fullnodemanager

Manage multiple full nodes on the same machine

You need

You need to have Node.js installed, https://nodejs.org/en/

Step 1

Run "setupNodes", it will create config for 10 full nodes

node setupNodes

Install dependencies

Change working directory to ./manager Install Node.js dependencies by running command

npm install

nodes.json

Create a file called nodes.json.

nodes.json should list your Ravencoin nodes with full path. Only list the nodes you intend to run. Perhaps you dont start with 10 nodes

See nodes_EXAMPLE.json for inspiration

[
  {
    "id": "node1",
    "datadir": "c:\\ravennodes\\fullnodemanager\\fullnode_1"
  }
]

Start your nodes

Start the nodes you want to run. Perhaps you start with just one.

Change directory to c:\ravennodes\fullnodemanager\fullnode_1 run

Optional: if you are on windows you can run title N1. That will set the name of the command window to N1.

ravend -datadir=.

Your node is now up and running.

Fetch meta-data from your nodes

Now your nodes are running and of course you wanna check their state.

Go to directory ./manager run command

node worker

worker is a process that will fetch meta-data from your nodes every X seconds and place the data in the ./data folder

Graphical user interface (GUI) for you meta-data

In folder ./manager run the command npx serve

Open your web browser http://localhost:5000

The web page shows the current status of your nodes. Refresh the page for updates.

The web page is accessible in your network. Let say your desktop computer has ip 192.168.1.55 then you can access the page from your smart phone on URL http://192.168.1.55:5000

MISC

Path

add ravend and raven-cli to your as environment variables/path

C:\Program Files\Raven
C:\Program Files\Raven\daemon

Starting a node

ravend -datadir=c:\\ravennodes\\fullnodemanager\\fullnode1

Stopping a node

raven-cli -datadir=c:\\ravennodes\\fullnodemanager\\fullnode1 stop

Performance and Anti-virus software

Tell your anti-virus program to exclude ravend

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/add-an-exclusion-to-windows-security-811816c0-4dfd-af4a-47e4-c301afe13b26