Setup a development node

This guild will take you through the process of starting a local Porta node so you can start developing. We will cover the installation of the prerequisites and the launching of a node.
Installing Prerequisites
This node is supported for Ubuntu 18.04 and above. It has been tested on 20.04.
Install dependencies
Use a terminal shell to execute the following commands:
sudo apt update
# May prompt for location information
sudo apt install -y cmake pkg-config libssl-dev git build-essential clang libclang-dev curl
Rust Developer Environment
This project usesrustupto help manage the Rust toolchain. First, install and configure rustup:
# Install
curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
# Configure
source ~/.cargo/env
Finally, configure the Rust toolchain:
rustup default stable
rustup update nightly
rustup update stable
rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown --toolchain nightly
Run in Dev mode with a temporary state
Use Rust's native cargo command to build and launch the template node:
cargo run --release -- --dev --tmp
Build
The cargo run command will perform an initial build. Use the following command to build the node without launching it:
cargo build --release
Embedded Docs
Once the project has been built, the following command can be used to explore all parameters and subcommands:
./target/release/porta-node -h
Run
The provided cargo run command will launch a temporary node and its state will be discarded after you terminate the process. After the project has been built, there are other ways to launch the node.
Single-Node Development Chain
This command will start the single-node development chain with a persistent state:
./target/release/porta-node --dev
Purge the development chain's state:
./target/release/porta-node purge-chain --dev
Start the development chain with detailed logging:
RUST_LOG=debug RUST_BACKTRACE=1 ./target/release/porta-node -lruntime=debug --dev
Node
A blockchain node is an application that allows users to participate in a blockchain network.
After the node has been built, refer to the embedded documentation to learn more about the capabilities and configuration parameters that it exposes:
./target/release/porta-node --help
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Installing Prerequisites

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