Install RskJ Using Ubuntu Package

Following the instructions below you will install and run the RSK node. By default, the node connects to MainNet. If you want to change the network read this section. If you want to change some configuration, please refer to our RSK node configuration section.

PPA

You can install RskJ on Ubuntu using our PPAs for Ubuntu:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rsksmart/rskj
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install rskj

The installed repo public key Fingerprint is 5EED 9995 C84A 49BC 02D4 F507 DF10 691F 518C 7BEA.

Also, the public key could be found in Ubuntu Key Server.

Direct download

The RskJ Ubuntu Package for Bamboo 0.4.2 can also be downloaded.

If so, you should first install openjdk-8-jre or oracle-java8-installer.

Once Java is installed, move to the directory where you have the .deb file and run:

$ dpkg -i rskj_0.4.2~yourUbuntuVersionName_amd64.deb

The packages SHA256 are:

a24bced39de5ec40baa75d9671abc8beece6039a5ab9efa2984f747c18186845  rskj_0.4.2_trusty_amd64.deb
73cb67c776d3dce99a2572245a12b3d7944d53a75bf200ee817dc776ee1cff47  rskj_0.4.2_trusty_i386.deb
23057a4afaf0b1b7fa87ee56ab2cead446c1bc6968499677283284d23545d158  rskj_0.4.2_xenial_amd64.deb
b4ab6789d0111d0c02305c729708d01998e2b561c987a2255f5488ee7e674bb7  rskj_0.4.2_xenial_i386.deb
767f4f7a4c1a78b80fed242f490e9efa0aa6c2d962fbdf7f35104fcc4c798ff2  rskj_0.4.2_artful_amd64.deb
34bddd5d99e85b5f5405947c316daa9cdcc8093fbd05ce73936d252d21a25d84  rskj_0.4.2_artful_i386.deb
fe742b9a05fe4e855e15754cd9bc086b06bd2537a1d4967254bb6d6d7f3ae0bc  rskj_0.4.2_bionic_amd64.deb
b9528e6a2fc261d77cb092f35431122cba5fb82af290c04cf1aa8e5a5dbe35e4  rskj_0.4.2_bionic_i386.deb

The installer will configure your node in the following paths:

• /etc/rsk: the directory where the config files will be placed.

• /usr/share/rsk: the directory where the RskJ JAR will be placed.

• /var/lib/rsk/database: the directory where the database will be stored.

• /var/log/rsk: the directory where the logs will be stored.

To start the node:

$ sudo service rsk start

To stop the node:

 $ sudo service rsk stop

To restart the node:

 $ sudo service rsk restart

Any problems?

We hope our Troubleshooting section can help you!