Running L1 Nodes with Weave

System Requirements

Before proceeding, ensure your system meets the following requirements:

Tier	CPU	Memory	Storage	Network
Minimum	4 cores	8GB RAM	2 TB NVMe/SSD with write throughput > 1000 MiBps	100 Mbps bandwidth
Recommended	6 cores	16GB RAM	2 TB NVMe/SSD with write throughput > 1000 MiBps	100 Mbps bandwidth
High	8 cores	32GB RAM	2 TB NVMe/SSD with write throughput > 1000 MiBps	100 Mbps bandwidth

We strongly recommend running Initia nodes on a Linux-based operating system. While it may be possible to run on other operating systems, we have not tested them and cannot guarantee the same environment settings and running conditions.

1. Install Weave

   First, you need to install the Weave CLI:

   macOS

   brew install initia-labs/tap/weave
   

   curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/initia-labs/weave/releases/latest | \
   grep "browser_download_url.*linux-arm64.tar.gz" | \
   sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/' | \
   xargs curl -L | tar xz
   
2. Initialize the L1 Node

   Once Weave is installed, you can initialize the L1 node. To do so, you need to run the following command:

   weave initia init
   

   This will guide you through the process of initializing the L1 node. You will need to provide the following information:

   • The Initia L1 network your node will connect to
   • Whether to enable gRPC and/or REST endpoints
   • Pruning strategy
   • Whether to enable automatic chain upgrade handling via Cosmovisor
   • Node syncing method (Snapshot, State Sync)

   and more.

   ✓ Which network will your node participate in? > Testnet (initiation-2)
   ✓ Existing /Users/tansawit/.initia/config/app.toml and /Users/tansawit/.initia/config/config.toml detected. Would you like to use the current files or replace them > Replace
   ✓ Specify node's moniker ... node
   ✓ Would you like to enable the following options? (Press space to select/unselect) > REST, gRPC
   ✓ Specify seeds ... 3715cdb41efb45714eb534c3943c5947f4894787@34.143.179.242:26656
   ✓ Specify persistent peers ... 89ff3df47beacbdc06585392cdbeaabe92cba960@47.236.109.113:26656,4e347f918e42fe8883b2c62bc695ae172d8fa8d2@207.180.207.61:26656,
   4881cf2252da11c64f8dd6b7a492ebe3f61f1acb@152.53.134.160:26656,c258517ce775e9eefc0731632764c07c7be73b8f@146.190.108.47:26656,13a78fa3ed19a85a258cc8cca2505004d661d309@84.32.71.25:26656
   ✓ Select pruning strategy > Default (recommended)
   ✓ Would you like to enable automatic upgrades via Cosmovisor? > Yes
   ✓ Initialization successful.
   ✓ Select a sync option > Snapshot
   ✓ Existing /Users/tansawit/.initia/data detected. By syncing, the existing data will be replaced. Would you want to proceed ? > Yes
   ✓ Specify the snapshot endpoint to download ... https://snapshots.polkachu.com/testnet-snapshots/initia/initia_5311531.tar.lz4
   ✓ Snapshot download completed.
   ✓ Snapshot extracted to /Users/tansawit/.initia/data successfully.
   ✓ Initia node setup successfully. Config files are saved at /Users/tansawit/.initia/config/config.toml and /Users/tansawit/.initia/config/app.toml. Feel free to modify them as needed.
   ✓ You can start the node by running `weave initia start`
   
3. Start the L1 Node

   Once the L1 node is initialized, you can start it by running the following command:

   weave initia start
   

   If everything is successful, you should see an output similar to the following:

   Streaming logs from launchd com.cosmovisor.daemon
   6:07PM INF running app args=["start"] module=cosmovisor path=/Users/tansawit/.initia/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/initiad
   6:07PM INF starting the batch watcher loop module=cosmovisor
   6:07PM INF mempool max txs max_txs=2000 module=server
   6:07PM INF query gas limit gas_limit=3000000 module=server
   6:07PM INF starting node with ABCI CometBFT in-process module=server
   6:07PM INF service start impl=multiAppConn module=proxy msg="Starting multiAppConn service"
   6:07PM INF service start connection=query impl=localClient module=abci-client msg="Starting localClient service"
   6:07PM INF service start connection=snapshot impl=localClient module=abci-client msg="Starting localClient service"
   6:07PM INF service start connection=mempool impl=localClient module=abci-client msg="Starting localClient service"
   6:07PM INF service start connection=consensus impl=localClient module=abci-client msg="Starting localClient service"
   6:07PM INF service start impl=EventBus module=events msg="Starting EventBus service"
   6:07PM INF service start impl=PubSub module=pubsub msg="Starting PubSub service"
   6:07PM INF service start impl=IndexerService module=txindex msg="Starting IndexerService service"
   6:07PM INF ABCI Handshake App Info hash=38D7B1C2574882732E7D65520AF9C56336280E72861DD09A7B25F40C56339DFF height=5311532 module=consensus protocol-version=0 software-version=v0.7.0