Install TOPIO

You can follow these steps to download and install TOPIO:

1. Set Up a Cloud Server.
2. Download and install TOPIO.
3. Configure environment variables (optional).

1. Set Up a Cloud Server

Please set up a server to run TOPIO.

It is recommended that you rent a cloud server that can be accessed remotely from your personal computer via SSH terminals such as Xshell.

Operating System

Operating System	Version
Linux	CentOS 7, 64-bit, Kernel Version 3.10 , and above (CentOS 8 included)
	Ubuntu 16, 64-bit, Kernel Version 4.4, and above

Server Minimum Configuration

Different types of miners have different requirements for server configuration. Please refer to the following table for the minimum configuration.

Miner Type	Minimum Hardware Configuration
edge	1CPU/1GB mem 40GB SSD 100Mb/s
validator	2CPU/2GB mem 60GB SSD 100Mb/s
advance	2CPU/4GB mem 100GB SSD 200Mb/s

Inbound Ports

Please make sure that the ports below are open to the whole network in inbound traffic, otherwise, the miner will not be able to join the TOP Network.

• TCP：19081, 19082, 19085

• UDP：9000

Install "wget" Download Tool

Connect to the server and execute the following command on the SSH terminal page to install the "wget" download tool.

The CentOS and Ubuntu installation commands are as follows, use the corresponding commands according to your server operating system.

• CentOS

  sudo yum install wget -y
  

• Ubuntu

  sudo apt install wget -y
  

2. Download And Install TOPIO

Run the following command to download and install TOPIO:

Root users can directly run the following command, while non-root users need administrator privileges before running. You can click here to see how to add administrator privileges to non-root users.

wget https://github.com/telosprotocol/TOP-chain/releases/download/v1.6.0/topio-1.6.0-release.tar.gz -O topio-1.6.0-release.tar.gz && tar zxvf topio-1.6.0-release.tar.gz && cd topio-1.6.0-release && sudo bash install.sh && source /etc/profile && bash set_topio.sh && source ~/.bashrc && ulimit -n 65535

Verify Installation

Verify if the installation was successful.

Installation Success

When the following information is printed:

install topio done
now run command to check md5:  topio -v
now run command for help info: topio -h

Execute topio -v in any directory to verify whether the installation was successful.

If the following is output, the installation is successful.

topio version: 1.6.0
git commit info: d42df60b
git submodule: xtopcom/xbase:9bd0bf8|xtopcom/xdepends/googletest:ec44c6c1
build date: Aug 22 2022 13:00:48
build options: release
MD5:f5e831f0038a036f5646c5f25c07e482

WARNING

If the MD5 code is inconsistent with the installation package's MD5 code displayed on the official website, although the installation is successful, there is the possibility that the installation file is tampered with!

Installation Fail

Execute topio -v in any directory to verify whether the installation was successful.

If the following is output, the installation is failed.

-bash: topio: command not found

If the installation fails, please redo the installation steps.

Download database (recommended)

For new servers, it is recommended that you download the database after installing TOPIO, which can reduce the time of data synchronization and start getting rewards early.

For advanced miners, the database must be downloaded.

Run the following command in the SSH terminal:

topio db download https://top-mainnet-space.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/db_20220323_v3_ebc276e0d5ef0b0f37fe6313c36c7655.tar.gz

In the returned message, if the download progress is 100% and the following content is included, the database is downloaded.

download database ok.

md5sum check ok.

3. Configure Environment Variables (optional)

After TOPIO is installed, configure environment variables with the following command, to set "/opt/topnetwork" to your authority directory.

echo "export TOPIO_HOME=/opt/topnetwork" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc

If you do not configure environment variables, you will use the system default directory as the working directory of TOPIO:

• For root user: the default directory is /root/topnetwork;

• For non-root user: the default directory is /home/user/topnetwork, where user is your user name to log in to the server.