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Setting up an Observer

In this section we will be setting up an Observer on the MultiversX Testnet.

Clone the installer repository:

git clone https://github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-scripts

Edit ENVIRONMENT and CUSTOM_HOME in config/variables.cfg config file:

ENVIRONMENT="testnet"

CUSTOM_HOME="/home/costin"
CUSTOM_USER="costin

Don't forget to put your Github Token in the GITHUBTOKEN field. Please check that the `CUSTOM_HOME`` directory exists.

Run the installation script as follows:

./script.sh observing_squad

Start the nodes and the Proxy using the command:

./script.sh start

If you encounter any issue please check the MultiversX Observing Squad Documentation.

Monitoring and trivial checks​

One can monitor the running Observers using the termui utility (installed during the setup process itself in the CUSTOM_HOME="/home/ubuntu" folder), as follows:

~/elrond-utils/termui --address localhost:8080    # Shard 0
~/elrond-utils/termui --address localhost:8081    # Shard 1
~/elrond-utils/termui --address localhost:8082    # Shard 2
~/elrond-utils/termui --address localhost:8083    # Metachain

Observer Output