STRATO Mercata Node Provisioning

So you want to run a STRATO Mercata Validator Node, Marooch?

Prerequisites:

• A server with 4 CPU cores and 8GB RAM and 80GB SSD
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• A domain name pointing to your server's IP
• CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET provided by the BlockApps team

Steps:

1. Review the installation script install.sh in this git repo for security, then ssh into server and run:

   bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/blockapps/strato-baremetal/main/install.sh)

   You will be prompted to enter your node's *domain name*, *admin email address*, *CLIENT_ID* and *CLIENT_SECRET*
2. Launch your node:

   strato-run

Firewall Recommendations

Ensure the following ports are open in your firewall:

• 22/tcp (0.0.0.0) - SSH access
• 80/tcp - HTTP IPv4 for CertBot (Let's Encrypt SSL certificates)
• 443/tcp (::/0) - HTTPS IPv6
• 443/tcp (0.0.0.0) - HTTPS IPv4
• 30303/tcp (0.0.0.0) - Ethereum network
• 30303/udp (0.0.0.0) - Ethereum network

STRATO Update

To update your node, run:

bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/blockapps/strato-baremetal/main/update.sh)

or simply:

strato-update

SSL Certificate Update

The SSL certificate is updated automatically every 2 months with a crontab job.

In case you need to initiate the certificate renewal process manually, execute:

bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/blockapps/strato-baremetal/main/ssl-get-cert.sh)

or simply:

ssl-get-cert