Writing on Ethereum, node infrastructure, and whatever else by Chase Wright (MysticRyuujin).https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/hello-ipfs/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/hello-ipfs/I killed my WordPress site and replaced it with a static site on IPFS, IPNS, and ENS. No servers, no database, no PHP. Here's how it works and what I learned.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/stop-running-geth/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/stop-running-geth/I'm too lazy right now to write a big ass blog post but ya'll need to stop running Geth and start running other Execution Layer…Thu, 22 Sep 2022 19:47:59 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/erigon-polygon-archive-node/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/erigon-polygon-archive-node/Update: Polygon requires version v2022.06.01 or newer to sync properly. We're going to be building off my previous blog posts to build an Erigon Archive…Thu, 12 May 2022 23:40:51 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/getting-started-with-trueblocks/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/getting-started-with-trueblocks/What is TrueBlocks? TrueBlocks is a lightweight, ultra performance indexing solution for EVM chains. It was originally created due to many limitations in the JSON-RPC…Fri, 25 Feb 2022 15:22:57 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/how-to-run-a-polygon-matic-mainnet-node/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/how-to-run-a-polygon-matic-mainnet-node/Running a Matic Node seems to consist of two four parts: The the PoS node, a REST API server, a RabbitMQ server, and an EVM…Sat, 01 May 2021 00:03:53 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/ethereum-and-ipfs/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/ethereum-and-ipfs/Introduction One of the most common use cases for an Archive Node is running debug commands against older transactions. The problem is, not many services…Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:54:55 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/remote-rsync-over-high-speed-but-latent-wan-udr-udt/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/remote-rsync-over-high-speed-but-latent-wan-udr-udt/Edit 2022-12-23: I have stopped using UDR/UDT in favor of setting my server's TCP congestion control mechanism to BBR – the results are really good…Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:27:55 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/load-balancing-freemium-ethereum-endpoints-pt3/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/load-balancing-freemium-ethereum-endpoints-pt3/First Thing's First: Some Warnings When we left off in Part 2 we had a fully configured and functioning Dshackle instance with load balancing across…Sat, 06 Mar 2021 19:46:25 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/load-balancing-freemium-ethereum-endpoints-pt2/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/load-balancing-freemium-ethereum-endpoints-pt2/When we last left off on Part 1 we had a very basic Dshackle instance running in docker that could do some basic caching and…Sat, 06 Mar 2021 02:46:34 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/load-balancing-freemium-ethereum-endpoints/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/load-balancing-freemium-ethereum-endpoints/Introduction Recently a situation came up where a community project suddenly found itself exceeding the 100,000 requests per day limit of their Infura Core (Free)…Sat, 06 Mar 2021 00:58:15 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/getting-started-with-turbo-geth-on-ubuntu/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/getting-started-with-turbo-geth-on-ubuntu/UPDATED FOR THE MERGE! Update 2023-10-10: Some minor updates to versions and stuff. Erigon is an Ethereum Execution Layer (EL) client that was originally a…Fri, 04 Sep 2020 14:36:52 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/getting-started-with-nethermind-on-windows/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/getting-started-with-nethermind-on-windows/Simple guide for running Nethermind on Windows unattended. Easy Upgrade.Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:35:32 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/vxlan-evpn-multisite-setup-part-4/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/vxlan-evpn-multisite-setup-part-4/Quick Recap Part 1 – Setup simple L2 VXLAN within a single site Part 2 – Setup L3 VNI within a single site Part 3Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:21:46 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/vxlan-evpn-multisite-setup-part-3/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/vxlan-evpn-multisite-setup-part-3/In part 3, I'll be setting up the multisite between site 1 and 2 (Site 2 has been pre-configured) using a route server (9K-9) seenFri, 14 Dec 2018 16:20:49 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/vxlan-evpn-multisite-setup-part-2/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/vxlan-evpn-multisite-setup-part-2/For part 2, I will be setting up a L3 VNI to allow PC2 (Vlan 100) to communicate with PC3 (Vlan 200) within site 1.Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:19:12 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/vxlan-evpn-multisite-setup-part-1/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/vxlan-evpn-multisite-setup-part-1/Below is the diagram I'll be working with. For this part, I'll be setting up site 1 with a simple L2 vxlan allowing PC2 andFri, 14 Dec 2018 16:10:20 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/firepower-6-2-3-integration-with-ise-2-3/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/firepower-6-2-3-integration-with-ise-2-3/Disclaimer: This is by no means a complete guide to this setup, but serves only to remind myself of the steps needed for my purposes.Fri, 29 Jun 2018 20:00:57 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/plexpy-on-ubuntu-16-04/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/plexpy-on-ubuntu-16-04/Here's a no-nonsese install guide for installing PlexPy Tautulli on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I'm assuming you're root (sudo up!)Sun, 25 Mar 2018 10:55:50 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/ssh-tunneling-host-host/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/ssh-tunneling-host-host/First I will bring up a couple simple ubuntu docker containers. I have already setup vlans 10 and 20 in my network within docker usingMon, 11 Sep 2017 00:35:14 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/docker-networking/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/docker-networking/BRIDGE The bridge network driver will allow containers using the bridge to communicate with each other and provide external connectivity using NAT. Below i createFri, 08 Sep 2017 00:28:29 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/creating-acl-template-using-ansible/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/creating-acl-template-using-ansible/My goal here was to make updating an ACL that is applied on multiple devices as easy as possible. Below is a portion of myThu, 07 Sep 2017 00:03:09 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/using-ansible-push-new-vxlan-vnis/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/using-ansible-push-new-vxlan-vnis/Going with the same diagram i've been using. I'm going to configure an ansible playbook to push out new VNIs to my VXLAN labFri, 01 Sep 2017 01:25:42 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/vxlan-config-adding-bgp-evpn/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/vxlan-config-adding-bgp-evpn/In the last blog post I setup a basic VXLAN config just allowing 2 hosts on separate leaf switches to communicate within their common subnet.Thu, 31 Aug 2017 04:04:34 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/ansible-basic-playbook/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/ansible-basic-playbook/I'm going to create a basic playbook just to ping 8.8.8.8 Host file contents under /etc/ansible/hosts. I have my NX-OS devices already included and configuredWed, 30 Aug 2017 01:21:30 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/using-rest-update-interface-descriptions-cdp-neighbors/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/using-rest-update-interface-descriptions-cdp-neighbors/The below script was used on Nexus 9000v NX-API which can be enabled with 'feature nxapi' I'm using the same topology from the VXLAN post:Tue, 29 Aug 2017 23:57:30 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/basic-vxlan-config/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/basic-vxlan-config/We will be setting up a very basic VXLAN config using the below topology to allow HOSTS 1 – 3 to communicate with each otherTue, 29 Aug 2017 01:11:12 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/guacamole-mysql-docker/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/guacamole-mysql-docker/Many of you have used my previous scripts for installing Guacamole directly, this is an updated version which uses Docker to greatly simplify the process!…Tue, 01 Aug 2017 08:30:23 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/guacamole-upgrade/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/guacamole-upgrade/The following script will upgrade Guacamole from 0.9.x to 0.9.14 If you would like you can download the "fully scripted" version of this like so,…Tue, 01 Aug 2017 08:26:45 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/guacamole-with-mysql-on-ubuntu/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/guacamole-with-mysql-on-ubuntu/GITHUB HERE NOTE: The GitHub version supports installation on multiple versions of Ubuntu and Debian. The GitHub version is also updated whenever a new Guacamole…Tue, 01 Aug 2017 08:25:20 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/ubiquiti-edgerouter-dynamic-dns-script/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/ubiquiti-edgerouter-dynamic-dns-script/The following is an example of a Dynamic DNS (DDNS) update script for Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter using GoDaddy as an example.Sat, 29 Jul 2017 23:29:01 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/powershell-named-dynamic-port/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/powershell-named-dynamic-port/The following script will get the listening port of a dynamic instance name on Microsoft SQL ServerMon, 22 May 2017 20:20:49 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/generating-ethereum-accounts-and-addresses/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/generating-ethereum-accounts-and-addresses/Generate a new Private Key and associated Public AddressMon, 15 May 2017 23:40:36 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/ethereum-always-on-geth-node-on-ubuntu-16-04/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/ethereum-always-on-geth-node-on-ubuntu-16-04/The following script will install the Ethereum client "Geth" and configure it to run as a daemon/service running in the background using Supervisor. It hasFri, 21 Apr 2017 15:45:32 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/cisco-asa-and-squid-wccp-on-ubuntu/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/cisco-asa-and-squid-wccp-on-ubuntu/In order to use WCCP with Squid it must be built to support WCCP. Unfortunatly the default apt-get install squid(3) doesn't support WCCP out of…Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:15:15 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/install-squid-from-source-on-ubuntu-16-04/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/install-squid-from-source-on-ubuntu-16-04/The following assumes a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04.01 LTS. First I'm going to modify the sources.list file of apt to allow downloading of sources…Thu, 09 Feb 2017 11:47:33 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/automating-virtual-machine-file-server-updates-and-reboots/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/automating-virtual-machine-file-server-updates-and-reboots/This post is mainly to share a few scripts I have written which automate the Windows Update of my Server 2016 Core File Server which…Sat, 07 Jan 2017 19:30:04 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/ntp-in-ubuntu-16-04-lts/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/ntp-in-ubuntu-16-04-lts/This took me a little while to find the answer to…Hopefully this get indexed well for other's Google searches… How does Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and…Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:06:29 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/sql-sp-cu-install-core-2016/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/sql-sp-cu-install-core-2016/In order to manually install any Service Pack or Cumulative Update to SQL on Server Core all you need to do is download and run the…Tue, 29 Nov 2016 04:19:41 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/vmm-2016-server-core-2016/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/vmm-2016-server-core-2016/You can use remote desktop / command line for most of this. Just copy all the files to c:temp or something. VMM requires a SQL…Fri, 21 Oct 2016 22:48:41 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/sql-2016-server-core-2016/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/sql-2016-server-core-2016/#1. Create a service account for SQL in AD. #2. Add that service account to the computers Local Admin groups. #3. Create a Silent Install…Fri, 21 Oct 2016 19:21:08 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/lets-encrypt-and-nginx/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/lets-encrypt-and-nginx/We're going to be setting up NGINX to use LET'S ENCRYPT and for this example we're going to be pointing to a Guacamole server, which…Thu, 20 Oct 2016 23:50:50 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/powershell-function-fix-mac/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/powershell-function-fix-mac/function Fix-MAC { [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName=’Upper’)] [OutputType([string])] Param ( # MAC Address [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$tSun, 27 Mar 2016 00:59:33 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/invoke-webrequest-vs-system-net-webclient-download-speed/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/invoke-webrequest-vs-system-net-webclient-download-speed/I was doing some PowerShell scripts at work and I was typically using Invoke-WebRequest to download files as it's the simplest method to do so.…Thu, 07 Jan 2016 04:50:25 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/session0bypass/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/session0bypass/I've got some PowerShell scripts that are executed by a service running as "SYSTEM" which runs everything in Session 0 isolation and I needed to…Sat, 26 Dec 2015 23:40:38 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/add-perl-script-to-explorer-right-click-context/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/add-perl-script-to-explorer-right-click-context/1. Create a Key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*shell E.G. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*shellTV Move 2. Create a Key called "command" under that key E.G. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*shellTV Movecommand 3. Edit the (Default)…Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:02:42 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/plex-logs-to-remote-syslog-server-with-rsyslog/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/plex-logs-to-remote-syslog-server-with-rsyslog/Plex typically stores its log files here: /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Logs/Plex Media Server.log With rsyslog you can watch that file and forward lines from Wed, 04 Nov 2015 02:19:12 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/pia-openvpn-peerblock-bogon/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/pia-openvpn-peerblock-bogon/So if you happen to be running PeerBlock on your system, do NOT use the Bogon block list if you want to use Private Internet…Mon, 02 Nov 2015 03:55:04 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/net-3-5-offline-installer/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/net-3-5-offline-installer/Here is a small application to make offline installation of the .NET 3.5 Framework as simple as can be. http://www.askvg.com/download-microsoft-net-framework-3-5-offline-installer-for-windows-8/Mon, 02 Nov 2015 03:41:20 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/perl-estimate-lat-long/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/perl-estimate-lat-long/The following Perl script will give you a rough estimation of distance between two points expressed in floating point latitude and longitudes.Wed, 19 Aug 2015 01:32:55 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/plex-missing-episodes/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/plex-missing-episodes/UPDATE: This is old and I'm guessing it doesn't work anymore? I'm now all about PowerShell so I re-wrote it in PowerShell…. https://github.com/MysticRyuujin/PlexMissingEpisodes The following…Mon, 17 Aug 2015 02:31:36 GMThttps://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/useful-ubuntu-things/https://mysticryuujin.eth.limo/blog/useful-ubuntu-things/Prefer IPv4 over IPv6 sed -i 's/#precedence ::ffff:0:0/96 100/precedence ::ffff:0:0/96 100/' /etc/gai.conf Install Hyper-V Integration Tools apt-get update && apt-get -y install linux-tools-virtual liTue, 11 Aug 2015 19:25:47 GMT