A Developer Guide to Dogecoin Testnet Syncing Node Setup On Linux

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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