How to set up a Mainnet Stake Pool on Apex Fusion

useradd -m -s /bin/bash <non_root_username>

passwd <non_root_username>

usermod -aG sudo <non_root_username>

sudo mkdir -p /home/<non_root_username>/.ssh

sudo cp /root/.ssh/authorized_keys /home/<non_root_username>/.ssh/authorized_keys

sudo chown -R <non_root_username>:<non_root_username> /home/<non_root_username>/.ssh

sudo chmod 700 /home/<non_root_username>/.ssh

sudo chmod 600 /home/<non_root_username>/.ssh/authorized_keys

sudo systemctl restart ssh

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

PubkeyAuthentication yes
PasswordAuthentication no 
PermitRootLogin prohibit-password
PermitEmptyPasswords no

sudo systemctl restart ssh

sudo passwd -l root

sudo passwd -u root

sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt autoclean -y

sudo apt-get install curl apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg-agent software-properties-common jq tmux magic-wormhole -y

curl -sS -o guild-deploy.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cardano-community/guild-operators/master/scripts/cnode-helper-scripts/guild-deploy.sh && chmod 755 guild-deploy.sh

./guild-deploy.sh -b node-8.9.4 -n mainnet -p /opt/apex -t cnode -s -pdlcowx && . $HOME/.bashrc

cd .local && wget -c https://github.com/IntersectMBO/cardano-node/releases/download/9.2.1/cardano-node-9.2.1-linux.tar.gz -O - | tar -xzv

echo "export CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH=\$(find /opt/apex/cnode/sockets -type s -name '*.socket')" >> $HOME/.bashrc && . $HOME/.bashrc

cardano-cli version && cardano-node version

curl -o $CNODE_HOME/scripts/ApexPrimeMainnet-to-cntools.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CryptoBlocks-pro/public/refs/heads/main/ApexFusion/ApexPrimeMainnet-to-cntools.sh && cd $CNODE_HOME/scripts && chmod 755 ApexPrimeMainnet-to-cntools.sh && ./ApexPrimeMainnet-to-cntools.sh

cd $CNODE_HOME/files && echo '{
  "bootstrapPeers": [
    { "address": "bootstrap.prime.mainnet.apexfusion.org", "port": 5521 }
  ],
  "localRoots": [
     {
      "accessPoints": [
        {
          "address": "<BLOCK_PRODUCER_IP>",
          "port": <BLOCK_PRODUCER_PORT>
        }
      ],
      "advertise": false,
      "valency": 1,
      "trustable": true
    }
  ],
  "publicRoots" : [
    { "accessPoints": [
        { "address": "relay-g1.prime.mainnet.apexfusion.org", "port": 5521 },
        { "address": "relay-g2.prime.mainnet.apexfusion.org", "port": 5521 }
      ],
      "advertise": true,
      "valency": 1
    }
  ],
  "useLedgerAfterSlot": 0
}
' > topology.json

cd $CNODE_HOME/scripts && ./cnode.sh -d && ./submitapi.sh -d

sudo systemctl start cnode.service && sudo systemctl start cnode-submit-api.service

sudo systemctl status cnode.service && sudo systemctl status cnode-submit-api.service

cd $CNODE_HOME/scripts && ./gLiveView.sh

sudo systemctl stop cnode.service

cd $CNODE_HOME/files && echo '{
  "bootstrapPeers": [
    { "address": "bootstrap.prime.mainnet.apexfusion.org", "port": 5521 }
  ],
  "localRoots": [
     {
      "accessPoints": [
        {
          "address": "<RELAY_NODE_1_IP>",
          "port": <RELAY_NODE_1_PORT>
        },
        {
          "address": "<RELAY_NODE_2_IP>",
          "port": <RELAY_NODE_2_PORT>
        }
      ],
      "advertise": false,
      "valency": 2,
      "trustable": true
    }
  ],
  "publicRoots" : [
    {
      "accessPoints": [],
      "advertise": false
    }
   ],
  "useLedgerAfterSlot": -1
}' > topology.json

sudo systemctl start cnode.service

cd $CNODE_HOME/scripts && ./cntools.sh -a

Wallet type (c)CLI

Build metadata to get URL for pool's metadata https://developers.apexfusion.org/spo

Go to Pool, New.
Name it a unique 4-5 digit Ticker name

Now choose register

sed -i "s|^#\?POOL_NAME=\".*\"|POOL_NAME=\"$(basename $(find $CNODE_HOME/priv/pool -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d ! -name '.' ! -name '..' | head -n 1))\"|" "$CNODE_HOME/scripts/env"

sudo systemctl restart cnode.service

cd $CNODE_HOME/scripts && ./gLiveView.sh

ps aux | grep cardano-node