Snapshot
| Chain | Database | Format | Blockheight | Size | Full | Creation date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| direct link | polkadot | paritydb | pruned | 12225278 | 99G | 119G | Tue 27 Sep @ 01:20 |
| direct link | ksmcc3 | paritydb | pruned | 14627270 | 153G | 174G | Tue 27 Sep @ 01:35 |
Snapshots are compressed backups of the database directory of a polkadot or kusama node. If you start a node for the first time it will start building from start (genesis), which will take a while. If you download an up to date database your node will be up and running quicker.
The snapshots are available for kusama --chain ksmcc3 and polkadot --chain polkadot in the paritydb --database paritydb database format. They are pruned with --pruning 1000, which is sufficient for a validator node.
Automatic install
The following script can restore a snapshot for a quickstart. If you want you can first review it on github. You can choose "snapinstall" for a snapshot restore. The script will ask some questions and create an restore script which you can review before executing.
The script is for ubuntu/debian flavoured servers.
curl -o- -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stakeworld/stakeworld-scripts/master/node-install.sh | bash
Install the database directly
The default binary/systemctl from the apt repository will run as user "polkadot". If you install as root you will get an error "failed to create a test file: Permission denied". You can solve this by running chown -R polkadot:polkadot paritydb
Install to /root/.local/share/polkadot/chains/<chain> or change to your target directory.
Paritydb kusama
curl -o - -L http://snapshot.stakeworld.nl/paritydb-ksmcc3.lz4 | lz4 -c -d - | tar -x -C /root/.local/share/polkadot/chains/ksmcc3
Paritydb polkadot
curl -o - -L http://snapshot.stakeworld.nl/paritydb-polkadot.lz4 | lz4 -c -d - | tar -x -C /root/.local/share/polkadot/chains/polkadot