A Developer Guide to Dogecoin Testnet Syncing Node Setup On Linux

Dogecoin testnet setup on linux

It's pretty similar to set up Dogecoin, Litecoin, and Bitcoin nodes. This guide will show you how to set up a new Dogecoin relay node on a Linux server. This node will be used as a Dogecoin network relay node, therefore don't store anything in its wallet.

• The most recent version can be obtained right now using this direct link:: https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin/releases/download/v1.14.4/dogecoin-1.14.4-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz. The “Dogecoin Core” version is the one we're interested in.

Extract archive:

 

Create dogecoin configuration file:

Create a new file in ~/.dogecoin called dogecoin.conf with the following contents (you should set up a different password):

You can use the following configuration file for starting the testnet node 

Start dogecoin daemon

From this moment initial node bootstrapping begins - you’ll see a lot of server resources being used, especially disk and CPU

Use this command to see if your node is downloading blocks from the network (bootstrapping) after a few moments:

You should see similar output:

This is how fully synchronized node looks at the moment:

Additional step: Depending on your firewall configuration you might need to add following exceptions to the iptables - dogecoin uses port 22556:

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22556 -j ACCEPT

iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 22556 -j ACCEPT