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Rework solana-validator-cuda to automatically prepare the perf-libs env (#5849)

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Michael Vines
2019-09-08 21:20:08 -07:00
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# Validator Monitoring
When `validator.sh` starts, it will output a validator configuration that looks
similar to:
```bash
======================[ validator configuration ]======================
identity pubkey: 4ceWXsL3UJvn7NYZiRkw7NsryMpviaKBDYr8GK7J61Dm
vote pubkey: 2ozWvfaXQd1X6uKh8jERoRGApDqSqcEy6fF1oN13LL2G
ledger: ...
accounts: ...
======================================================================
```
## Check Gossip
The **identity pubkey** for your validator can also be found by running:

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If this is a `solana-install`-installation:
```bash
$ validator.sh --identity ~/validator-keypair.json --voting-keypair ~/validator-vote-keypair.json --ledger ~/validator-config --rpc-port 8899 --poll-for-new-genesis-block --entrypoint testnet.solana.com
$ solana-validator --identity ~/validator-keypair.json --voting-keypair ~/validator-vote-keypair.json --ledger ~/validator-config --rpc-port 8899 --entrypoint testnet.solana.com
```
Alternatively, the `solana-install run` command can be used to run the validator
node while periodically checking for and applying software updates:
```bash
$ solana-install run validator.sh -- --identity ~/validator-keypair.json --voting-keypair ~/validator-vote-keypair.json --ledger ~/validator-config --rpc-port 8899 --poll-for-new-genesis-block --entrypoint testnet.solana.com
$ solana-install run solana-validator -- --identity ~/validator-keypair.json --voting-keypair ~/validator-vote-keypair.json --ledger ~/validator-config --rpc-port 8899 --entrypoint testnet.solana.com
```
If you built from source:
```bash
$ NDEBUG=1 USE_INSTALL=1 ./multinode-demo/validator.sh --identity ~/validator-keypair.json --voting-keypair ~/validator-vote-keypair.json --rpc-port 8899 --poll-for-new-genesis-block --entrypoint testnet.solana.com
$ NDEBUG=1 USE_INSTALL=1 ./multinode-demo/validator.sh --identity ~/validator-keypair.json --voting-keypair ~/validator-vote-keypair.json --rpc-port 8899 --entrypoint testnet.solana.com
```
### Enabling CUDA
By default CUDA is disabled. If your machine has a GPU with CUDA installed,
define the SOLANA_CUDA flag in your environment *before* running any of the
If your machine has a GPU with CUDA installed (Linux-only currently), use the `solana-validator-cuda`
executable instead of `solana-validator`.
Or if you built from source, define the SOLANA_CUDA flag in your environment *before* running any of the
previusly mentioned commands
```bash
$ export SOLANA_CUDA=1
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### Controlling local network port allocation
By default the validator will dynamically select available network ports in the
8000-10000 range, and may be overridden with `--dynamic-port-range`. For
example, `validator.sh --dynamic-port-range 11000-11010 ...` will restrict the
example, `solana-validator --dynamic-port-range 11000-11010 ...` will restrict the
validator to ports 11000-11011.
### Limiting ledger size to conserve disk space

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`--entrypoint` argument. Simply replace testnet.solana.com in the examples with
an alternate url to interact with a different testnet. For example:
```bash
$ validator.sh --identity ~/validator-keypair.json --voting-keypair ~/validator-vote-keypair.json --ledger ~/validator-config --rpc-port 8899 --poll-for-new-genesis-block beta.testnet.solana.com
$ solana-validator --identity ~/validator-keypair.json --voting-keypair ~/validator-vote-keypair.json --ledger ~/validator-config --rpc-port 8899 beta.testnet.solana.com
```
You can also submit JSON-RPC requests to a different testnet, like: