NEAR CLI and staking pool setup

near-validator-cli-setup.sh

# Update packages
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

# Install nodejs
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash -  
sudo apt install build-essential nodejs
PATH="$PATH"

# Install NEAR CLI
sudo npm i -g near-cli

# Log into the CLI for Shardnet. Follow the instructions.
export NEAR_ENV=shardnet
near login

# Deploy your staking pool. Say our account ID is validatoor.stakenet.near,
# then set the staking_pool_id as validatoor.
# The staking pool gets an address validatoor.factory.stakenet.near
near call factory.shardnet.near create_staking_pool \
  '{"staking_pool_id": "<pool id>", "owner_id": "<accountId>", "stake_public_key": "<public key>", "reward_fee_fraction": {"numerator": 5, "denominator": 100}, "code_hash":"DD428g9eqLL8fWUxv8QSpVFzyHi1Qd16P8ephYCTmMSZ"}' \
  --accountId="<accountId>" --amount=30 --gas=300000000000000

# We need to stake NEAR to match the seat price. To stake-
near call <staking_pool_id> deposit_and_stake \
  --amount <amount> --accountId <accountId> --gas=300000000000000

# The staking contract must be pinged every epoch so as
# to not get kicked. Create a cron job to ping periodically
crontab -e # Opens Cron config
# Paste `0 */2 * * * NEAR_ENV=shardnet near call <staking_pool_id> ping '{}' --accountId <accountId> --gas=300000000000000 > ping_tx.txt`
# to ping every two hours