Aptos

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The snapshot service for Aptos is available here.

Whether you need to bootstrap your full node or you are in need of a snapshot to ease the migration or kick-start of your validator, you can use our daily snapshot service to speed up the process.

Note: the nodes used for snapshotting are using the default pruning values of Aptos and are hosted as Docker containers on machines using Ubuntu 22.04.

How to use

You simply go to our aptos snapshot service and you can download the latest available snapshot! In order to use it, simply decompress the archive as per the following instructions and start your node.

1. Download the snapshot

$
wget <APTOS_SNAPSHOT_URL>

2. Stop your Aptos service

If Aptos was already running on your machine, stop your services:

$
sudo systemctl stop aptos.service

OR if you are using a container:

$
docker stop <APTOS_CONTAINER_NAME>

Make sure there is no process running that might try to write to the database:

$
ps -ef | grep aptos-node

3. Clean the data directory

Make sure your Aptos data directory is clean (let us assume <APTOS_HOME> is your root Aptos directory):

$
rm -rf <APTOS_HOME>/data/*

4. Install lz4 and decompress the archive

$
sudo apt-get install lz4

$
lz4 -c -d <APTOS_SNAPSHOT_NAME>.tar.lz4  | tar -x -C <APTOS_HOME>/data

5. Start the Aptos service or container

You should be in-sync with the network in minutes after starting the node.