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 03:15 UTC
| Pruning | Indexer | Version Tag |
|---|---|---|
| 100/0/19 | null | v0.6.6 |
| Block | Age | Download |
|---|---|---|
| 8749043 | 3 hours | snapshot (9.74 GB) with sha256sum 67783d |
Stop the service
sudo systemctl stop nolus.service
Reset the data and save validator state
cp $HOME/.nolus/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.nolus/priv_validator_state.json.backup
rm -rf $HOME/.nolus/data
Download latest snapshot and recover validator state
curl -L https://snapshots.kjnodes.com/nolus/snapshot_latest.tar.lz4 | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.nolus
mv $HOME/.nolus/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.nolus/data/priv_validator_state.json
Restart the service and check the log
sudo systemctl start nolus.service && sudo journalctl -fu nolus.service -o cat