Update Lodestar client

Update client

Check current version of Lodestar running on the server:

cd /usr/local/bin/lodestar && ./lodestar -v

1. Get Lodestar Client

   • Remove old repository clone

     cd ~/downloads && sudo rm -r lodestar

   • Build Lodestar
     • Download latest Lodestar client from GitHub

       cd ~/downloads && git clone -b stable https://github.com/chainsafe/lodestar.git

     • Install yarn

       cd lodestar && yarn install

     • Build Lodestart client

       yarn run build

   • Remove old client folder

     cd ~/downloads; sudo rm -r lodestarclient; sudo rm -r lodestar

   • Find the latest stable version of Lodestar client on Github
     • Find latest Lodestar version at https://github.com/ChainSafe/lodestar/releases
     • Write latest stable Lodestar version:
       

       This will update the url links in the guide below.

   • Download Lodestar version 1.36.0 to your node

     mkdir ~/downloads/lodestarclient && cd ~/downloads/lodestarclient && curl -LO https://github.com/ChainSafe/lodestar/releases/download/v1.36.0/lodestar-v1.36.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz

   • Extract downloaded file

     tar xvf lodestar-v1.36.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz

   • Create lodestar directory and move the client into it

     mkdir ~/downloads/lodestar && mv ~/downloads/lodestarclient/lodestar ~/downloads/lodestar/lodestar

2. Check version of new Lodestar client

   ~/downloads/lodestar/lodestar -v

3. Stop Lodestar services

   Stop Lodestar Beacon service and all validators-based services

   sudo systemctl stop lodestarbeacon
   sudo systemctl stop lodestar-vi...
   sudo systemctl stop lodestar-vi...
   ...

   Stop cosnsensus services

   /usr/local/bin/staking.sh stop consensus

   Check cosnsensus services status

   /usr/local/bin/staking.sh check consensus

4. Remove old production Lodestar client

   sudo rm -r /usr/local/bin/lodestar

5. Copy new production client to /usr/local/bin directory

   sudo cp -a ~/downloads/lodestar /usr/local/bin

6. Start the Lodestar services

   Start Lodestar Beacon service and all validators-based services

   sudo systemctl start lodestarbeacon
   sudo systemctl start lodestar-vi...
   sudo systemctl start lodestar-vi...
   ...

   /usr/local/bin/staking.sh start consensus

7. Monitor

   • systemctl status lodestarbeacon lodestar-vi.. lodestar-vi..

   • journalctl -fu lodestarbeacon

   • journalctl -f -u lodestar-vi.. -u lodestar-vi..

   /usr/local/bin/staking.sh check consensus

   /usr/local/bin/staking.sh monitor consensus