NewChain node deployment guide

1. System requirements

1.1 Recommended specifications

• System OS: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 64-bit or Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit
• Processor: 2-core CPU
• Memory: 8GB RAM
• Storage: 150GB available space SSD for mainnet and 250GB for testnet
• Internet: Public IP

For server requirements, please refer to AWS m5a.large or Alibaba Cloud ecs.t5

1.2 System Configuration

• System data disk: /data directory is the mount point of the system data disk
• Firewall: The firewall needs to open port 38311 of UDP and TCP and port 8801 of TCP

2. Installation and deployment

2.1 Create a working directory and enter it

mkdir -p newchain && cd newchain

2.2 Fetch the newchain.sh script run it

For Mainnet:

curl -L https://release.cloud.diynova.com/newton/newchain-deploy/mainnet/newchain.sh | sudo bash

For testnet:

curl -L https://release.cloud.diynova.com/newton/newchain-deploy/testnet/newchain.sh | sudo bash

2.3 View NewChain logs

sudo supervisorctl tail -f newchain stderr

3. Use NewChain

• NewChain's external service port is port 8801, HTTP protocol, which can be used as an RPC interface in NewChain SDK.

4. Operation and maintenance related operations

• Start NewChain:

sudo supervisorctl start newchain

• Stop NewChain：

sudo supervisorctl stop newchain