chaosnet-1.md

chaosnet-1

Step by step guide to join the testnet

1. SSH to your host and create a user

adduser kira

2. Make your user sudo

usermod -aG sudo kira

3. Login as kira

su kira

4. Enter sudo shell

sudo -s

5. Paste the installation script, type *release version and press enter.

*Latest release version can be found here

5. Confirm agreement, pressing y

6. Initial configuration

6.1 Start with mnemonic

As of now mnemonic mechanic changed. Every address and signature derives from MASTER MNEMONIC. Use you validator mnemonic. And don't worry that your address wouldn't match.

Press m -> Press m -> Press y and paste your mnemonic

• You can skip this step and use new mnemonic which is randomly generated for you. Or use our bip39gen tool to generate robust mnemonic with user provided entropy(TIP: use verbouse flag to see mechanic).

6.2 Chnage your SSH Port if it's not default one

Very important step if you want still have access to your host. Change it to whatever is set in your sshd_config

Press n -> Press m and follow the procedure

• Skip if your ssh port is 22(default)

6.3 The last step here. Choosing peers

Press a

Enter any peer you like from provided. Check chaosnet docs!

Press s to continue setup

7. Setup in progress.

You can follow the process by pressing v

Reboot is ok. No worries SSH to your server after reboot.

sudo -s
<type your paswd if any>
kira

8. Finishing installation

Just follow the instruction.

9. Joining validator set