Advanced Configuration and Monitoring Guide

This guide covers advanced configuration options and comprehensive monitoring setup for Sei nodes. We'll explore performance tuning, monitoring infrastructure, and alerting systems.

Performance Tuning

Memory Management

The following settings optimize memory usage and disk I/O patterns. Add these configurations to /etc/sysctl.conf:

# Minimize swapping
vm.swappiness = 1
 
# Control disk write behavior
vm.dirty_background_ratio = 3
vm.dirty_ratio = 10
vm.dirty_expire_centisecs = 300
vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs = 100

Apply the changes:

sudo sysctl -p

Network Stack Optimization

These settings improve network performance. Add to /etc/sysctl.conf:

# Increase connection handling capacity
net.core.somaxconn = 32768
net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 32768
net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 16384
 
# Optimize buffer sizes
net.core.rmem_max = 16777216
net.core.wmem_max = 16777216
net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 87380 16777216
net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 87380 16777216

Storage Configuration

For NVMe drives, optimize I/O scheduling:

Storage Optimization Commands

# Set IO scheduler
echo "none" > /sys/block/nvme0n1/queue/scheduler
 
# Set read-ahead buffer
blockdev --setra 4096 /dev/nvme0n1
 
# Set IO priority in systemd service
sudo tee -a /etc/systemd/system/seid.service << EOF
[Service]
IOSchedulingClass=realtime
IOSchedulingPriority=2
EOF
 
# Configure disk mount options
sudo tee -a /etc/fstab << EOF
/dev/nvme0n1p1 /data ext4 defaults,noatime,nosuid,nodev,noexec,commit=60 0 0
EOF

Monitoring Setup

Prometheus Configuration

First, install Prometheus:

wget https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/download/v2.42.0/prometheus-2.42.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xvf prometheus-2.42.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Create the Prometheus configuration:

global:
  scrape_interval: 15s
  evaluation_interval: 15s
 
scrape_configs:
  - job_name: 'sei_node'
    static_configs:
      - targets: ['localhost:26660']
    metrics_path: /metrics

Grafana Dashboard Setup

Install and configure Grafana:

sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://packages.grafana.com/oss/deb stable main"
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install grafana

Sample Grafana Dashboard JSON

{
  "annotations": {
    "list": [
      {
        "builtIn": 1,
        "datasource": "-- Grafana --",
        "enable": true,
        "hide": true,
        "iconColor": "rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)",
        "name": "Annotations & Alerts",
        "type": "dashboard"
      }
    ]
  },
  "editable": true,
  "gnetId": null,
  "graphTooltip": 0,
  "id": 1,
  "links": [],
  "panels": [
    {
      "alerting": {},
      "aliasColors": {},
      "bars": false,
      "dashLength": 10,
      "dashes": false,
      "datasource": null,
      "fieldConfig": {
        "defaults": {
          "custom": {}
        },
        "overrides": []
      },
      "fill": 1,
      "fillGradient": 0,
      "gridPos": {
        "h": 8,
        "w": 12,
        "x": 0,
        "y": 0
      },
      "hiddenSeries": false,
      "id": 2,
      "legend": {
        "avg": false,
        "current": false,
        "max": false,
        "min": false,
        "show": true,
        "total": false,
        "values": false
      },
      "lines": true,
      "linewidth": 1,
      "nullPointMode": "null",
      "options": {
        "alertThreshold": true
      },
      "percentage": false,
      "pluginVersion": "7.2.0",
      "pointradius": 2,
      "points": false,
      "renderer": "flot",
      "seriesOverrides": [],
      "spaceLength": 10,
      "stack": false,
      "steppedLine": false,
      "targets": [
        {
          "expr": "tendermint_consensus_height",
          "interval": "",
          "legendFormat": "",
          "refId": "A"
        }
      ],
      "thresholds": [],
      "timeRegions": [],
      "title": "Block Height",
      "tooltip": {
        "shared": true,
        "sort": 0,
        "value_type": "individual"
      },
      "type": "graph",
      "xaxis": {
        "buckets": null,
        "mode": "time",
        "name": null,
        "show": true,
        "values": []
      },
      "yaxes": [
        {
          "format": "short",
          "label": null,
          "logBase": 1,
          "max": null,
          "min": null,
          "show": true
        },
        {
          "format": "short",
          "label": null,
          "logBase": 1,
          "max": null,
          "min": null,
          "show": true
        }
      ],
      "yaxis": {
        "align": false,
        "alignLevel": null
      }
    }
  ],
  "schemaVersion": 26,
  "style": "dark",
  "tags": [],
  "templating": {
    "list": []
  },
  "time": {
    "from": "now-6h",
    "to": "now"
  },
  "timepicker": {},
  "timezone": "",
  "title": "Sei Node Metrics",
  "uid": "sei_metrics",
  "version": 1
}

Alert Configuration

Set up alerting using Alertmanager:

wget https://github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/releases/download/v0.25.0/alertmanager-0.25.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xvf alertmanager-0.25.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Create alert rules:

groups:
  - name: sei_alerts
    rules:
      - alert: NodeDown
        expr: up == 0
        for: 5m
        labels:
          severity: critical
        annotations:
          summary: 'Node {{ $labels.instance }} down'
 
      - alert: BlockProductionSlow
        expr: rate(tendermint_consensus_height[5m]) < 0.1
        for: 5m
        labels:
          severity: warning
        annotations:
          summary: 'Block production is slow on {{ $labels.instance }}'

Log Management

Loki Setup

Install and configure Loki for log aggregation:

wget https://github.com/grafana/loki/releases/download/v2.8.0/loki-linux-amd64.zip
unzip loki-linux-amd64.zip

Configure Promtail to ship logs:

server:
  http_listen_port: 9080
 
positions:
  filename: /tmp/positions.yaml
 
clients:
  - url: http://localhost:3100/loki/api/v1/push
 
scrape_configs:
  - job_name: sei_logs
    static_configs:
      - targets:
          - localhost
        labels:
          job: seid_logs
          __path__: /var/log/seid/*.log

Log Rotation

Configure logrotate to manage log files:

sudo tee /etc/logrotate.d/sei << EOF
/var/log/sei/*.log {
    daily
    rotate 14
    compress
    delaycompress
    notifempty
    create 0640 sei sei
    sharedscripts
    postrotate
        systemctl reload seid
    endscript
}
EOF

Advanced Security Configuration

Network Security

Configure UFW firewall rules:

sudo ufw default deny incoming
sudo ufw default allow outgoing
sudo ufw allow 26656/tcp comment 'Sei P2P'
sudo ufw allow 26657/tcp comment 'Sei RPC'
sudo ufw allow 9090/tcp comment 'Sei gRPC'
sudo ufw enable

Rate Limiting

Configure nginx as a reverse proxy with rate limiting:

http {
    limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=sei_rpc:10m rate=10r/s;
 
    server {
        listen 26657;
        location / {
            limit_req zone=sei_rpc burst=20 nodelay;
            proxy_pass http://localhost:26657;
        }
    }
}

Backup and Recovery

Automated Backup Script

Create a comprehensive backup script:

Backup Script

#!/bin/bash
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/sei"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d)
NODE_HOME="/root/.sei"
 
# Create backup directory
mkdir -p $BACKUP_DIR
 
# Stop service
systemctl stop seid
 
# Backup configuration
tar czf $BACKUP_DIR/sei-config-$DATE.tar.gz $NODE_HOME/config
 
# Backup data directory
tar czf $BACKUP_DIR/sei-data-$DATE.tar.gz $NODE_HOME/data
 
# Backup key files
tar czf $BACKUP_DIR/sei-keys-$DATE.tar.gz $NODE_HOME/keyring-file
 
# Start service
systemctl start seid
 
# Remove backups older than 7 days
find $BACKUP_DIR -type f -mtime +7 -name '*.tar.gz' -delete
 
# Log backup completion
echo "Backup completed successfully on $(date)" >> $BACKUP_DIR/backup.log

Performance Monitoring

Resource Usage Tracking

Install and configure node_exporter:

wget https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases/download/v1.5.0/node_exporter-1.5.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xvf node_exporter-1.5.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Add to Prometheus configuration:

scrape_configs:
  - job_name: 'node'
    static_configs:
      - targets: ['localhost:9100']

Performance Benchmarking

Create a benchmark script to test node performance:

Benchmark Script

#!/bin/bash
# Test RPC endpoint response time
curl -s -w "\nResponse time: %{time_total}s\n" -o /dev/null http://localhost:26657/status
 
# Test P2P connectivity
seid net_info | jq '.result.n_peers'
 
# Test transaction processing
seid tx bank send \
    $(seid keys show -a test1) \
    $(seid keys show -a test2) \
    1000000usei \
    --chain-id $CHAIN_ID \
    --fees 5000usei \
    -y

This guide provides advanced configuration options and monitoring setup instructions. For specific customizations or additional metrics, consult the Sei technical communities in Telegram (opens in a new tab) or Discord (opens in a new tab).

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