Steps to set up a local node on Celo using Docker

celo-local-node

Setup the local node

mkdir celo-node
cd celo-node
export CELO_IMAGE=us.gcr.io/celo-org/geth:alfajores
docker pull $CELO_IMAGE
docker run --name celo-node \
-it \
--restart always \
--stop-timeout 300 \
-p 127.0.0.1:8545:8545 \
-v $PWD:/root/.celo $CELO_IMAGE \
--verbosity 3 \
--syncmode lightest \
--http \
--http.addr 0.0.0.0 \
--http.api eth,net,web3,debug,admin,personal \
--alfajores \
--light.serve 0 \
--datadir /root/.celo \
--allow-insecure-unlock

Create an account with the local node

docker run -v $PWD:/root/.celo --rm -it $CELO_IMAGE account new