Reth Node Archival Guide

June 2024

Intro

This is not the best way to create and run an archival node, but it works.

Hardware

Item

Price

Intel NUC 13 Pro i5

$461

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 32GB

$67

NVMe SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2 4TB

$330

Total

$858

You'll need a Philips head screwdriver to open the NUC and a small screwdriver to secure the NVMe storage. It took about 15 minutes to assemble. Alex Slobodnik

Installation

Create Ubuntu ISO & Install

Download & Install Etcher
Download iso image from Ubuntu Desktop
Create bootable USB by following the Ubuntu tutorial
Install Ubuntu

Setting Up Ubuntu


      
        sudo apt update
        // updates package list
      

      
        sudo apt install curl
        // req for homebrew
      
      
        sudo apt install git-all
        // req for homebrew
      
      
        sudo apt install openssh-server
        // req for reth/lighthouse

Install homebrew

Installing Reth & Lighthouse


      brew install paradigmxyz/brew/reth
      
        brew install lighthouse
        // consensus client required

Running Reth First Time (syncing)

The official instructions can be found here.


      sudo mkdir -p /secrets 

      
        // secret used in communicating between lighthouse and reth

        openssl rand -hex 32 | tr -d "\n" | sudo tee /secrets/jwt.hex
      
              
// Consensus client must run
lighthouse bn \
--checkpoint-sync-url https://mainnet.checkpoint.sigp.io \
--execution-endpoint http://localhost:8551 \
--disable-deposit-contract-sync \
--execution-jwt /secrets/jwt.hex \
      
              
// Note the auth secret sharing
reth node \
--authrpc.jwtsecret /secrets/jwt.hex \
--authrpc.addr 127.0.0.1 \
--authrpc.port 8551
      
      // reth Version: 0.2.0-beta.6-dev

Reth provides console log to let you know the progress of the syncing. There are 12 stages, the longest stage is stage 4, it took ~4 days to sync.

Running Reth After Syncing

To use reth as an RPC endpoint you will need to run the following


      
reth node \
--authrpc.jwtsecret /secrets/jwt.hex \
--authrpc.addr 127.0.0.1 \
--authrpc.port 8551 \
--http \
--http.api all
    
      // reth Version: 0.2.0-beta.6-dev

Using Reth

Example #1: Query Reth


      curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST --data \
'{
"jsonrpc":"2.0",
"method":"eth_blockNumber",
"params":[],
"id":67
}' \
127.0.0.1:8545
    
      // Return: {"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"0x1317f49","id":67}

Example #2: Use Reth Node as RPC with Metamask

1. Install Tailscale on Nuc & Local Machine
2. Set Up SSH Tunel on Local Machine


          ssh -N -v user@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -L 8545:localhost:8545

3. Change RPC to http://localhost:8545
4. Enjoy Uncensored Transactions