Solana Testnet Validator Update - Firedancer Migration
v 0.5.1 fixed slv v setup:firedancer
According to the Solana Foundation’s announcement, validators participating in SFDP must migrate to Firedancer by Testnet epoch 747. If you are an SLV user, you can migrate by running the commands below.
Update slv Template
slv upgrade
mkdir -p ~/.slv/testnet-validator
cp -r ~/.slv/template/0.5.1/jinja/testnet-validator/* ~/.slv/testnet-validator/Starting a new validator:
Use slv v init, select Firedancer.
This is it!
Switching from an Agave validator:
slv v setup:firedancer --pubkey <your-pubkey>
slv v apply -n testnet --pubkey <your-pubkey> --yml ~/.slv/template/0.5.1/ansible/testnet-validator/stop_solv.yml
slv v set:identity -n testnet --pubkey <your-identity-pubkey>You can specify an Ansible playbook YAML file when running the slv v apply command, for example:
slv v apply -n testnet --pubkey <your-identity-pubkey> --yml <path-to-yml>Doc: https://slv.dev/en/
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