Snapchain-GCP

This repo has config for deploying a snapchain read node to GCP with kubernetes and terraform. This is in development and more updates will follow to run a full node and participate in the network.

The configuration comes from the [instructions]https://github.com/farcasterxyz/snapchain?tab=readme-ov-file#running-a-node) to run a node.

Outputs

• VPC
• Firewall
• K8s Cluster
• K8s Deployment running snapchain node
• Persistent disk storage for snapchain rocks db
• K8s Service and IP address for snapchain HTTP & RPC (3381 & 3383)
• K8s Service and IP address for snapchain gossip (3382)
• GCP DNS Zone & DNS Record (optional)

Steps to Deploy

Prerequisites

1. Have a Google Cloud account
2. Have a Terraform account
3. Own a top level domain name (optional)

Setup / Config

1. Create a Terraform workspace
2. Update terraform/backend.tf with your Terraform org and workspace
3. Authenticate Terraform with GCP (guide)
4. Create terraform.tfvars and fill in the values from example.terraform.tfvars
5. Run cd terraform & terraform init

Deploying

1. Ensure the config in snapchain-config.tf is correct (current config comes from farcasterxyz/snapchain/docker-compose.read.yml)
2. Run cd terraform & terraform apply

DNS (optional)

Once finished, point your top level domain to the NameServers of DNS zone created.