forta.git.txt

- Install and Configure Docker
   
    1. Install Docker from the link https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/, then check docker version must be 20.10 or later

        docker --version
        
    2. Add a file called daemon.json to your /etc/docker directory with the following contents:

        vi /etc/docker/daemon.json
        
{
"default-address-pools": [
{
"base":"172.17.0.0/12",
"size":16
},
{
"base":"192.168.0.0/16",
"size":20
},
{
"base":"10.99.0.0/16",
"size":24
}
]
}
        
    3. Restart docker 
        
        systemctl restart docker
       
- Install Forta

  *. Install via APT (Used for Ubuntu, Debian etc.) - i use this
    
    $ sudo curl https://dist.forta.network/pgp.public -o /usr/share/keyrings/forta-keyring.asc -s
    $ echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/forta-keyring.asc] https://dist.forta.network/repositories/apt stable main' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/forta.list
    $ sudo apt-get update
    $ sudo apt-get install forta
    
- Initial Setup
    1. Initialize Forta Directory
        
        forta init --passphrase **YOUR_PASSWORD**
        
        Your result will be as below
        
        > Scanner address: 0x8edxxxx....xxxxx37D7F       <<<<< Write down your scan address
        Successfully initialized at /root/.forta
        Please make sure that all of the values in config.yml are set correctly.
        Please fund your scanner address with some MATIC.
        Please enable it for the chain ID in your config by doing 'forta register --owner-address <your_owner_wallet_address>'
        > 
    2. Configure systemd
        
        sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/forta.service > /dev/null <<EOF
        [Unit]
        Description=Forta Node
        After=network.target
        
        [Service]
        Type=simple
        User=root
        WorkingDirectory=/root/
        ExecStart=$(which forta) run --passphrase=**YOUR_PASSWORD**
        Restart=on-failure
        RestartSec=3
        LimitNOFILE=10000
        
        [Install]
        WantedBy=multi-user.target
        EOF
        
             Override Forta systemd service environment  
        
        mkdir /etc/systemd/system/forta.service.d && touch /etc/systemd/system/forta.service.d/env.conf
        vi /etc/systemd/system/forta.service.d/env.conf
        
              Copy below text into the file
        
        [Service]
        Environment="FORTA_DIR=/root/.forta"
        Environment="FORTA_PASSPHRASE=**YOUR_PASSWORD**"
        
              Press Esc and :wq to save & quit Vi editor.
        
              Reload and enable Forta system service
        
        sudo systemctl daemon-reload
        sudo systemctl enable forta
        
    3. Create app on Alchemy and get API
        
       Login the link https://dashboard.alchemyapi.io/apps, then select Apps ⇒ Create App.Then select Chain is Polygon, Network is Polygon Mainnet , then press Create App
       After your App is created, press View Key, and write down your jsonRPC in HTTP, example https://polygon-mainnet.g.alchemy.com/v2/******

    4. Configure config.yml
        
        cd /root/.forta/ && cp config.yml config.yml-bak
        sed -i '3,3 s/\(chainId: \).*/\1137/g' config.yml
        API_KEY=https://polygon-mainnet.g.alchemy.com/v2/*********
        sed -i '8,8 s|\(.url: \).*|\1'$API_KEY'|g' config.yml
        sed -i '12 s/jsonRpc:/enabled: false/g' config.yml
        sed -i '13d' config.yml
        
    5. Send 1 $Matic from your Metamask Address to Forta your scan node address.
        
        Show your Forta scan node Address
        
        forta account address
    
           Send 1 $MATIC to the scan node address
    
- Register Scan Node
    
    Run below command, YOUR_METAMASK_ADDRESS is different with scan node address, 
   
    forta register --owner-address YOUR_METAMASK_ADDRESS --passphrase YOUR_PASSPHRASE
    
- Run Forta and check status
    1. Run Forta

        sudo systemctl enable forta
        sudo systemctl start fortad.service
        
    2. Check service

        journalctl -u forta.service -f -o cat
        forta status
        https://explorer.forta.network/network
        
        If the log is as below, so you should wait Forta’s email to fill in your scannode address then finish