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Clarify config.toml fields to edit
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Dominator008 committed Jan 7, 2022
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Backup the generated Tendermint key files `$HOME/.sgnd/config/node_key.json` and `$HOME/.sgnd/config/priv_validator_key.json` securely. Make sure the keys are **never** committed to any repo.

5. Fill out the `moniker` field in `config/config.toml` with your `node-name`.
Fill out the `external_address` field with `<public-ip:26656>`, where the `public-ip` is the public IP of the EC2 machine hosting the node.
If using cleveldb, change the `db_backend` field to `"cleveldb"`.
Currently, the Celer foundation nodes restrict the access to port 26656, so please **report your public IP to the Celer team** to get whitelisted.
5. Fill out the fields in the Tendermint config file `$HOME/.sgnd/config/config.toml` with the correct values:

| Field | Description |
| ----- | ----------- |
| moniker | The `node-name` you decided |
| external_address| `<public-ip:26656>`, where `public-ip` is the public IP of the machine hosting the node |
| db_backend | `goleveldb` or `cleveldb` depending on the binary used |

Currently, the Celer foundation nodes restrict the access to port 26656-26657, so please **report your public IP to the Celer team** to get whitelisted.

6. Add a Cosmos SDK / Tendermint validator account:

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For better security, we support using AWS KMS to manage the signer key.
Follow [this doc](aws_kms.md) to set it up.

10. Fill in the fields in `$HOME/.sgnd/config/sgn.toml` with the correct values:
10. Fill out the fields in the SGN-specific config file `$HOME/.sgnd/config/sgn.toml` with the correct values:

| Field | Description |
| ----- | ----------- |
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