How to replay from a blocks.log file

Once you have obtained a copy of the blocks.log file which you wish to replay the blockchain from, copy it to your data/blocks directory, backing up any existing contents if you wish to keep them, and remove the blocks.index, forkdb.dat, shared_memory.bin, and shared_memory.meta.

The table below sumarizes the actions you should take for each of the files enumerated above:

Folder name	File name	Action
data/blocks	blocks.index	Remove
data/blocks	blocks.log	Replace this file with the block.log you want to replay
data/blocks/reversible	forkdb.dat	Remove
data/blocks/reversible	shared_memory.bin	Remove
data/blocks/reversible	shared_memory.meta	Remove

You can use blocks-dir = "blocks" in the config.ini file, or use the --blocks-dir command line option, to specify where to find the blocks.log file to replay.

nodeos --replay-blockchain \
  --plugin eosio::producer_plugin  \
  --plugin eosio::chain_api_plugin \
  --plugin eosio::http_plugin      \
  >> nodeos.log 2>&1 &