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# Radiant Node

## COMPILE RADIANT NODE WITH UBUNTU 22.04 <a href="#compile-radiant-node-with-ubuntu-2204" id="compile-radiant-node-with-ubuntu-2204"></a>

Small guide to compile the Radiant node and use its commands

## Github <a href="#github" id="github"></a>

* **Radiant node source code:** <https://github.com/RadiantBlockchain/radiant-node>
* **Original guide to compile in Ubuntu:** <https://github.com/RadiantBlockchain/radiant-node/blob/master/doc/build-unix-deb.md>

***

## Libraries to compile <a href="#libraries-to-compile" id="libraries-to-compile"></a>

**Necessary libraries and applications to compile the node:**

```
sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake git libboost-chrono-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev libevent-dev libminiupnpc-dev libssl-dev libzmq3-dev help2man ninja-build python3 libdb-dev libdb++-dev
```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Antares-ES/Radiant-Guides/main/Compile-Node/img/01-UBUNTU-22_04_install-dependencies.png)

## Download node source <a href="#download-node-source" id="download-node-source"></a>

**Download radiant node source code to compile:**

```
git clone https://github.com/radiantblockchain/radiant-node.git
```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Antares-ES/Radiant-Guides/main/Compile-Node/img/02-UBUNTU-22_04_download-node-github.png)

**Once you have downloaded the source code, enter the generated folder, create the build folder and enter inside it**

```
cd radiant-node/
mkdir build
cd build
```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Antares-ES/Radiant-Guides/main/Compile-Node/img/03-UBUNTU-22_04_create-dir.png)

## Compile options <a href="#compile-options" id="compile-options"></a>

**Two options to compile (QT does not work properly):**

* No QT (recommend)

```
cmake -GNinja .. -DBUILD_RADIANT_QT=OFF
```

* No wallet, no QT

```
cmake -GNinja .. -DBUILD_RADIANT_WALLET=OFF -DBUILD_RADIANT_QT=OFF
```

<figure><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Antares-ES/Radiant-Guides/main/Compile-Node/img/04-UBUNTU-22_04_preparing-no-qt.png" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

**Once everything is configured, proceed to compile with ninja and wait a few minutes.**

```
ninja
```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Antares-ES/Radiant-Guides/main/Compile-Node/img/05-UBUNTU-22_04_compile.png)

**The result will be generated in the src folder** src/radiantd\
src/radiantd src/radiant-cli src/radiant-wallet

**To run the node from any location, we can copy the file to a system directory**

```
sudo cp src/radiant* /usr/local/bin/
```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Antares-ES/Radiant-Guides/main/Compile-Node/img/06-UBUNTU-22_04_copy-build-bin.png)

***

## **Create config file** <a href="#create-config-file" id="create-config-file"></a>

```
mkdir ~/.radiant
touch ~/.radiant/radiant.conf
```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Antares-ES/Radiant-Guides/main/Compile-Node/img/07-UBUNTU-22_04_create-config-node.png)

**Copy main data to the configuration file**

```
cat > ~/.radiant/radiant.conf << EOL
rpcuser=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 12 | head -n 1)
rpcpassword=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1)

listen=1
server=1
daemon=1

maxconnections=16

EOL
```

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Antares-ES/Radiant-Guides/main/Compile-Node/img/08-UBUNTU-22_04_add-info-config-node.png)

***

## **Useful commands** <a href="#useful-commands" id="useful-commands"></a>

* **START NODE:** `radiantd`
* **STOP NODE:** `radiant-cli stop`
* **NODE INFO:** `radiant-cli -getinfo`
* **NODE SYNCHRONISM:** `radiant-cli getblockchaininfo`
* **CONNECTIVITY:** `radiant-cli getnetworkinfo`
* **WALLET STATUS:** `radiant-cli getwalletinfo`
* **CREATE NEW ADDRESS:** `radiant-cli getnewaddress "Principal"`
* **GET PRIVATE ADDRESS KEY:**`radiant-cli dumpprivkey Direccion_Generada`
* **IMPORT PRIVATE KEY:** `radiant-cli importprivkey L1NLnbPQWaE3sDMedHgHy9q3wMjzZ2HCRAtgfQqfwXppAvnPBeit Test`
* **WALLET ADDRESSES:** `radiant-cli listreceivedbyaddress 1 true`

## **Start node** <a href="#start-node" id="start-node"></a>

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Antares-ES/Radiant-Guides/main/Compile-Node/img/09-UBUNTU-22_04_start-node.png)

## **Set up node for testnet** <a href="#set-up-node-for-testnet" id="set-up-node-for-testnet"></a>

To start your node in testnet run the following command

```
radiantd -testnet -daemon
```

You probably need to establish a connection to a node already running on testnet. You can check if you have any connections and if the node is synching by checking

```
radiant-cli -testnet -getinfo
```

If you dont have any connections and the block count is 0 you will need to manually connect to a testnet node. To find nodes already running head on over to <https://explorer-testnet.radiantblockchain.org/peers>. There you will find a list over IPs that you can connect to. Choose one and replace the x'ed out IP in the command:

```
radiant-cli -testnet addnode xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx add
```

Now you should be able to see the connections and the node will sync.