Existing Validator Update

Configure Git to mark the TON source directory as a safe directory

git config --global --add safe.directory /usr/src/ton

Next step is needed only during Preview period. It is also necessary to share SSH public key with us to be able to clone Sova powered Validator client or LiteServer sources.

Start the SSH agent in the background. Add your SSH private key to the SSH agent. Test the SSH connection to GitHub

$ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" && ssh-keyscan github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
$ ssh-add ~/.ssh/ton_secure_key
$ ssh -T [e-mail]
Hi YOUR_USERNAME! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

Navigate to the TON source directory

cd /usr/src/ton

It is necessary to share SSH public key with us to be able to clone Sova powered Validator client or LiteServer sources.

Fetch the latest changes from the remote repository and merge them

Use sudo -E for preserves the user's environment variables while executing a command with elevated privileges.

git remote add sova [e-mail]:sova-network/ton-secured.git
git fetch sova && git pull
git checkout sova/[SOURCE_BRANCH]

You can choose one of SOURCE_BRANCH:

• for accelerator use mev-accelerator

• for testnet use mev-testnet

• for master use mev-master

Initialize and update all Git submodules recursively

git submodule update --init --recursive

Install necessary packages and dependencies

sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y wget curl git libatomic1 openssl libsecp256k1-dev libsodium-dev libmicrohttpd-dev liblz4-dev libjemalloc-dev iptraf-ng pv plzip libgrpc++-dev \
    protobuf-compiler protobuf-compiler-grpc libgrpc-dev libgrpc++-dev libprotobuf-dev libabsl-dev openssh-client ca-certificates build-essential cmake clang libssl-dev zlib1g-dev gperf  ninja-build pkg-config autoconf automake libtool lsb-release software-properties-common gnupg

Build the TON node

sudo mkdir build && \
cd build && \
sudo cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DPORTABLE=1 -DTON_ARCH= -DTON_USE_JEMALLOC=ON .. && \
sudo ninja storage-daemon storage-daemon-cli tonlibjson fift func validator-engine validator-engine-console generate-random-id dht-server lite-client

After success build, change ton global configuration file.

Go to page Configuration Validator client or LiteServer

By default, it is located at:

nano /usr/bin/ton/global.config.json

If you already have global.config.json with sova's key, don't forget to make a backup before copying. We also recommend making a backup using mytonctrl command create_backup

Stop TON node and Mytoncore services

systemctl stop validator
systemctl stop mytoncore

Copy the build directory content to the /usr/bin/ton directory

cp -r /usr/src/ton/build/* /usr/bin/ton

then start the TON node

systemctl start validator
systemctl start mytoncore

For a quick update, you can merge commands:

sudo systemctl stop validator && sudo systemctl stop mytoncore && \
sudo cp -r /usr/src/ton/build/* /usr/bin/ton && \
sudo systemctl start validator && sudo systemctl start mytoncore