How to Run Robonomics Dev Node
For testing your applications on Robonomics you may want to run it in the dev mode. This article shows step-by-step instructions how to get your own local testing instance of Robonomics.
Get Node Binary
First, you need a binary file, download the archive with it from the latest release.
Navigate to the archive folder, unpack the binary and change permissions:
tar xf robonomics-2.4.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
chmod +x robonomics
Run
Run the node with:
./robonomics --dev
You will see the following output:

From Scratch
If you want to purge existing blocks you may do this with removing RocksDB at
Replace
/tmp/substrate******/chains/dev/db/full
.Replace
******
with a corresponding identifier displayed in logs on launch.If you want to start the node from scratch every time use --tmp
flag.
Connect
Now you can connect to your local node through the Polkadot Portal.
Change the network to Local Node
in the upper left corner and press Switch
.

Welcome to the local instance of Robonomics!

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