public key you obtained above and update the <NODE_NAME>
with the corresponding node name you configured in Step 2.
Stake as a validator:
press y
to sign the transaction.
Check if the operation was successful:
Install the Solana client:
Verify the installation:
Set the Solana configuration:
Use the account address obtained from the command above to get SOL tokens from the Sonic grids and Solana Mainnet-Beta.
You can confirm that your node was successfully registered with the following command:
Congratulations! You should now be successfully running your HSSN node at this stage.
Please share your validator's public IP address to our team on .
Allow the start
command to run until your node has fully indexed and caught up with all the rest of the HSSN network's block height. This may take a couple of hours.
You can see the current block height of the HSSN network on the .
Important: The following steps require you to fund your validator account. Please contact our team on and we can airdrop you some HSOL manually.
Make sure to replace <NODE_NAME>
with the name you configured in Step 2, and change the "https://your-node-rpc-url.com/"
to the rpc URL of your choice for your node. (The url corresponding service at port 1317, which is not required at this step. You can configure this later using ).
You should be able to see your validator node in the list of validators. You should also see your validator in the .
Please join the to get more updates on latest changes as well as to get faster support responses.
For more official queries, please email for assistance.