blockchain-node-upgrade.md

Blockchain Node Upgrade

Proposal Structure

Field	Description
name	Name of the Upgrade
title	Title of the proposal
description	Description of the proposal
upgrade-height	Height at which node upgrade should happen
deposit	Deposit for the proposal (in uhid)

Submitting Node Upgrade Proposal

• Run the following to submit a blockchain node upgrade proposal:

hid-noded tx gov submit-legacy-proposal software-upgrade <Proposal Name> \
--title "<Proposal Title>" \
--description "<Proposal Description>" \
--upgrade-height "<Blockchain Height at which the upgrade should occur>" \
--deposit "<Deposit for the proposal>" \
--chain-id <Chain ID> \
--from <wallet-address> \
--yes

Steps for Node Upgrade

If the Software Upgrade proposal is Passed, then following steps are needed to be performed in order to upgrade your node.

• Download and Install the latest binary.
• Create the following directory structure

mkdir -p <hid-node Config Directory>/cosmovisor/upgrades/<Proposal Name>/bin

Note: Make sure that <Proposal Name> matches exactly with Upgrade Proposal's name. Please note that Proposal Name is different from Proposal Title.

• Copy the latest binary to the newly created directory

cp <Update Binary Location> <Binary Config Directory>/cosmovisor/upgrades/<Proposal Name>/bin

• At the the proposed height, the upgrade would take place automatically.