You need server with following requierements

2CPU/8GBRAM/200++GB SSD

1. Upgrade your server#

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

sudo apt install make clang pkg-config libssl-dev libclang-dev build-essential git curl ntp jq llvm tmux htop screen unzip -y

Install Go 1.19.1

wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.19.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz

sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.19.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz

cat <<EOF >> ~/.profile
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GO111MODULE=on
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin
EOF
source ~/.profile
go version
rm -rf go1.19.linux-amd64.tar.gz

2. Install BSC tesnet node#

git clone https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc
cd bsc
make geth

3. Download the config files#

You can download the pre-build binaries from release page or follow the instructions bellow

wget https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/releases/download/v1.1.13/geth_linux

Testnet

wget https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/releases/download/v1.1.13/testnet.zip
unzip testnet.zip

Mainnet

wget https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/releases/download/v1.1.13/mainnet.zip
unzip mainnet.zip

mv geth_linux /usr/bin/geth
chmod +x /usr/bin/geth
rm -rf testnet.zip

4. Configure config.toml file#

nano config.toml

Inside the config.toml found line HTTPHost = "127.0.0.1" and change IP from 127.0.0.1 on your IP address.

Scroll down and delete following lines:

[Node.LogConfig]
FileRoot = ""
FilePath = "bsc.log"
MaxBytesSize = 10485760
Level = "info"

Save it by command CTRL+X,Y

5. Write state genesis localy#

geth --datadir node init genesis.json

6. Configure systemd service file#

tee /etc/systemd/system/bscd.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=BSC
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=root
ExecStart=/usr/bin/geth --config root/bsc/config.toml --datadir root/bsc/node --ws --ws.origins '*'
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=10000
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl start bscd

Checkec that node start synching

journalctl -u bscd -f -n 100

7. Synch status#

Once your BSC node is fully synced, you can run a cURL request to see the status of your node: Please change YOUR_IP_ADDRESS on your IP.

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"id":1, "jsonrpc":"2.0", "method": "eth_syncing", "params":[]}' YOUR_IP_ADDRESS:8575

If the node is successfully synced, the output from above will print {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":false}

8. Connect your BSC to Axelar#

Axelar Network will be connecting to the EVM compatible Binance, so your rpc_addr should be exposed in this format:

http://IP:PORT

#for Testnet

Example: http://5.168.135.185:8575

#for Mainnet

Example: http://5.168.135.185:8545

9. If a new update is out#

If a new update has been released, then you can update with the following commands.

systemctl stop bscd
mkdir temp
cd temp

Check the latest release page. In this example the latest release is v1.1.13

wget https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/releases/download/v1.1.13/geth_linux

mv geth_linux /usr/bin/geth
chmod +x /usr/bin/geth

cd ~
systemctl start bscd

Check that your BSC node work correctly

journalctl -u bscd -f -n 100