Manual node setup

If you want to setup fullnode manually follow the steps below

Official documentation:

Run a Scan Node

Explorer:

https://explorer.forta.network/network

Scan Node Requirements

The following are the requirements for running a Forta scan node.

• 64-bit Linux distribution
• CPU with 4+ cores
• 16GB RAM
• Connection to Internet
• 100GB SSD (in addition to full node requirements)
• Recommended: Full node (any chain)

Preparation

Create new metamask wallet and fund it with 1 MATIC in Polygon network. This address will be used as forta owner address.

Synchronize system time

sudo systemctl enable systemd-timesyncd
sudo systemctl start systemd-timesyncd
timedatectl status

Update packages

sudo apt-get update

Docker

1.Install docker

sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release -y
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io -y
docker --version

2.Configure Docker

tee /etc/docker/daemon.json > /dev/null <<EOF
{
   "default-address-pools": [
        {
            "base":"172.17.0.0/12",
            "size":16
        },
        {
            "base":"192.168.0.0/16",
            "size":20
        },
        {
            "base":"10.99.0.0/16",
            "size":24
        }
    ]
}
EOF
systemctl restart docker

Install Forta

1.Initialize Forta Directory

forta init --passphrase <your_passphrase>

2.Configure systemd

tee /etc/systemd/system/fortad.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Forta
After=network.target

[Service]
Environment=FORTA_DIR=/root/.forta
Environment=FORTA_PASSPHRASE=<your_passphrase>
User=root
Type=simple
ExecStart=forta run
Restart=on-failure
LimitNOFILE=4096

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

3.Configure Chain APIs

tee /root/.forta/config.yml > /dev/null <<EOF
chainId: 137

scan:
  jsonRpc:
    url: https://polygon-rpc.com/

trace:
  enabled: false
EOF

4.Send 1 Matic in Polygon network to your scan node address

5.Register Scan Node

forta register --owner-address <forta_owner_address> --passphrase <your_passphrase>

6.Stake FORT

You can do it according to this guide. To be a part of the Forta Network, a scan node should have at least 500 FORT (2500 since Sep 30th) of active stake staked on its behalf. You need approve FORT firstly and than stake FORT.

7.Start Forta via systemd

sudo systemctl start fortad
sudo systemctl status fortad
sudo systemctl enable fortad

8.Check Forta status in 5-10 minutes

forta status

Testnet rewards

You can check your SLA with this command:

curl https://api.forta.network/stats/sla/scanner/<FORTA_SCANNER_ADDRESS> | jq .statistics.avg

You will need install jq if it is not present:

sudo apt install jq

SLA Score will determine if and how much of the reward each scan node gets.

• 100% reward: Average SLA ≥ 0.9
• 80% reward: Average SLA ≥ 0.75
• No reward: Average SLA < 0.75