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Cosmovisor is a new process manager for cosmos blockchains. It can make low-downtime upgrades smoother, as validators don't have to manually upgrade binaries during the upgrade, and instead can pre-install new binaries, and Cosmovisor will automatically update them based on on-chain SoftwareUpgrade proposals.
You should review the docs for Cosmovisor located here:
Now the Cosmovisor directory structure should look like this:
After making the proper configurations to your new node, launch it using sudo systemctl start cosmovisor. You should now see blocks executing in the logs (journalctl -fu cosmovisor).
Now the Cosmovisor directory structure should look like this:
To relaunch your node, use sudo systemctl start cosmovisor. You should now see blocks executing in the logs (journalctl -fu cosmovisor).
The "Shockwave Alpha" upgrade is anticipated to be on Wednesday April 27th, 2022 at 2:00PM UTC. Below are instructions to prepare Cosmovisor for automatically upgrading your node to v1.3.
Now the Cosmovisor directory structure should look like this:
If set up properly, when the time comes Cosmovisor will perform an automatic v1.2 to v1.3 upgrade.
Now you might want to checkout the guide for syncing a node from height 0 or for syncing a node from a more recent block height.