Run a collator node

<!> This guide assumes you have followed the instructions to setup your node here.

Run using docker

Follow the below instructions, to setup your miner node to connect to Ferrum testnet

Build the docker image using:

docker build -t ferrum_node -f docker/ferrum.Dockerfile .

Next, make sure you set the ownership and permissions accordingly for the local directory that stores the chain data. In this case, set the necessary permissions either for a specific or current user (replace DOCKER_USER for the actual user that will run the docker command):

# chown to a specific user
mkdir /var/lib/ferrum-data
chown DOCKER_USER /var/lib/ferrum-data

# chown to current user
sudo chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) /var/lib/ferrum-data

Before you can start the node, you have to insert the keys, do note that this step depends on the type of node you are running
You need to insert the AURA key for the collator account to author blocks, this can be done using
```
docker run --network="host" -v "/var/lib/ferrum-data:/data" \
ferrum/ferrum_node:latest \
key insert --key-type aura --scheme Sr25519 --base-path=/data
```
Now, execute the docker run command depending on your configuration :

docker run --network="host" -v "/var/lib/ferrum-data:/data" \
-u $(id -u ${USER}):$(id -g ${USER}) \
ferrum-network \
--base-path=/data \
--chain ./chainspecs/ferrum-alpha-testnet \
--name="YOUR-NODE-NAME" \
--collator \
--config-file-path=/var/lib/node-config.json
-- \
--chain ./chainspecs/testnet-relaychain.json

Once the node has started, your output should look similar to this

2023-04-28 17:22:41 Ferrum Parachain    
2023-04-28 17:22:41 ✌️  version 0.0.1-742b47b9d10    
2023-04-28 17:22:41 ❤️  by Ferrum Network <https://github.com/ferrumnet>, 2020-2023    
2023-04-28 17:22:41 📋 Chain specification: Ferrum Testnet    
2023-04-28 17:22:41 🏷  Node name: TestNode    
2023-04-28 17:22:41 👤 Role: AUTHORITY    
2023-04-28 17:22:41 💾 Database: RocksDb at ./chain/alice/chains/ferrum_testnet/db/full    
2023-04-28 17:22:41 ⛓  Native runtime: ferrum-parachain-1 (ferrum-parachain-0.tx1.au1)    
2023-04-28 17:22:43 assembling new collators for new session 0 at #0    
2023-04-28 17:22:43 assembling new collators for new session 1 at #0    
2023-04-28 17:22:43 Parachain id: Id(1000)    
2023-04-28 17:22:43 Parachain Account: 5Ec4AhPZk8STuex8Wsi9TwDtJQxKqzPJRCH7348Xtcs9vZLJ    
2023-04-28 17:22:43 Parachain genesis state: 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000cb981b199b0dfb2631bbac63b767890daad314c0ce7b0d681e0fa76354a9b89803170a2e7597b7b7e3d84c05391d139a62b157e78786d8c082f29dcf4c11131400    
2023-04-28 17:22:43 Is collating: yes    
2023-04-28 17:22:43 [Parachain] assembling new collators for new session 0 at #0    
2023-04-28 17:22:43 [Parachain] assembling new collators for new session 1 at #0

Depending on how long the testnet has been running, your node will take a while to sync with the latest state of the network.

Run using binary

Install the required dependencies to compile rust and substrate, refer the documentation here : https://docs.substrate.io/install/
Clone the ferrum-network repo

https://github.com/ferrumnet/ferrum-network.git

Checkout the latest release

cd ferrum-network
git checkout tags/<release_version> -b <release_version>

For example, if the latest release is 0.0.3

git checkout tags/0.0.3 -b v0.0.3

You can checkout releases here : https://github.com/ferrumnet/ferrum-network/releases

Build the binary

cargo build --release

Insert the keys

./target/release/ferrum-network key insert --key-type aura --scheme Sr25519 --base-path /var/lib/ferrum-data

Once the keys are inserted, you can run it using the following command

./target/release/ferrum-network \
--base-path <PATH_TO_CHAIN_STORAGE> \
--chain ./chainspecs/testnet-alpha.json \
--name "YOUR-NODE-NAME" \
--collator \
--config-file-path <PATH_TO_YOUR_NODE_CONFIG> \
--execution=wasm \
-- \
--chain ./chainspecs/testnet-relaychain.json

Once the node has started, your output should look similar to this

2023-04-28 17:22:41 Ferrum Parachain    
2023-04-28 17:22:41 ✌️  version 0.0.1-742b47b9d10    
2023-04-28 17:22:41 ❤️  by Ferrum Network <https://github.com/ferrumnet>, 2020-2023    
2023-04-28 17:22:41 📋 Chain specification: Ferrum Testnet    
2023-04-28 17:22:41 🏷  Node name: TestNode    
2023-04-28 17:22:41 👤 Role: AUTHORITY    
2023-04-28 17:22:41 💾 Database: RocksDb at ./chain/alice/chains/ferrum_testnet/db/full    
2023-04-28 17:22:41 ⛓  Native runtime: ferrum-parachain-1 (ferrum-parachain-0.tx1.au1)    
2023-04-28 17:22:43 assembling new collators for new session 0 at #0    
2023-04-28 17:22:43 assembling new collators for new session 1 at #0    
2023-04-28 17:22:43 Parachain id: Id(1000)    
2023-04-28 17:22:43 Parachain Account: 5Ec4AhPZk8STuex8Wsi9TwDtJQxKqzPJRCH7348Xtcs9vZLJ    
2023-04-28 17:22:43 Parachain genesis state: 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000cb981b199b0dfb2631bbac63b767890daad314c0ce7b0d681e0fa76354a9b89803170a2e7597b7b7e3d84c05391d139a62b157e78786d8c082f29dcf4c11131400    
2023-04-28 17:22:43 Is collating: yes    
2023-04-28 17:22:43 [Parachain] assembling new collators for new session 0 at #0    
2023-04-28 17:22:43 [Parachain] assembling new collators for new session 1 at #0

Depending on how long the testnet has been running, your node will take a while to sync with the latest state of the network.

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