#Run A Testnet Node

#Steps to Sync with Testnet

There are 2 methods to sync your testnet node.

#1. Sync from Genesis file

For more information on installation and launch, please see here.

#2. Sync from Snapshot (Recommended, coming soon...)

Before you start services to sync, follow the steps below to use the snapshot:

To download okbchain source code and compile.
To download, unpack the TAR GZ file in the data directory, and start the RPC node, run the following command:

# 1. Initialize okbchain node configurationsexport OKBCHAIND_PATH=~/.okbchaind (or other directory)
okbchaind init your_custom_moniker --chain-id okbchaintest-195 --home ${OKBCHAIND_PATH}
# 2. download snapshot
rm -rf ${OKBCHAIND_PATH}/data
cd ${OKBCHAIND_PATH}
# 3. the snapshot link coming soon
wget https://okg-pub-hk.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com/cdn/okbc/snapshot/testnet-$version-$date-$height-rocksdb.tar.gz
tar -zxvf testnet-$version-$date-$height-rocksdb.tar.gz
    
# 4. start okbchaind

For more information on installation and launch, please see here.

#Notes

Note 1: Be sure to compile with make testnet.
Note 2: latest_version can be viewed here.
Note 3: If this is the first time to run okbchaind, we should install rocksdb first. OKBChain team has provided a command to make rocksdb to help. You can try it in the okbchain folder.