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Setup a 0chain Testnet
0Chain is a high-performance decentralized storage network that offers privacy, GDPR compliance, tokenization, and security features for mission-critical applications
0chain provides an easy-to-scale infrastructure through Miners, Sharders, and Blobbers that perform several duties necessary for functional blockchain and storage systems.
Miners
Miners build, verify, notarize, and finalize blocks based on consensus. Miners need to store wallet and smart contract states on their ledger to ensure submitted transactions are executed correctly.
Sharders
Sharder store blocks, keep records of View Changes through magic blocks and respond to queries from users. Anyone joining the network queries the Sharders to determine the active members of the blockchain.
Blobbers
They store data of any size and provide a single source of truth for that data.
Setup a 0chain Testnet: Overview
At a high level, the steps you need to carry out in order to deploy a test 0chain network include:
Step 1: Setting up your project — Install the prerequisites to configure and run 0chain network
Step 2: Setup a network for the 0chain components
Step 3: Initialize and build the 0chain components.
Step 4: Start the Sharder and Miner Containers.
Step 5: Register a Wallet using zboxcli.
Step 6: Start the Blobber Containers.
Step 7: Validate the 0chain deployment.
Step 8: Creating an Allocation on Blobber.
Step 1: Set up the project
System Requirements
Required Free Space: 30 GB
OS: Linux (Ubuntu Preferred)
Mac(M1 or Intel)
Setting up the project on Mac has additional requirements which can be found here
Ram: 8GB Minimum,16 GB Recommended
CPU: 8 Core CPU Minimum, 16 Core CPU Recommended
Prerequisites
Docker
1.Update the package index and install packages.
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sudo apt-get update
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2.Install the necessary Docker dependencies
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sudo apt-get install \
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    apt-transport-https \
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    ca-certificates \
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    curl \
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    gnupg \
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    lsb-release
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3.Add Docker's official GPG key:
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curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
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4.Set up a stable repository using the following command.
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echo \
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 "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
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 $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
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5.Install the latest version of Docker Engine and containerd
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
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6.Verify whether the Docker is successfully installed using.
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docker --version
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Sample Response:
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Docker version 20.10.7, build f0df350
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Docker Compose
1.Run this command to download the current stable release of Docker Compose:
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sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
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2.Apply executable permissions to the binary:
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sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
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3.Verify whether the docker-compose is successfully installed using.
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docker-compose --version
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Response:
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docker-compose version 1.29.2, build 1110ad01
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Cloning the Repositories
Deploying the 0Chain network requires cloning of the GitHub repos below.
​0chain​
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git clone https://github.com/0chain/0chain.git
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​blobber​
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git clone https://github.com/0chain/blobber.git
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​0dns​
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git clone https://github.com/0chain/0dns.git
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Confirm whether all the cloned directories exist.
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0chain/
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blobber/
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0dns/
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Step 2: Setup the network for 0chain components
Get the Magic Block
A magic block file contains miners and sharders values that will be used for further 0chain network operations. It is important to get the magic block from the chain you want to connect and update the magic_block.json file.
Let's get the magic block from the 0chain directory and update the magic_block.json file in the 0dns directory.
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cp 0chain/docker.local/config/b0magicBlock_4_miners_1_sharder.json 0dns/docker.local/config/magic_block.json
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Build and Configure 0dns
0dns service is responsible for connecting to the network and fetching all the magic blocks from the network, which are saved in the DB.

1.Navigate to 0dns directory
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cd 0dns
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2.Open the 0dns configuration file(0dns.yaml) using the nano editor.
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nano docker.local/config/0dns.yaml
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3.Disable both use_https and use_path (set them to false).This is requ fix the miner and sharder URLs so they work locally.
4.Save the changes and run the following command inside the 0dns directory
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./docker.local/bin/build.sh
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Here is the screenshot of the console after a successful build
Set up a Docker Network
To create sharder, blobber, miner containers and allow interaction between them. You need to create a network using Docker, which connects them with each other.
1.To set up a network go to the 0chain directory
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cd 0chain
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2.Run the setup network script
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docker.local/bin/setup_network.sh
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On successful Setup, you will receive a network ID in response :
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d9c238b3f21899137c905b13a4c52fbcab46bee4527d0b6525031c3401b4d329
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Start the 0dns container
To connect to the test network we just created and to fetch all the magic blocks. Run the 0dns container.
1.Navigate to 0dns directory
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cd 0dns
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2.Run the start script as (sudo or root) using the command.
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./docker.local/bin/start.sh
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Here is the screenshot of the output after a successful start.
Step 3: Initialize and Build the 0chain components
Initialize the Sharder and Miner directories
1.Navigate to 0chain directory
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cd 0chain
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2.Run the init.setup.sh script located in the docker.local/bin directory using the command
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   ./docker.local/bin/init.setup.sh
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After running the script you will see the sharder and miner directories populated in docker.local folder
3.Lets verify whether the directories exist by navigating to docker.local folder and running
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ls 
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The output should be like this:
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   bin               build.sc_unit_test     docker-clean  miner5    sharder2
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   build.base        build.sharder          miner1        miner6    sharder3
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   build.genkeys     build.test.multisigsc  miner2        miner7
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   build.magicBlock  build.unit_test        miner3        miner8
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   build.miner       config                 miner4        sharder1
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Build the miner and sharder containers
Note: The build instructions mentioned below only works with Linux and Intel based Macs.To build base,miners and sharders on M1 mac run this script inside the 0chain/dev.local directory and follow the build instructions .

1.Navigate to 0chain directory
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cd 0chain
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2.First build the base containers using the script.(This may take few minutes)
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./docker.local/bin/build.base.sh
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Screenshot after successful build:
3.Build the sharder containers using
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./docker.local/bin/build.sharders.sh
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Screenshot of successful build:
4.Build the miner containers using
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./docker.local/bin/build.miners.sh
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Screenshot of a successful build
Initialize the blobber directories
1.Navigate to blobber directory
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cd blobber
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2.Run the init.setup.sh script located in the Docker.local/bin directory using the command
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./docker.local/bin/blobber.init.setup.sh
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After running the script you will see the blobber directories populated in docker.local folder
3.Let's verify whether the directories exist by navigating to docker.local folder and running
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ls
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The output should be like this:
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   b0docker-compose.yml  blobber4            Dockerfile
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   bin                   blobber5            IntegrationTestsBlobberDockerfile
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   blobber1              blobber6            keys_config
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   blobber2              docker-clean        p0docker-compose.yml
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   blobber3              docker-compose.yml  ValidatorDockerfile
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Build the blobber containers
1.Go back to blobber directory-path
2.Log in to your docker account using the command
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docker login
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3.Now run the following scripts located in the docker.local/bin directory .
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./docker.local/bin/build.base.sh
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./docker.local/bin/build.blobber.sh
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./docker.local/bin/build.validator.sh
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Note:The above build script does not work with M1 mac,to build blobbers on m1 mac follow instructions in this guide .
Screenshot after a successful build
Step 4: Start Sharder and Miner Containers
To start all the miner and sharder containers navigate to the 0chain/docker.local/<miner/sharder|i> directories and run the start script. For example, let's run 1 sharder and 3 miners.
1.Open four different terminal tabs and in the first terminal tab navigate to the 0chain/docker.local/sharder1 directory using
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cd 0chain/docker.local/sharder1/
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2.Run the following command for starting the sharder
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../bin/start.b0sharder.sh
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3.Wait till the Cassandra is started and the sharder is ready to listen to requests. Here is a screenshot of sharder up and running.
4.Repeat steps 1 and 2 by changing the sharder1 directory to (sharder 2,3 etc) in new terminal tabs to start more sharders.
Notes :
Run each sharder on new terminal tab and start sharder before miners as they need the genesis magic block.
Run the command specified in step 2 by only navigating to sharder directories.
If you are not able to locate sharder directories, have a look at the Initialize the Miner and sharder directories section.
5.To run the miner containers in other three terminal tabs,first navigate to 0chain/docker.local/miner1 directory using
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cd 0chain/docker.local/miner1/
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6. Run the following command for starting the miner
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../bin/start.b0miner.sh
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Wait till the miner is ready to accept connections. Here is a screenshot of miner up and running.
7.Repeat steps 5 and 6 by changing the miner1 directory to (miner 2,3 etc) in new terminal tabs to start more miners.
Notes:
Run each miner on a new terminal tab
To avoid errors, run the command specified in step 6 by only navigating to miner directories.
If you are not able to locate miner directories, have a look at the Initialize the Miner and sharder directories section.
For a minimal working setup, at least run 1 sharder and 3 miners.
Step 5 : Register a Wallet using zboxcli
This part assumes that your sharder, and miner containers are perfectly running. In this part, we will register a wallet using zwalletcli and then start the blobber using the wallet id.
1.Now clone the zbox CLI repository using the command
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git clone https://github.com/0chain/zboxcli.git
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2.Install the zboxcli dependencies
GoLang Binaries
Installation instructions for Go can be found here.
Build-Essential
The build**-**essential package is required to build and make Zbox application. It includes the necessary GCC/g++ compilers and other essential critical libraries and utilities.
Run apt update command to update the packages.
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sudo apt update
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Get Build-essential package.
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sudo apt-get install build-essential
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Once dependencies are installed navigate into zboxcli directory using
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cd zboxcli
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3. Use the make install command to compile the source code.
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make install
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This might take couple of minutes. Sample output after successful compiling:
4.Now Connect the Zbox to the 0Chain network Configuration for the 0chain network by default is stored in network/one.yaml file which we will copy to a new config.yaml file.
The config.yaml file and all the other Zbox component information will be stored in a new zcn folder located in home directory of file system.
5. Make a new zcn folder in home linux directory using
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mkdir $HOME/.zcn
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.zcn is used to denote a hidden folder.
6. Copy the content from one.yaml to a new config.yaml file using
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cp network/one.yaml $HOME/.zcn/config.yaml
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To verify whether the config.yaml exist and network configuration is stored properly. From the home directory navigate to zcn folder . You will see config.yaml listed.
7. Check the config file configuration using
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nano config.yaml
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According to the config mentioned in block worker field of your file, zbox will connect to 8. https://one.devnet-0chain.net/.change it to http://198.18.0.98:9091 for the local network.
8. Also create a network.yaml file in .zcn directory which specify the local miner and sharder ports.To check ports run the docker ps command. Here is a sample network.yaml file for 1 sharder and 3 miners.
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miners:
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  - http://localhost:7071
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  - http://localhost:7072
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  - http://localhost:7073
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sharders:
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  - http://localhost:7171
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9. Start the Zbox by navigating back to zboxcli directory using
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cd zboxcli
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and type
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./zbox
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On a successful run you will see a help section like this:
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zbox is a decentralized storage application written on the 0Chain platform.
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            Complete documentation is available at https://docs.0chain.net/0chain/
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Usage:
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  zbox [command]
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Available Commands:
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  add-collab        add collaborator for a file
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  alloc-cancel      Cancel an allocation
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  alloc-fini        Finalize an expired allocation
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  bl-info           Get blobber info
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  bl-update         Update blobber settings by its delegate_wallet owner
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  commit            commit a file changes to chain 
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  copy              copy an object(file/folder) to another folder on blobbers
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  cp-info           Challenge pool information.
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  delete            delete file from blobbers
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  delete-collab     delete collaborator for a file
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  download          download file from blobbers
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  get               Gets the allocation info
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  get-diff          Get difference of local and allocation root
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  get-download-cost Get downloading cost
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  get-upload-cost   Get uploading cost
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  getwallet         Get wallet information
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  help              Help about any command
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  list              list files from blobbers
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  list-all          list all files from blobbers
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  listallocations   List allocations for the client
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  ls-blobbers       Show active blobbers in storage SC.
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  meta              get meta data of files from blobbers
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  move              move an object(file/folder) to another folder on blobbers
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  newallocation     Creates a new allocation
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  register          Registers the wallet with the blockchain
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  rename            rename an object(file/folder) on blobbers
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  rp-create         Create read pool if missing
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  rp-info           Read pool information.
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  rp-lock           Lock some tokens in read pool.
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  rp-unlock         Unlock some expired tokens in a read pool.
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  sc-config         Show storage SC configuration.
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  share             share files from blobbers
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  sign-data         Sign given data
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  sp-info           Stake pool information.
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  sp-lock           Lock tokens lacking in stake pool.
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  sp-pay-interests  Pay interests not payed yet.
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  sp-unlock         Unlock tokens in stake pool.
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  sp-user-info      Stake pool information for a user.
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  start-repair      start repair file to blobbers
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  stats             stats for file from blobbers
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  sync              Sync files to/from blobbers
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  update            update file to blobbers
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  update-attributes update object attributes on blobbers
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  updateallocation  Updates allocation's expiry and size
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  upload            upload file to blobbers
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  version           Prints version information
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  wp-info           Write pool information.
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  wp-lock           Lock some tokens in write pool.
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  wp-unlock         Unlock some expired tokens in a write pool.
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Flags:
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      --config string              config file (default is config.yaml)
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      --configDir string           configuration directory (default is $HOME/.zcn)
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  -h, --help                       help for zbox
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      --network string             network file to overwrite the network details (if required, default is network.yaml)
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      --silent                     Do not show interactive sdk logs (shown by default)
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      --wallet string              wallet file (default is wallet.json)
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      --wallet_client_id string    wallet client_id
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      --wallet_client_key string   wallet client_key
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Use "zbox [command] --help" for more information about a command.
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9.To register a wallet on Zbox to be used both by the blockchain and blobbers. Use the following Zbox command
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 ./zbox register
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Successful Response:
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Wallet Registered
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By default, the wallet information will be stored in wallet.json located in the .zcn folder of the Linux home directory.

10.Navigate back to the .zcn folder
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cd $HOME/.zcn/
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11. Open the wallet.json file. It should be similar to the similar to the output below:
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{"client_id":"4af719e1fdb6244159f17922382f162387bae3708250cab6bc1c20cd85fb594c",
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"client_key":"da1769bd0203b9c84dc19846ed94155b58d1ffeb3bbe35d38db5bf2fddf5a91c91b22bc7c89dd87e1f1fecbb17ef0db93517dd3886a64274997ea46824d2c119",
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"keys":[{"public_key":"da1769bd0203b9c84dc19846ed94155b58d1ffeb3bbe35d38db5bf2fddf5a91c91b22bc7c89dd87e1f1fecbb17ef0db93517dd3886a64274997ea46824d2c1>
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"private_key":"542f6be49108f52203ce75222601397aad32e554451371581ba0eca56b093d19"}],
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"mnemonics":"butter whisper wheat hope duck mention bird half wedding aim good regret maximum illegal much inch immune unlock resource congress drift>
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"version":"1.0","date_created":"2021-09-09T20:22:56+05:30"}
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12..Copy the client_id value and paste it into blobbers and validators settings. These are found in blobber/config directory.
13. Navigate to the config directory :
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cd blobber/config
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You will see blobber and validation files listed
14.Open both the configuration files and edit the delegate_wallet value with client_id copied from wallet.
Here is a sample configuration file below:
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# [configurations above]
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# for testing
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#  500 MB - 536870912
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#    1 GB - 1073741824
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#    2 GB - 2147483648
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#    3 GB - 3221225472
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capacity: 1073741824 # 1 GB bytes total blobber capacity
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read_price: 0.01     # token / GB for reading
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write_price: 1.00    # token / GB for writing
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# min_lock_demand is value in [0; 1] range; it represents number of tokens the
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# blobber earned even if a user will not read or write something
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# to an allocation; the number of tokens will be calculated by the following
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# formula
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#     allocation_size * write_price * min_lock_demand
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#
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min_lock_demand: 0.1
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# max_offer_duration restrict long contacts where,
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# in the future, prices can be changed
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max_offer_duration: 744h # 31 day
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challenge_completion_time: 1m # 15m # duration to complete a challenge
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# delegate wallet for all rewards, if it's empty, then blobber ID used
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delegate_wallet: 'b145bf241eab00c9865a3551b18028a6d12b3ef84df8b4a5c317c8d184a82412'
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Step 6: Starting the blobber containers
To start all the blobber containers navigate to the blobber/docker.local/blobber|i> directories and run the start script. For instance, let's run 2 blobbers.
1.Open two different terminal tabs and first navigate to the blobber/docker.local/blobber1 directory using
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cd blobber/docker.local/blobber1
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2.Run the following command for starting the sharder
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 ../bin/blobber.start_bls.sh
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Wait till blobber is ready to listen to requests. Here is a screenshot of blobber up and running.
3.Repeat steps 1 and 2 by changing the blobber directory to (blobber 2,3 etc) in new terminal tabs to start more blobbers
Notes :
Run each blobber on the new terminal tab
To avoid errors, run the command specified in step 2 by only navigating to blobber directories.
If you are not able to locate blobber directories, have a look at the Initialize the blobber directories section.
Step 7: Validate 0chain deployment.
1.After starting sharders, miners and blobbers verify whether they are up and running perfectly using the command
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docker ps
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In the response, the following containers should be up and running (see the screenshot below )
Note: if your containers are restarting and are not showing up when using the docker ps command. Try to check the following things
Ensure ports mapped to these containers are not mapped to other services.
Also, check your RAM and storage space. If you are not using the amount of compute resources specified in the System Requirements section. Your machine will not be able to start all the services and containers
2.If the containers are showing up properly as mentioned in the above screenshot you will also see their port mappings listed in the ports section(see the screenshot above) . To verify the status of a particular miner sharder or blobber open the http://localhost:<portnumber>/_diagnostics.
3. For example let's check the status of our miners hosted on port 7071 by opening the following link http://localhost:7071/_diagnostics in the browser.
In response, you should see a page responding to the miner details as shown below:
Note: The State Health Must be 0 for all the miners and sharders as shown in the image above with a red highlight. This signifies the blockchain is working fine.
Miner and Sharder Stats Glossary Table
Parameter
Description
Current Round:
Current round signifies the active round that the miners are working on to generate a block, and then verify and notarize it. A particular round gets completed when there is a consensus threshold met among miners to notarize the block.
VRFs:
Stands for verifiable random function. This is used by 0Chain to randomize the order in which blocks are generated. VRFs are also used by miners to check 'random' chunks of data stored on blobbers
RRS:
Stands for random round seed and is the verifiable random number generated by the miners using the VRF.
Notarization:
Stands for the number of verified block tickets that have been processed,needs to be greater than the consensus threshold.
LFB:
Stands for last finalized block or round. The miners run finalization routine on penultimate round, after completion of the current round.
Latest finalized round:
This refers to the most active round of challenges that got completed.
Deterministic finalized round:
This refers to predicted round of challenges that got completed.
Rollbacks:
The number of rollbacks performed by a miner node to undo a block(s) that was previously confirmed on the blockchain.
Timeouts:
Number of timeouts happened when mining a block. A timeout for a node is recorded when the time to validate a block exceeds the set limit.
Round Timeout Count:
When Timeouts occur, the block is resent several times to account for DDoS attack and network issues. However, if the DDoS is focused toward generators then the only defense is to retry the round with a new VRF and have a new set of generators and blocks.
goroutine:
Number of concurrent go executing functions/activities. The number represent Stack traces of all current goroutines
Heap allocs:
It is a live memory allocation of the current miner or sharder.
State missing nodes:
State Nodes that are missing a valid health state. Pending indicates an invalid health state. This is corrected by restarting the blockchain
Redis Collection:
Redis is a key value store. It represents the number of key value stores.
LFB state(computed/initialized):
This indicates the state of last finalized blocks that are computed and still in progress.
Fetching blocks from miners,sharders:
This indicates the number of fetched miners and sharders blocks to sync up the state.
Is active in chain:
This indicates whether the particular miner node is actively participating in the blockchain.
Step 8:Creating an Allocation on Blobber
To create storage space on the blobber we have to use the zboxcli and zwalletcli to interface with the blockchain.
1.Get the test tokens into your wallet using the zwallet CLI tool. If you have not installed zwallet CLI clone the repository and install using these commands
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git clone https://github.com/0chain/zwalletcli.git
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cd zwalletcli
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export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
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make install
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After a successful build, you should see the following output:
2. Now register and get the test tokens into your wallet by using
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 ./zwallet register 
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 ./zwallet faucet --methodName pour --input "{Pay day}"
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On Successful response:
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Wallet Registered !
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Execute faucet smart contract success with txn :  50e6cf293567e456527a13a6981f1188fb6eb6b930c805c7ddba5e7e26ba9e6f
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3.Check Token balance in zwallet using the
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./zwallet getbalance
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Response-
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Balance: 1.000 ZCN (0.44 USD)
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Note : Before Proceeding further at least have 3 ZCN balance in the wallet. The tokens are required for staking before creating an allocation.

4. Once the wallet has an available balance, you have to lock tokens into stake pool .To lock tokens into stake pool you need a id of blobbers to stake which can be fetched using the command
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./zbox ls-blobbers
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The sample response will show all the active blobbers:
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- id:                    7a90e6790bcd3d78422d7a230390edc102870fe58c15472073922024985b1c7d
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  url:                   http://198.18.0.92:5052
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  used / total capacity: 0 B / 1.0 GiB
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  last_health_check:      1631835252
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  terms:
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    read_price:          10.000 mZCN / GB
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    write_price:         100.000 mZCN / GB / time_unit
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    min_lock_demand:     0.1
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    cct:                 2m0s
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    max_offer_duration:  744h0m0s
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- id:                    f65af5d64000c7cd2883f4910eb69086f9d6e6635c744e62afcfab58b938ee25
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  url:                   http://198.18.0.91:5051
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  used / total capacity: 0 B / 1.0 GiB
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  last_health_check:      1631835202
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  terms:
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    read_price:          10.000 mZCN / GB
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    write_price:         100.000 mZCN / GB / time_unit
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    min_lock_demand:     0.1
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    cct:                 2m0s
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    max_offer_duration:  744h0m0s
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5. Export Blobber IDs to variables.
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export BLOBBER1=f65af5d64000c7cd2883f4910eb69086f9d6e6635c744e62afcfab58b938ee25
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export BLOBBER2=7a90e6790bcd3d78422d7a230390edc102870fe58c15472073922024985b1c7d
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6.Add tokens to the stake pools of all the active blobbers to allow them to accept allocations.
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./zbox sp-lock --blobber_id $BLOBBER1 --tokens 1
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./zbox sp-lock --blobber_id $BLOBBER2 --tokens 1
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Sample Response:
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tokens locked, pool id: 057f92514a2d3faca13443b7c0023878552e73c984c15ba7450b9892446adfbd
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7. Once the tokens are locked into stake pool you can create and fun storage allocation by using the zbox newallocation command. To understand the syntax type
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./zbox newallocation --help
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This will output the mandatory and optional flags that need to be added with the newallocation command.
Parameter
Description
Default
Valid Values
allocationFileName
local file to store allocation information
allocation.txt
file path
cost
returns the cost of the allocation, no allocation created
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flag
data
number of data shards, effects upload and download speeds
2
int
expire
duration to allocation expiration
720h
duration
free_storage
free storage marker file.
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file path
owner
owner's id, use for funding an allocation for another
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string
owner_public_key
public key, use for funding an allocation for another
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string
lock
lock write pool with given number of tokens
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float
mcct
max challenge completion time
1h
duration
parity
number of parity shards, effects availability
2
int
read_price
filter blobbers by read price range
0-inf
range
size
size of space reserved on blobbers
2147483648
bytes
usd
give token value in USD
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flag
write_price
filter blobbers by write price range
0-inf
range
7.For getting started we can create a basic allocation with 1 data and parity shard. Lock some tokens using lock float variable(for example 0.5) .
The complete command would be :
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./zbox newallocation --lock 0.5 --data 1 --parity 1 
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Successful Response will create an allocation with allocation ID:
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Allocation created :fa34be9c225077ede736b8012738d6b591aff822d75a630701ae99c05c32fac7
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Note: For creating allocation with more data and parity shards, run more blobbers. The sum of data and parity shards should be equal or smaller than the number of running blobbers.

8.If you have successfully created an allocation verify it by running
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./zbox listallocations
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You will see your allocation ID listed with the specified configuration:
Response:
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  ID   |    SIZE    |          EXPIRATION           | DATASHARDS | PARITYSHARDS | FINALIZED | CANCELED | R  PRICE | W  PRICE
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+------------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-------------------------------+------------+--------------+-----------+----------+----------+----------+
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  52fb9b5926c06e43a9290e9d7ad3217a4aee51c94684baf0fc174aa41abe6059 | 2147483648 | 2021-05-14 17:50:59 +0000 UTC |   2 |            2 | false     | false    |     0.04 |     0.04
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Notes:
If you are not able to create allocation and getting "transaction not found on any of the sharders", check error causes in zbox Tips and Troubleshooting Section.
To upload files on an allocation, modify allocation and use advanced features check zboxcli documentation.
Additional Tips and Troubleshooting for Mac
Provide at least 5GB or more RAM to Docker.
Increase Docker Swap to 3GB or more.
Download the appropriate go binary from here (arm or intel) for buildng zbox .
Update Docker to the latest version.
Run the script below as sudo to overcome the mac docker network issue before registering a wallet.
setup.0chain.ips.sh
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