Nwaku Node Auto Installation Script

This script automate the installation nWaku Node

Hardware Specification

Component	Specification
Operating System	Ubuntu 20.04 or later
CPU	2vCPU (Better with 4vCPU+)
RAM	At least 2GB (Recommended 4GB+)
Disk Space	At least 50GB free disk space
Sepolia Testnet RPC URL	e.g., from Infura
Testnet Private Key	With some Sepolia ETH
Sepolia Faucet	Atleast 0.6 ETH

Quick Installation

Choose one of these methods to install:

Method 1: Using curl

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aethereal-Collective/aenode-guide/refs/heads/main/nwaku/nwaku.sh -o nwaku.sh && chmod +x nwaku.sh && ./nwaku.sh

Method 2: Using wget

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aethereal-Collective/aenode-guide/refs/heads/main/nwaku/nwaku.sh && chmod +x nwaku.sh && ./nwaku.sh

Configuration

During installation, you'll need to provide the following:

• Sepolia RPC URL
• Private key (without the 0x prefix)
• RLN membership password (minimum 8 characters)

Optional advanced settings:

Custom Port

• Node key
• Domain
• Extra arguments
• Storage size

Help Command

Send Test Message

curl -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:8645/relay/v1/auto/messages" \
 -H "content-type: application/json" \
 -d '{"payload":"'$(echo -n "Hello Waku Network - from Anonymous User" | base64)'","contentTopic":"/my-app/2/chatroom-1/proto"}'

Check Node Version

curl http://127.0.0.1:8645/debug/v1/version

Check Node Info

curl http://127.0.0.1:8645/debug/v1/info

Disclaimer

This is an unofficial installation script. Use at your own risk.