Full Node

Spec Requirement

Same as the Polkadot full node requirements.

Latest Release Version

Run from Source Code

Clone the repo: https://github.com/AcalaNetwork/acala-node
Checkout tag here: https://github.com/AcalaNetwork/acala-node/tags
Install dependencies using instructions from here
Build Acala: `cargo build --release
Run ./target/release/acala --chain=acala

Using Docker

Image: acala/acala-node:latest or acala/acala-node:[version number]
docker run acala/acala-node:latest --chain=acala

Common CLI

CLI is mostly the same as any Substrate-based chain such as Kusama and Polkadot
Because there are two node services are running, -- is used to split the CLI. Arguments before -- are passed to the parachain full-node service and arguments after -- is passed to the Relay Chain full-node service.
- For example --chain=parachain.json --rpc-port=9944 -- --chain=relaychain.json --rpc-port=9945 means
  - The parachain service is using parachain.json as the chain spec and the web socket RPC port is 9944
  - The Relay Chain service is using relaychain.json as the chain spec and the web socket
    RPC port is 9945
It is recommended to explicitly specify the ports for both services to avoid confusion
- For example --listen-addr=/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/30333 --listen-addr=/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/30334/ws -- --listen-addr=/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/30335 --listen-addr=/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/30336/ws
It is recommended to add --execution=wasm for parachain service to avoid syncing issues.
It is recommended to add --relay-chain-rpc-url or --relay-chain-rpc-urls for parachain service to avoid fully sync with the relay chain to work, so in general, they will use fewer system resources.

Example CLI

Archive PRC Node

--base-path=/acala/data
--chain=acala
--name=rpc-1
--pruning=archive
--rpc-external
--rpc-cors=all
--rpc-port=9944
--rpc-max-connections=2000
--relay-chain-rpc-url=wss://polkadot-rpc.publicnode.com

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