From bedf4de9de34839f8ed0d8c612d202c37b77b14f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Harley Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 11:44:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs: GCP wont display public images, so you need to know the name before launching --- packages/docs/getting-started/hosted-nodes.md | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/packages/docs/getting-started/hosted-nodes.md b/packages/docs/getting-started/hosted-nodes.md index acfcf7c8856..13540fdf1ef 100644 --- a/packages/docs/getting-started/hosted-nodes.md +++ b/packages/docs/getting-started/hosted-nodes.md @@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ If you would like to keep up-to-date with all the news happening in the Celo com You can add the [Celo Signal public calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=c_9su6ich1uhmetr4ob3sij6kaqs@group.calendar.google.com) as well which has relevant dates. {% endhint %} +Currently cLabs provides the following machine images: + +- `celo-alfajores-full-node-latest` +- `celo-alfajores-lightest-node-latest` +- `celo-mainnet-full-node-latest` +- `celo-mainnet-lightest-node-latest` + +Please note that the time taken to sync a full node could be significant. + ## Amazon Web Services To get started with a Celo blockchain node on AWS, ensure you're in the North Virginia region (us-east-1). You'll need to navigate to the AMIs tab of the EC2 page. From there you can change your search to only include `Public images` and enter `celo-`. @@ -22,10 +31,12 @@ For more information if you're not familiar with launching EC2 instances from ma ## Google Cloud Platform -To get started with a Celo blockchain node on GCP, you'll need to navigate to the Images tab of the Compute Engine page. From there you can search for public images and enter `celo-`. +GCP by default won't display public machine images when you search for them in your console. This means you'll need to go via the API or [gcloud](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud) command line to launch a node. -{% hint style="info" %} -The cLabs GCP account is called `celo-testnet`, if you're new to Celo or GCP, ensure that the `Created by` column of the image you're launching matches `celo-testnet`. -{% endhint %} +Depending on the type of node you'd like to launch (see the above list), the `gcloud` command to use may look a bit like this: + +```bash +gcloud compute instances create --image --image-project celo-testnet --project +``` For more information please check the excellent [GCP documentation](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images) on how to launch a compute instance from a public image. From e47203323f6a28f4b8b454b621bba516a0e947cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Harley Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 19:14:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: forcing rebuild --- .../docs/getting-started/running-a-full-node-in-alfajores.md | 2 +- packages/docs/getting-started/running-a-full-node-in-mainnet.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/packages/docs/getting-started/running-a-full-node-in-alfajores.md b/packages/docs/getting-started/running-a-full-node-in-alfajores.md index 04cb58c8355..5aed71dc102 100644 --- a/packages/docs/getting-started/running-a-full-node-in-alfajores.md +++ b/packages/docs/getting-started/running-a-full-node-in-alfajores.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This section explains how to get a full node running on the [Alfajores Network](alfajores-testnet.md), using a Docker image that was built for this purpose. -If you'd prefer a one click, hosted setup for running a node on one of the major cloud providers (AWS and GCP), checkout our [hosted nodes](hosted-nodes.md) documentation. +If you'd prefer a simple, one click hosted setup for running a node on one of the major cloud providers (AWS and GCP), checkout our [hosted nodes](hosted-nodes.md) documentation. {% hint style="info" %} If you would like to keep up-to-date with all the news happening in the Celo community, including validation, node operation and governance, please sign up to our [Celo Signal mailing list](https://celo.activehosted.com/f/15). diff --git a/packages/docs/getting-started/running-a-full-node-in-mainnet.md b/packages/docs/getting-started/running-a-full-node-in-mainnet.md index d49bb51253e..3dc051d3422 100644 --- a/packages/docs/getting-started/running-a-full-node-in-mainnet.md +++ b/packages/docs/getting-started/running-a-full-node-in-mainnet.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This section explains how to get a full node running on the [Mainnet Network](mainnet.md), using a Docker image that was built for this purpose. -If you'd prefer a one click, hosted setup for running a node on one of the major cloud providers (AWS and GCP), checkout our [hosted nodes](hosted-nodes.md) documentation. +If you'd prefer a simple, one click hosted setup for running a node on one of the major cloud providers (AWS and GCP), checkout our [hosted nodes](hosted-nodes.md) documentation. {% hint style="info" %} If you would like to keep up-to-date with all the news happening in the Celo community, including validation, node operation and governance, please sign up to our [Celo Signal mailing list here](https://celo.activehosted.com/f/15).