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Guide to Install Avail Mainnet Node Using systemctl​

Update apt & Install Package Dependencies​

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Create a New Directory Named "avail"​

mkdir avail
cd avail

Download the Binary and Extract It​

# Fetch the latest release URL from GitHub API
LATEST_URL=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/availproject/avail/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | grep x86_64-ubuntu-2204-avail-node.tar.gz | cut -d '"' -f 4)

# Download the latest release
wget $LATEST_URL

# Extract the binary
tar -xf x86_64-ubuntu-2204-avail-node.tar.gz

# Delete the tar file
rm x86_64-ubuntu-2204-avail-node.tar.gz

Create a Directory for Node Data​

mkdir node-data

Create the Service Unit File​

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/avail.service

Add the Following Content to the avail.service File​

[Unit]
Description=Avail Node

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/root/avail/avail-node --chain mainnet --name {your-name-here} --validator -d /avail/node-data
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=avail-node

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Save and Close the File​

In nano, you can do this by pressing Ctrl + X, then Y to confirm, and finally Enter to save.

Reload systemctl and Start the Avail Node Service​

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start avail
sudo systemctl enable avail

Check the Status of the Avail Node Service​

sudo systemctl status avail

Check Log​

sudo journalctl -u avail.service

How to Upgrade the Node​

Go to the Avail Folder and Remove the Avail Node File​

cd avail
rm -rf avail-node
rm -rf x86_64-ubuntu-2204-avail-node.tar.gz

Download the New Version and Unzip​

# Fetch the latest release URL from GitHub API
LATEST_URL=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/availproject/avail/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | grep x86_64-ubuntu-2204-avail-node.tar.gz | cut -d '"' -f 4)

# Download the latest release
wget $LATEST_URL

# Extract the binary
tar -xf x86_64-ubuntu-2204-avail-node.tar.gz

# Delete the tar file
rm x86_64-ubuntu-2204-avail-node.tar.gz

Restart Your Node​

sudo systemctl restart avail.service
sudo journalctl -f -u avail.service