FATAL node/node.go:257 failed to connect to bootstrap nodes. Node shutting down...

[isReset728]

How to solve it?

[PeaStew]

Having the same issue, node is unable to connect to bootstrapping nodes and shuts itself down, removing the lines means it never connects to anyone

[timurgum]

it helped that I regenerated --bootstrap-ips= and --bootstrap-ids= as indicated in the documentation --bootstrap-ips="$(curl -m 10 -sX POST \ --data '{ "jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":1, "method":"info.getNodeIP" }' \ -H 'content-type:application/json;' https://flare.flare.network/ext/info \ | jq -r ".result.ip")" \ --bootstrap-ids="$(curl -m 10 -sX POST \ --data '{ "jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":1, "method":"info.getNodeID" }' \ -H 'content-type:application/json;' https://flare.flare.network/ext/info \ | jq -r ".result.nodeID")"

[hitchhooker]

resolved with helper script to be executed as pre-exec in .service file

root@flare01:/opt/flare# cat update-flare-config.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Define the path to your configuration file
CONFIG_FILE="/opt/flare/configs/node.json"

# Fetch bootstrap IPs and IDs
BOOTSTRAP_IPS=$(curl -m 10 -sX POST --data '{ "jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":1, "method":"info.getNodeIP" }' -H 'content-type:application/json;' https://flare.flare.network/ext/info | jq -r ".result.ip")
BOOTSTRAP_IDS=$(curl -m 10 -sX POST --data '{ "jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":1, "method":"info.getNodeID" }' -H 'content-type:application/json;' https://flare.flare.network/ext/info | jq -r ".result.nodeID")

# Update the JSON configuration file
jq '. + {"bootstrap-ips": $ips, "bootstrap-ids": $ids}' --arg ips "$BOOTSTRAP_IPS" --arg ids "$BOOTSTRAP_IDS" $CONFIG_FILE > temp.$$.json && mv temp.$$.json $CONFIG_FILE

root@flare01:/opt/flare# cat flarego.service

[Unit]
Description=FlareGo systemd service
StartLimitIntervalSec=0

[Service]
Type=simple
User=flare
LimitNOFILE=32768
WorkingDirectory=/opt/flare/flare-node
ExecStart=/opt/flare/flare-node/avalanchego --config-file=/opt/flare/configs/node.json
ExecStop=kill -9 $MAINPID
Restart=always
RestartSec=5s

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target