SUMMARY.md

Table of contents

• Stake pool initiative

QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK & HELP

• Questions, feedback & help

SYLLABUS

• Syllabus

VIDEO LESSONS

• Ouroboros Protocol
• Introduction to Cardano
• Installing VirtualBox
• Setup a server on AWS
• Alternative to AWS
• Installing cardano-node
• Get configuration files and run the node
• Using the cardano-cli
• The UTxO model
• Generate Payment keys and addresses
• Request funds to the faucet
• Simple transaction
• Stake keys and address
• Regsiter stake key to the blockchain
• Generate stake pool keys
• Topology files
• Register stake pool and metadata
• Logging and monitoring with prometheus

STAKE POOL HANDBOOK

• System setup
  • Virtual Box
  • Configure a Linux server on AWS
• Setting up your node
  • Installing and Running a node
  • Get configuration files
  • Understanding your configuration files and how to use them:
  • Command Line Interface
• Start your node
  • Start your node
• Transactions
  • UTxO model
  • Generate payment keys and addresses
  • Using the faucet
  • Building and signing transactions
  • Create a simple transaction
  • Diagnosing transactions problems and troubleshooting
• Stake keys and delegation
  • Generate stake keys and address
  • Assignment 1
  • Register stake address in the blockchain
  • Delegate to a pool
• Stake pool
  • Core node and relay nodes
  • Assignement-2
  • KES Periods
  • Pledge
  • Generate your stake pool keys
  • Configure topology files for block-producing and relay nodes.
  • Start your core node
  • Register a Stake Pool with Metadata
  • Retiring a Stake Pool
• Monitoring the node
  • Monitoring a Node with Prometheus
  • Adding a Grafana Dashboard to monitor your nodes
  • Monitoring a Node with EKG
  • Configuring Logging

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• Reference
  • Making a Shelley blockchain from scratch
  • Cardano Node CLI Reference
  • Ouroboros protocol

Additional material

• bash cheat sheet
• tmux guide
• scp command usage
• Firewall