How to restore snapshot with full state history
Goal
This procedure restores an existing snapshot with full history, so the node can become active in the blockchain.
Before you begin
- Make sure Antelope is installed.
- Learn about Using Nodeos.
- Get familiar with state_history_plugin.
Steps
Get the following:
- A portable snapshot (
data/snapshots/snapshot-xxxxxxx.bin
) - The contents of
data/state-history
- Optional: a block log which includes the block the snapshot was taken at. Do not include
data/blocks/reversible
.
- A portable snapshot (
Make sure
data/state
does not existStart
nodeos
with the--snapshot
option, and the options listed in thestate_history_plugin
.Do not stop
nodeos
until it has received at least 1 block from the network, or it won't be able to restart.
Remarks
If nodeos
fails to receive blocks from the network, then try the above using net_api_plugin
. Use cleos net disconnect
and cleos net connect
to reconnect nodes which timed out.
[[caution | Caution when using net_api_plugin
]]
| Either use a firewall to block access to http-server-address
, or change it to localhost:8888
to disable remote access.