Build Requirements

For minimum system requirements instances with 2 processor CPU and 4GB memory is recommended. Building code may require larger instances, especially if you want to build a static instance (recompile Rust code).

Installation

Node executable may vary between networks, and Option 1 might become obsolete. Network details, configuration and informations can be found on CosmWasm/testnets (opens new window). Please head over to the repo and explore before starting setting up a node.

Simplest

Use docker image, or build locally: https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/#dockerized.

Bare Metal

Option 1 (preferred - build static binary using docker - Linux only)

Constructing a wasmd is a tricky process and involves using Alpine Linux as a build environment and recompiling the Rust dependencies as static libs. Using Dockerfile is suggested.

1. Clone the project git clone https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd.git && cd wasmd

2. Checkout to testnets version git checkout vx.x.x

3. Build docker image docker build . -t wasmd-docker

4. Extract the specific binaries from build environment:

   Copy id=$(docker create wasmd-docker) docker cp $id:/usr/bin/wasmd . docker rm -v $id

5. Use the static binaries on any bare metal Linux box

Option 2: (dev-style: dynamic binary - works on Linux and OSX)

1. git clone https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd.git && cd wasmd
2. Checkout to testnets version git checkout vx.x.x
3. Compile dev build: make build
4. Move to binary to desired location