This is how to launch a node and connect to the network.
first, if you haven't installed the dependencies, do that
compile it
make prod-build
start the node
make prod-go
You can communicate with the running node from a terminal like this:
make prod-attach
now that you are attached to a node, you can tell it commands
You can turn off a running node
make prod-stop
You can delete the database to restart from the genesis block. This preserves your keys.
make prod-clean
For convenience, there is a way to wrap this all into one command. To kill any running processes, rebuild the code, and start a node that can connect to the network, do this:
make prod-restart