INSTALL.md

Light Client installation guide for Mac OS X

Prerequisites

• Homebrew

IPFS Kubo client installation

NOTE: If you have already installed the client, you can skip this step.

Run the following command to install the client:

brew install ipfs

IPFS Kubo client configuration

NOTE: If you have already configured the client, you can skip this step.

Run the following command to initialize the client:

ipfs init

Install & Launch Light Client

Single command to install and launch the Light Client:

curl -sSf https://storage.googleapis.com/ewm-release-artefacts/{{VERSION}}/macos/install.sh | bash -s <YOUR PRIVATE KEY>

To generate a private key, use can use following resources:

• Visual-key
• Vanity-eth
• Eth-vanity

The script will install all files in $HOME/.covalent directory.

To uninstall the Light Client, run the following command:

$HOME/.covalent/uninstall.sh

Status

To check the status of the Light Client, run the following command:

tail -n 1000 -f $HOME/.covalent/light-client.log

Result:

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Version: v0.9.0, commit: 8d6709bee9e79d3c4e6ece35fed65da02f3850f4
2024-09-18T15:45:01.238-0700	INFO	light-client	light-client/main.go:91	Starting client...
2024-09-18T15:45:01.238-0700	INFO	light-client	light-client/main.go:97	Client idenity: 0x51b6D674514849aF97FB77BCac51bcdD7799842C
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