Full bootstrap recipe for chain celestia running celestia-appd v8.0.8 – denom utia, snapshot service coming soon. Walks through dependencies, Go, build, init, systemd, snapshot apply and a wallet/validator walkthrough. Operated by Ledgera.
Celestia
Osmosis
Dymension
Lava*-proledgera.com endpoints below will begin resolving once the infrastructure is deployed.Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or 24.04 LTS. Root or sudo-capable user. Minimum 8 GB RAM and a recent SSD with at least 250 GB free for celestia.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y sudo apt install -y curl git wget jq lz4 unzip tar make gcc clang \ pkg-config libssl-dev build-essential ncdu htop
ver="1.26.4" cd $HOME wget "https://go.dev/dl/go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz" sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz" rm "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz" [ ! -f ~/.bash_profile ] && touch ~/.bash_profile echo "export GOROOT=/usr/local/go" >> ~/.bash_profile echo "export GOPATH=\$HOME/go" >> ~/.bash_profile echo "export PATH=\$GOPATH/bin:\$GOROOT/bin:\$PATH" >> ~/.bash_profile source ~/.bash_profile go version
cd $HOME rm -rf celestia-app git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app.git cd celestia-app git checkout v8.0.8 make install
MONIKER="<your-moniker>"
celestia-appd config chain-id celestia
celestia-appd config keyring-backend os
celestia-appd config node tcp://localhost:26657
celestia-appd init "$MONIKER" --chain-id celestia
wget -O ~/.celestia-app/config/genesis.json \ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/celestiaorg/networks/master/celestia/genesis.json wget -O ~/.celestia-app/config/addrbook.json \ https://snapshot-celestia-mainnet.proledgera.com/addrbook.json
sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.002utia"|' \ $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml
sed -i 's|pruning =.*|pruning = "custom"|; s|pruning-keep-recent =.*|pruning-keep-recent = "100"|; s|pruning-interval =.*|pruning-interval = "19"|' \ $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml
sed -i 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "null"|' \ $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml
sed -i 's|prometheus = false|prometheus = true|' \ $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml
SEEDS="032861c6c461c5c55b8dc748bdd663dac97fd6ce@seed-celestia-mainnet.proledgera.com:26656"
PEERS=$(curl -s https://snapshot-celestia-mainnet.proledgera.com/peers.txt | tr '\n' ',' | sed 's/,$//')
sed -i.bak -E "s|^(seeds[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$SEEDS\"| ; \
s|^(persistent_peers[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$PEERS\"|" \
$HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/celestia-appd.service > /dev/null <<EOF [Unit] Description=Celestia (celestia) After=network-online.target [Service] User=$USER ExecStart=$(which celestia-appd) start --home $HOME/.celestia-app Restart=on-failure RestartSec=3 LimitNOFILE=65535 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable celestia-appd
Pruned snapshot, lz4-compressed, coming soon. Cuts initial sync time from days to minutes.
# Preserve validator state cp $HOME/.celestia-app/data/priv_validator_state.json \ $HOME/.celestia-app/priv_validator_state.json.backup # Wipe + pull latest snapshot rm -rf $HOME/.celestia-app/data celestia-appd tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.celestia-app/ --keep-addr-book SNAP=$(curl -s https://snapshot-celestia-mainnet.proledgera.com/latest) curl -L $SNAP | lz4 -d | tar -x -C $HOME/.celestia-app # Restore validator state mv $HOME/.celestia-app/priv_validator_state.json.backup \ $HOME/.celestia-app/data/priv_validator_state.json
sudo systemctl start celestia-appd sudo journalctl -u celestia-appd -f -o cat
sudo systemctl status celestia-appd
celestia-appd status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo curl -s localhost:26657/status | jq .result.sync_info
celestia-appd keys add wallet celestia-appd keys add wallet --recover
celestia-appd q bank balances $(celestia-appd keys show wallet -a)
celestia-appd tx staking create-validator \
--amount=1000000utia \
--pubkey=$(celestia-appd tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker="<your-moniker>" \
--chain-id=celestia \
--commission-rate=0.05 \
--commission-max-rate=0.20 \
--commission-max-change-rate=0.01 \
--min-self-delegation=1 \
--from=wallet --fees=5000utia -y
Maintained by Ledgera. Mirror to your own infrastructure for production deployments.
TAG=v8.0.8 cd ~/celestia-app git fetch --all --tags git checkout $TAG make install celestia-appd version sudo systemctl restart celestia-appd
SNAP_RPC="https://rpc-celestia-mainnet.proledgera.com:443"
LATEST_HEIGHT=$(curl -s $SNAP_RPC/block | jq -r .result.block.header.height)
BLOCK_HEIGHT=$((LATEST_HEIGHT - 1000))
TRUST_HASH=$(curl -s "$SNAP_RPC/block?height=$BLOCK_HEIGHT" | jq -r .result.block_id.hash)
sed -i.bak -E "s|^(enable[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1true| ; \
s|^(rpc_servers[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$SNAP_RPC,$SNAP_RPC\"| ; \
s|^(trust_height[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1$BLOCK_HEIGHT| ; \
s|^(trust_hash[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$TRUST_HASH\"|" \
$HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml
celestia-appd tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.celestia-app --keep-addr-book
sudo systemctl restart celestia-appd
celestia-appd keys list celestia-appd keys show wallet -a celestia-appd keys show wallet --bech val -a
celestia-appd q bank balances $(celestia-appd keys show wallet -a) celestia-appd tx bank send wallet <to> 1000000utia \ --chain-id celestia --fees 5000utia -y VAL=$(celestia-appd keys show wallet --bech val -a) celestia-appd tx staking delegate $VAL 1000000utia \ --from wallet --chain-id celestia --fees 5000utia -y celestia-appd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $VAL \ --commission --from wallet --chain-id celestia --fees 5000utia -y
celestia-appd tx staking edit-validator \
--moniker="<new-moniker>" \
--website="https://proledgera.com/" \
--chain-id=celestia --from=wallet --fees=5000utia -y
celestia-appd tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id celestia --fees 5000utia -y
celestia-appd q slashing signing-info $(celestia-appd tendermint show-validator)
celestia-appd q gov proposals celestia-appd tx gov vote <id> yes \ --from wallet --chain-id celestia --fees 5000utia -y
sudo systemctl start celestia-appd sudo systemctl stop celestia-appd sudo systemctl restart celestia-appd sudo journalctl -u celestia-appd -f -o cat
priv_validator_key.json first.sudo systemctl stop celestia-appd sudo systemctl disable celestia-appd sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/celestia-appd.service sudo systemctl daemon-reload rm -rf $HOME/.celestia-app $HOME/celestia-app sudo rm $(which celestia-appd)
The bridge node connects to a local celestia-appd validator/full-node and gossips block data to the DA network. Requires Go 1.26+, ~250 GB SSD (archival mode), a synced consensus node on the same host (or remote via --core.ip).
cd $HOME rm -rf celestia-node git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node.git cd celestia-node git checkout v0.30.2 make build sudo install -m 755 build/celestia /usr/local/bin/celestia make cel-key sudo install -m 755 cel-key /usr/local/bin/cel-key celestia version
cel-key add bridge-wallet --node.type bridge --p2p.network celestia cel-key list --node.type bridge --p2p.network celestia
celestia bridge init \ --keyring.keyname bridge-wallet \ --core.ip http://localhost \ --core.port 26657 \ --core.grpc.port 9090 \ --p2p.network celestia
Default home: ~/.celestia-bridge-celestia. The --core.* flags point to the local celestia-appd consensus node.
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/celestia-bridge.service > /dev/null <<EOF [Unit] Description=Celestia DA Bridge (celestia) After=network-online.target [Service] User=$USER ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/celestia bridge start \ --keyring.keyname bridge-wallet \ --core.ip http://localhost \ --core.port 26657 \ --core.grpc.port 9090 \ --p2p.network celestia \ --archival Restart=on-failure RestartSec=3 LimitNOFILE=65535 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable celestia-bridge sudo systemctl start celestia-bridge sudo journalctl -u celestia-bridge -f -o cat
# Sync status celestia header sync-state --node.store ~/.celestia-bridge-celestia # RPC auth token (admin level for full access) celestia bridge auth admin --p2p.network celestia
The light node samples random shares of each block to verify data availability without storing the full block. Minimal hardware: 2 cores, 4 GB RAM, ~50 GB SSD. Standalone – does NOT require a local celestia-appd.
Skip this step if you already built celestia for the bridge node above – same binary handles both modes.
cd $HOME rm -rf celestia-node git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node.git cd celestia-node git checkout v0.30.2 make build sudo install -m 755 build/celestia /usr/local/bin/celestia celestia version
celestia light init --p2p.network celestia
Default home: ~/.celestia-light-celestia. No core consensus node needed – the light node pulls headers from the DA p2p network.
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/celestia-light.service > /dev/null <<EOF [Unit] Description=Celestia DA Light (celestia) After=network-online.target [Service] User=$USER ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/celestia light start --p2p.network celestia Restart=on-failure RestartSec=3 LimitNOFILE=65535 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable celestia-light sudo systemctl start celestia-light sudo journalctl -u celestia-light -f -o cat
# RPC auth token for the light node celestia light auth admin --p2p.network celestia # Confirm sampling is happening celestia das sampling-stats --node.store ~/.celestia-light-celestia