Updating the node

Staying up to date with the new binary versions

Avalanche network is constantly updating with the new versions also us Hero network is keeping up with these updates. So when a new update comes we're updating and making announcement for our network node holders.

We've created a subnet-upgrade script for node maintainers, it's called hero-testnet-updated.

With this script you're able to update Hero subnet plugin if you have already installed avalanchego version.

If you do not have the avalanchego installed in your node, please first follow the official instructions in Avalanche's page.

#!/bin/bash
# Pulls latest pre-built node binary from GitHub and installs it as a systemd service.
# Intended for non-technical validators, assumes running on compatible Ubuntu.

#helper function that prints usage
usage() {
  echo "Usage: $0 [--help] [--version <tag>] [--vm-id <vm-id>]"
  echo "Options:"
  echo "   --help            Shows this message"
  echo "   --version <tag>          Installs <tag> subnet-evm version, default is the latest"
  echo "   --vm-id <vm-id>          VM ID of the chain on the Subnet, defaults to Hero Testnet: nyfSdZmrxTXbJrxdUoqLegVGQzWF6RVL4jYn7Yr6NsMzpdrFA"

  echo ""
  exit 0
}

# Argument parsing convenience functions.
usage_error() {
  echo >&2 "$(basename $0):  $1"
  exit 2
}
assert_argument() { test "$1" != "$EOL" || usage_error "$2 requires an argument"; }
echo "Hero Testnet install..."
# process command line arguments
if [ "$#" != 0 ]; then
  EOL=$(echo '\01\03\03\07')
  set -- "$@" "$EOL"
  while [ "$1" != "$EOL" ]; do
    opt="$1"
    shift
    case "$opt" in
    --vm-id)
      assert_argument "$1" "$opt"
      vm-id="$1"
      shift
      ;;
    --version)
      assert_argument "$1" "$opt"
      version="$1"
      shift
      ;;
    - | '' | [!-]*) set -- "$@" "$opt" ;;          # positional argument, rotate to the end
    --*=*) set -- "${opt%%=*}" "${opt#*=}" "$@" ;; # convert '--name=arg' to '--name' 'arg'
    --) while [ "$1" != "$EOL" ]; do
      set -- "$@" "$1"
      shift
    done ;;                                             # process remaining arguments as positional
    -*) usage_error "unknown option: '$opt'" ;;         # catch misspelled options
    *) usage_error "this should NEVER happen ($opt)" ;; # sanity test for previous patterns

    esac
  done
  shift # $EOL
fi
#running as root gives the wrong homedir, check and exit if run with sudo.
vm_id=${vm_id:-nyfSdZmrxTXbJrxdUoqLegVGQzWF6RVL4jYn7Yr6NsMzpdrFA}
version=${version:-latest}

if ((EUID == 0)); then
  echo "The script is not designed to run as root user. Please run it without sudo prefix."
  exit
fi

check_reqs() {
  if ! command -v curl &>/dev/null; then
    echo "curl could not be found, will install..."
    sudo apt-get install curl -y
  fi
  if ! command -v wget &>/dev/null; then
    echo "wget could not be found, will install..."
    sudo apt-get install wget -y
  fi
  if ! command -v dig &>/dev/null; then
    echo "dig could not be found, will install..."
    sudo apt-get install dnsutils -y
  fi

}
echo "Preparing environment..."
check_reqs
foundIP="$(dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com)"
foundArch="$(uname -m)" #get system architecture
foundOS="$(uname)"      #get OS
if [ "$foundOS" != "Linux" ]; then
  #sorry, don't know you.
  echo "Unsupported operating system: $foundOS!"
  echo "Exiting."
  exit
fi
if [ "$foundArch" = "aarch64" ]; then
  getArch="arm64" #we're running on arm arch (probably RasPi)
  echo "Found arm64 architecture..."
elif [ "$foundArch" = "x86_64" ]; then
  getArch="amd64" #we're running on intel/amd
  echo "Found amd64 architecture..."
else
  #sorry, don't know you.
  echo "Unsupported architecture: $foundArch!"
  echo "Exiting."
  exit
fi
if test -f "/etc/systemd/system/avalanchego.service"; then
  foundAvalancheGo=true
  echo "Found AvalancheGo systemd service already installed, switching to upgrade mode."
  echo "Stopping service..."
  sudo systemctl stop avalanchego
else
  foundAvalancheGo=false
  echo "Couldn't found AvalancheGo systemd service, please run avalanchego-installer.sh before this script."
  echo "Exiting."
  exit
fi
# download and copy node files
mkdir -p /tmp/avalanche-node-subnet-install #make a directory to work in
rm -rf /tmp/avalanche-node-subnet-install/* #clean up in case previous install didn't
cd /tmp/avalanche-node-subnet-install

echo "Looking for $getArch version $version..."
if [ "$version" = "latest" ]; then
  fileName="$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/ava-labs/subnet-evm/releases/latest | grep "linux_$getArch.*tar\(.gz\)*\"" | cut -d : -f 2,3 | tr -d \" | cut -d , -f 2)"
else
  fileName="https://github.com/ava-labs/subnet-evm/releases/download/v$version/subnet-evm_"$version"_linux_$getArch.tar.gz"
fi
echo $fileName
if [[ $(wget -S --spider $fileName 2>&1 | grep 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK') ]]; then
  echo "Subnet-evm version found."
else
  echo "Unable to find Subnet-evm version $version. Exiting."
  if [ "$foundAvalancheGo" = "true" ]; then
    echo "Restarting service..."
    sudo systemctl start avalanchego
  fi
  exit
fi
echo "Attempting to download: $fileName"
wget -nv --show-progress $fileName
echo "Unpacking node files..."

tar xvf subnet-evm_*.tar.gz
rm subnet-evm_*.tar.gz
cp subnet-evm ~/.avalanchego/plugins/$vm_id
echo "Node files unpacked into $HOME/.avalanchego/plugins/$vm_id"
echo
if [ "$foundAvalancheGo" = "true" ]; then
  echo "Node upgraded, starting service..."
  sudo systemctl start avalanchego
  echo "New subnet-evm version: $version"
  echo "Done!"
  exit
fi