Moonriver tracing node has a size of 1.8TB on January 28, 2025
Run a tracing node
Geth's debug and txpool APIs and OpenEthereum's trace module provide non-standard RPC methods for getting a deeper insight into transaction processing. Supporting these RPC methods is important because many projects, such as , rely on them to index blockchain data.CommentCommentTo use the supported RPC methods, you need to run a tracing node. This guide covers the steps on how to setup and sync a tracing node on Moonbeam using Docker.
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
# Test docker is working
sudo docker run hello-world
#Install docker compose
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-compose-plugin
# Test the docker version
docker compose version
Setting up a domain name to access RPC
Get the IP address of the host machine, you can use the following command in a terminal or command prompt.
curl ifconfig.me
Set an A record for a domain, you need to access the domain's DNS settings and create an A record that points to the IP address of the host machine. This configuration allows users to reach your domain by resolving the domain name to the specific IP address associated with your host machine.
Create Moonriver directory
The first command, mkdir moonriver, will create a new directory named moonriver in the current location. The second command, cd moonriver, will change your current working directory to the newly created base directory. Now you are inside the base directory and can start storing docker-compose and related files in it.
mkdir moonriver && cd moonriver
Create .env file
sudo nano .env
Paste the following into the file.
EMAIL={YOUR_EMAIL} #Your email to receive SSL renewal emails
DOMAIN={YOUR_DOMAIN} #Domain should be something like rpc.mywebsite.com, e.g. mooonriver.infradao.org
WHITELIST={YOUR_REMOTE_MACHINE_IP} #the server's IP itself and comma separated list of IP's allowed to connect to RPC (e.g. Indexer)
Ctrl + x and y to save file
Make Database directory and set necessary permissions
Instead of the standard moonbeamfoundation/moonbeam docker image, you will use the moonbeamfoundation/moonbeam-tracing image.
Create and paste the following into the docker-compose.yml
sudo nano docker-compose.yml
Note that you have to:
Replace INSERT_YOUR_NODE_NAME in two different places. This name can be whatever you want it to be named. For InfraDAO, you can use the name of the server
Replace INSERT_RAM_IN_MB for 50% of the actual RAM your server has. For example, for 32 GB RAM, the value must be set to 16000. The minimum value is 2000, but it is below the recommended specs
The latest supported version can be found on the Docker Hub for the moonbeam-tracing image from these repos:
For an overview of the flags used in the following start-up commands, plus additional commonly used flags, please refer to the page of our documentation
You can call the JSON-RPC API methods to confirm the node is running. For example, call to return the synchronization status. It will return the starting, current, and highest block, or false if not synchronizing (or if the head of the chain has been reached)
