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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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Create a new service.

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

  5. 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

  6. Enable and start the service.

    sudo systemctl enable zeitgeist-node
    sudo systemctl start zeitgeist-node

  7. Check the status of the service:

    systemctl status zeitgeist-node

  8. To view the service logging.

    journalctl -u zeitgeist-node