Single-Board Nodes
It's easy and affordable to build and deploy a node that you can maintain at home.
One of the design benefits to Ubiq's protocol is an 88 second target block time. Compared to Ethereum which targets 14 seconds, the Ubiq chain state grows at a slower pace. Being less resource intensive allows for users to operate nodes on low power hardware like the Raspberry Pi and other small form-factor computers while requiring less drive space.
The following single-board computers are known to work as Ubiq nodes. There are likely many more variants that would suffice, and this list will be expanded as any additional options become known.
Each board links to it's recommended compatible OS.
- NOTE! * You can only boot from an SSD if you are using a Pi 3B+ or 4B. When using a Pi 4B you must be sure the EEPROM settings are up to date, and the primary boot media in
raspi-configAdvanced Settings is set to USB Boot. - For Raspberry Pi, SSH is disabled by default. Enable by placing an empty file named
sshin boot partition of the boot media. - For Armbian boards, SSH is enabled by default.
- If you must use WiFi instead of a wired ethernet connection you can set up the connection inside your OS config utility after first boot. (Raspberry Pi -
sudo raspi-config/ Armbian -armbian-config)
- For micro SD boot : Connect the SSD drive being used for storage to the system before starting up.
- For SSD boot : Be sure there is no microSD card installed before starting up.
- Logging in via SSH -
- Raspberry Pi - log in with
ssh user@youripaddress( Defaults -user:pi/passwd:raspberry) - Armbian - log in with
ssh user@youripaddress( Defaults -user:root/passwd:1234 - Note! Raspberry Pi users should use their OS config utility (
raspi-config) to change thepiuser default password - Note! Armbian users will be prompted to create a non-root user when booting a new system. Name that new user
node. - Note! The
ubiq-configtool will prompt you to set your timezone when you attempt to spin up a node, you do not need to do it beforehand.
Download / Install the
ubiq-config utility buy running the following commands;Download the script that makes up the utility ↓
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maaatttt/ubiq/master/ubiq-config.sh
Alter permissions to make the script executable ↓
sudo chmod 755 ubiq-config.sh
Move the utility to the /usr/bin directory ↓
sudo mv ubiq-config.sh /usr/bin/ubiq-config
With that complete, any time you input
ubiq-config into your terminal it will invoke an text-based user interface for interacting with your node.Last modified 2yr ago