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Overview

Each week we invite community members to help test RNode.

• When - Tuesdays at 15:00 UTC
• Where - This meeting takes place online using Zoom
  • Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/134156866
  • Or iPhone one-tap :
        US: +16468769923,,134156866# or +16699006833,,134156866#
  • Or Telephone:
        Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
            US: +1 646 876 9923 or +1 669 900 6833
        Meeting ID: 134 156 866
        International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/rDfBtpt
• Additional communications are posted in #node-testing on the RChain Discord.

What you can expect this week

We will work from the testing branch this week. The goal of this session is to assure RNode operators can bond to an existing network and then validate. Can we reproduce  RCHAIN-1027 - Getting issue details... STATUS

Work completed since the last testing session

Instructions for testing today

Read documentation for RChain Doctor

Please read the RChain Doctor documentation and install RChain Doctor. We will use this software and tools to support collecting logs from nodes participating in today's testing session. This is a v2 version of RDoctor that does not require Docker. 

Read the documentation for visualizing the blockchain

One of the challenges of debugging is seeing what's happening when validators propose new blocks. We now have the ability to ask RNode to generate a text file that when pasted to Graphviz can generate an image. Please see 'visualizing the blockchain' in User guide for running RNode.

Install RNode

Note If you used a previous version of RNode, please delete your existing .rnode directory. Most errors experienced using RNode relate to content in the directory from a previous version.

RNode version for this session

Today's version RChain Node 0.8.2 (2a4c13953c94b3f98c03482d4b43939b749d88c1)

• Binary packages (.deb, .rpm, and .tgz) https://build.rchain-dev.tk/testing/ Use packages titled "...0.8.2"

• Docker image 

  rchain/rnode:testing

Select a validator key or generate one 

To select a key set

• Go to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18merD3OzaDk7nmxQ78SUZBzWLbxA-aOnmcdxpXrp_U0/edit#gid=0

• Pick out a an unclaimed row with a validator key pair

• Specify your node if you want. You can wipe your information after testing

• If you use this key, you will join the network as a validator.

To generate a key set

• RNode supports ed25519 keys
• Generate an ed25519 key set:
  • Follow instructions from the Genesis protocol guide
  • If you're using Docker and have Python installed, the rchain-keys-generator

Get the bootstrap address

Please use the testnet address shown on RNode bootstrap addresses

Follow instructions for validator bonding

Instructions for validator bonding are in the User guide for running RNode.

Share your experience

You best support the improvement and development of the RChain platform when you file a bug to report challenge you faced or unsuccessful outcomes. This will help us collect all relevant information to better understand your setup and experience. 

Testing session summary

Today's goal was to validate bonding works. Good news we had success bonding two validators to an existing network! Less good news we were unable to bond validators to a network where the validating node may not have had an accurate view of the blockchain. Bugs filed and shown below. Many thanks to today's testers!!

Bugs filed

Chat log

Participants

Nutzipper

Tomáš

Chris

CoinInterview

Dom

HJ

Jonathan

Joshy

Paolo

Peter

Steve

Tomislav

Will

Łukasz

Kent