Monad Validator - Quick Start Guide

Panduan cepat untuk memulai validator Monad di Testnet dan Mainnet

🚀 Quick Installation

Testnet Setup (5 Langkah)

curl -fsSL https://apt.monad.xyz/monad.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/monad-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/monad-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.monad.xyz testnet main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/monad.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y monad

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monad-labs/monad-configs/main/testnet/full-node/node.toml -O /root/node.toml

sudo mkdir -p /mnt/triedb /mnt/monadbft
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /mnt/triedb /mnt/monadbft

sudo systemctl enable monad-bft monad-execution monad-rpc
sudo systemctl start monad-bft monad-execution monad-rpc

sudo systemctl status monad-bft monad-execution monad-rpc --no-pager

Mainnet Setup (5 Langkah)

curl -fsSL https://apt.monad.xyz/monad.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/monad-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/monad-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.monad.xyz stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/monad.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y monad

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monad-labs/monad-configs/main/mainnet/full-node/node.toml -O /root/node.toml

sudo mkdir -p /mnt/triedb /mnt/monadbft
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /mnt/triedb /mnt/monadbft

sudo systemctl enable monad-bft monad-execution monad-rpc
sudo systemctl start monad-bft monad-execution monad-rpc

sudo systemctl status monad-bft monad-execution monad-rpc --no-pager

📋 Checklist Hardware

Sebelum mulai, pastikan server Anda memenuhi:

Bare Metal Server (BUKAN cloud/VM)
CPU: 16 cores, 4.5 GHz+ (AMD Ryzen 9950x/7950x atau Intel equivalent)
RAM: 32 GB minimum
Storage: 2TB NVMe (TrieDB) + 500GB NVMe (MonadBFT)
SSD: Samsung 980/990 Pro atau equivalent
Bandwidth: 300 Mbit/s untuk validator, 100 Mbit/s untuk full node
OS: Ubuntu 20.04+ atau Debian-based Linux

🔄 Upgrade Full Node → Validator

Step 1: Install Staking CLI

git clone https://github.com/monad-labs/staking-sdk-cli.git
cd staking-sdk-cli
npm install && npm run build

Step 2: Register Validator

export PRIVATE_KEY="your_private_key_here"

npm run onboard

Step 3: Update Config ke Validator Mode

Testnet:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monad-labs/monad-configs/main/testnet/validator/node.toml -O /root/node.toml

Mainnet:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/monad-labs/monad-configs/main/mainnet/validator/node.toml -O /root/node.toml

Step 4: Edit Beneficiary Address

nano /root/node.toml

Ubah baris ini:

beneficiary = "0x<INSERT_YOUR_ADDRESS_HERE>"

Dan pastikan port RPC:

[rpc]
listen_address = "127.0.0.1:13080"

Step 5: Restart Services

sudo systemctl restart monad-bft monad-execution monad-rpc

📊 Monitoring Commands

Check Sync Status

curl http://localhost:13080/ \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'

Check Services

sudo systemctl status monad-bft monad-execution monad-rpc

View Logs

sudo journalctl -u monad-bft -f
sudo journalctl -u monad-execution -f
sudo journalctl -u monad-rpc -f

sudo journalctl -u monad-bft -n 100 --no-pager

Check Disk Space

df -h /mnt/triedb
df -h /mnt/monadbft

Check Version

monad-rpc --version

🎯 Validator Requirements

Untuk menjadi active validator, Anda harus memenuhi:

Requirement	Value	Status
Minimum Self-Stake	100,000 MON	Untuk registrasi
Total Stake	10,000,000 MON	Untuk menjadi aktif
Validator Rank	Top 200	Berdasarkan stake weight

Validator akan aktif di epoch berikutnya setelah semua kondisi terpenuhi.

🔧 Common Commands

Restart Services

sudo systemctl restart monad-bft monad-execution monad-rpc

Stop Services

sudo systemctl stop monad-bft monad-execution monad-rpc

Reload Config (tanpa restart)

monad-debug-node \
  --control-panel-ipc-path /home/monad/monad-bft/controlpanel.sock \
  reload-config

Upgrade Node

Mainnet:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install --reinstall monad=<version> -y --allow-downgrades --allow-change-held-packages
sudo systemctl restart monad-bft monad-execution monad-rpc

Testnet:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install --reinstall monad=<version>~rc.<number> -y --allow-downgrades --allow-change-held-packages
sudo systemctl restart monad-bft monad-execution monad-rpc

🛡️ Security Setup

Basic Firewall

sudo apt install -y ufw
sudo ufw allow 22/tcp
sudo ufw allow 26656/tcp
sudo ufw enable
sudo ufw status

Disable Root Login

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
sudo systemctl restart sshd

⚠️ Troubleshooting

Node tidak sync?

curl http://localhost:13080/ \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"method":"net_peerCount","params":[],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'

sudo systemctl restart monad-bft monad-execution monad-rpc

Service crash?

sudo journalctl -u monad-bft -n 100 --no-pager
sudo journalctl -u monad-execution -n 100 --no-pager

free -h
df -h
top

Validator tidak aktif?

Pastikan:

Node fully synced
Total stake >= 10M MON
Rank dalam top 200
Self-stake >= 100K MON

cd staking-sdk-cli
npm run cli -- getValidatorInfo --address <your_address> --rpc http://localhost:13080

📚 Resources

Dokumentasi: docs.monad.xyz
Staking CLI: github.com/monad-labs/staking-sdk-cli
Hardware List: monadhcl.xyz
Discord: discord.gg/monad

🔑 Network Info

Testnet

Chain ID: 10143
RPC: https://testnet-rpc.monad.xyz
Explorer: https://testnet-explorer.monad.xyz

Mainnet

Chain ID: TBA
RPC: https://rpc.monad.xyz
Explorer: https://explorer.monad.xyz

💡 Tips

Selalu backup private key di tempat aman (offline)
Monitor disk space secara regular
Setup alerting untuk downtime
Join Discord untuk update terbaru
Gunakan hardware wallet untuk keamanan maksimal
Test di testnet sebelum mainnet
Keep node updated dengan versi terbaru

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