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Now that an account has been created , and a consensus client is operating, Geth & Prysm will begin to automatically synchronize it with the rest of the Ethereum network. This will take quite some time, and is unavoidable. You must be prepared to wait days before the process is complete. Once finished with the initial sync, your Node will keep itself synchronized - but the first time is lengthy.
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The node will attempt to use all available resources to finish as quickly as possible, and but your server’s host may consider classify it to be as abuse. They’ll respond by automatically “killing” your node. Here’s how to tell in the Geth Server:
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If you see that, then your node was probably shut down for abusing your host’s “Terms of Service”. Yes, I was guilty of that once. Sorry Google. Explore the use of “cpulimit” to prevent that abuse, or increase the server resources to comply with your hosts demands.
The point is: check in on the process from time-to-time, and restart it (if needed). You lose nothing but time, as the download will be recovered from the moment it was killed.
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Control.
To monitor the sync progress, you may use the built-in Geth JavaScript client to check up on it. Once you’ve SSH’d in to your server, start the Geth JavaScript console using:
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This means that your node has stopped synchronizing. This is likely because it has finished successfully, or possibly because your node has been shut down.
The node will attempt to use all available resources to finish as quickly as possible, and your server’s host may consider it to be abuse. They’ll respond by automatically “killing” your node. Here’s how to tell in the Geth Server:
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If you see that, then your node was probably shut down for abusing your host’s “Terms of Service”. Yes, I was guilty of that once. Sorry Google. Explore the use of “cpulimit” to prevent that abuse, or increase the server resources to comply with your hosts demands.
Assuming that the Geth Server isn’t shutdown, Ensure that the Geth Server isn’t shutdown (i.e. for abuse, see above) and that it continues to process the network, and that . If “eth.syncing” generates a “false” reply in the Geth Console, then your blockchain should is now be fully sync’d synchronized and your node ready for the next step.
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Backup the account.
You will need both the backup and the password to access your wallet in case of a disaster.
See official documentation for details.
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