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Chainstack is a control plane (management panel) for deploying and managing blockchain nodes on your own infrastructure. Chainstack Self-Hosted allows you to run blockchain nodes on your hardware or in the cloud, maintaining full control over data and infrastructure while using a convenient web interface to automate routine tasks.

Chainstack. Key Features

  • Full Control Run nodes on your own servers: on-premises, private cloud, dedicated servers.
  • Simple Deployment Install nodes via an intuitive web interface without manual configuration.
  • Enterprise Architecture Built on Kubernetes for reliability and scalability.
  • Protocol Support In beta: Ethereum Mainnet (Reth + Prysm), Sepolia, Hoodi.
  • Monitoring Performance metrics, alerts, and real-time observability.

Deployment Features

ID Name of Software Compatible OS VM BM VGPU GPU Min CPU (Cores) Min RAM (Gb) Min HDD/SDD (Gb) Active
567 Chainstack Ubuntu 22.04 + + + + 8 32 300 ORDER
  • Installed Software:
    • Kubernetes (k3s)
    • Helm
    • yq

The web interface will be available at the URL: https:chainstack{Server_ID_from_Invapi}.hostkey.in.

Note

Unless otherwise specified, by default we install the latest release version of the software from the developer's website or operating system repositories.

Getting Started After Deploying Chainstack

After payment for the order, a notification about the server readiness will be sent to the email address specified during registration. It will contain the VPS IP address, as well as the login and password for connection. Our company's clients manage equipment in the server control panel and APIInvapi.

Authorization data can be found either in the Info >> Tags tab of the server control panel or in the sent email:

  • Link to access the Сhainstack management web interface: in the tag webpanel;

Accessing Web Interface

After following the link from the tag webpanel, the authorization window will open.

  • Login: admin;
  • Password: The server password is created during the panel installation process.

To find your password, perform the following steps:

  • Connect to the server via SSH:

    ssh root@<server_ip>
    
    - Execute the command:

    yq '.cp-auth.env.CP_AUTH_BOOTSTRAP_PASSWORD' /root/.config/cp-suite/values/cp-control-panel-*.yaml
    
    Copy the output, enter it in the Password field, and click Log in.

You will be redirected to the main panel dashboard.

Note

Password is also contained in file /root/chainstack_admin_credentials.txt

Changing the Administrator Password

The password is changed in the Settings menu.

Enter the new password, repeat it, and click Save Changes.

Deploying Node

To deploy a node, go to the Nodes menu and click the Create node button.

In the window that opens, select Protocol and Configuration, check the parameters in the Summary window, and click Create Node. The node will be created in approximately 10 minutes.

Note

Detailed information about the main Chainstack settings is available in the developer documentation.

Ordering Chainstack via API

To install this software using the API, follow these instructions.


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