**WORK IN PROGRESS - instructions only work for 24.3.0 onwards (and the former 24.2.0-RC4 which is still going through testing RC)**
Step by Step Guide
IMPORTANT: we strongly recommend reading the rest of this documentation before running these commands because your node’s configuration may require changes to these commands…
(Targeting 24.2.0 release, but currently you must be on 24.2.0-RC4 or the besu main
branch for this to work)
Update besu config to add
--Xbonsai-limit-trie-logs-enabled
but don’t restart yetStop besu
(optional) Run:
sudo /usr/local/bin/besu/bin/besu --data-storage-format=BONSAI --data-path=/var/lib/besu --sync-mode=X_SNAP storage x-trie-log prune
Start besu (remembering to run
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
if you use a systemd service file as per CoinCashew and Somer)Look out for
Limit trie logs enabled: retention: 512; prune window: 30000
in your besu config printout during startupEnjoy more GBs
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