# Baremetal ## System Requirements
CPUOSRAMStorage
8 Cores / 16 ThreadsUbuntu 22.04>= 32GB>= 14 TiB NVMe SSD
BNB archive size on June 20th 2024 was 11TB ## Erigon 🦦 Official Docs ### Snapshots To download archive snapshots, please use the following: ### Install go Download the Go programming language distribution archive, extracts it to the "/usr/local" directory, and then removes the downloaded archive, effectively installing Go version 1.22.4 on the system. ```bash wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.22.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \ rm -rf /usr/local/go && \ tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.22.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \ rm go1.22.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz ``` Please add the Go executable path to your system's `PATH` environment variable, and then test to ensure that Go is working correctly. ```bash echo "export PATH="$PATH:/root/.foundry/bin:/usr/local/go/bin"" >> /root/.bashrc source /root/.bashrc go version #test ``` ### Build Erigon Clone the Erigon repository from GitHub, including its submodules, changes the current directory to the Erigon directory, checks out the latest release tag, and then compile the project using the "make" build system. ```bash mkdir -p /root/data/github cd /root/data/github/ git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/node-real/bsc-erigon cd erigon git checkout make ``` ### Configure Erigon Append a systemd service configuration for the Erigon BNB Mainnet Service to the "/etc/systemd/system/erigon.service" file, specifying its description, dependencies, and executable parameters for proper execution and monitoring. ```bash [Unit] Description=Erigon BSC Mainnet Service After=network.target StartLimitIntervalSec=60 StartLimitBurst=3 [Service] Type=simple Restart=on-failure RestartSec=5 TimeoutSec=900 User=root Nice=0 LimitNOFILE=200000 WorkingDirectory=/root/data/bsc/erigon ExecStart=/root/data/github/bsc-erigon/build/bin/erigon \ --datadir=/root/data/bsc/erigon/datadir \ --chain=bsc \ --http \ --http.addr=0.0.0.0 \ --http.port=9656 \ --http.compression \ --http.vhosts=* \ --http.corsdomain=* \ --http.api=eth,debug,net,trace,web3,erigon \ --private.api.addr=0.0.0.0:9092 \ --ws --ws.compression \ --metrics --metrics.addr=0.0.0.0 --metrics.port=9696 \ --rpc.returndata.limit=1000000 \ --db.pagesize=16kb \ --db.size.limit=14TB \ --snapshots=false KillSignal=SIGTERM [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` ### Run Erigon Reload the systemd manager configuration, start the Erigon service, and enable it to start automatically on system boot, ensuring that the Erigon BNB Mainnet Service is active and will be automatically started upon system startup. ```bash sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl start erigon sudo systemctl enable erigon ``` ### Monitor Logs Use journalctl to display real-time log messages and continuously follow the log output of the Erigon service, allowing you to monitor its activity and troubleshoot any issues as they occur. ```bash sudo journalctl -fu erigon ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.infradao.com/archive-nodes-101/binance/erigon/baremetal.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.