Snapshots allows a new node to join the network by recovering application state from a backup file. Snapshot contains compressed copy of chain data directory. To keep backup files as small as plausible, snapshot server is periodically beeing state-synced.

Snapshots are taken automatically every 6 hours starting at 05:30 UTC

Pruning Indexer Version Tag
100/0/19 null v0.4.5
Block Age Download
2838222 2 hours snapshot (0.35 GB)

Stop the service and reset the data

sudo systemctl stop aurad
cp $HOME/.aura/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.aura/priv_validator_state.json.backup
rm -rf $HOME/.aura/data

Download latest snapshot

curl -L https://snapshots.kjnodes.com/aura/snapshot_latest.tar.lz4 | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.aura
mv $HOME/.aura/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.aura/data/priv_validator_state.json

Restart the service and check the log

sudo systemctl start aurad && sudo journalctl -u aurad -f --no-hostname -o cat