Unified deployment for the validator node

[markblaize]

Project Abstract

The core goal is to provide production-ready deployment for the Polkadot validator node and update Polkadot Validator Setup repository with up-to-date scripts

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[alxs]

Thanks for the application @markblaize! Could you please sign the CLA above containing our Terms and Conditions? Note that since @siexp made the commit, he'll also need to sign it.

Do you have any experience using the polkadot-validator-setup repo yourself? The issues you list are very old (up to 3 years) and I wonder if they really are the most pressing features you'd want to implement when picking this up again. It might make sense to wait with these, and also to break up the milestone into smaller ones so you get some feedback along the way and more regular payments.

[markblaize]

Thanks for the application @markblaize! Could you please sign the CLA above containing our Terms and Conditions? Note that since @siexp made the commit, he'll also need to sign it. Sorry, little mess up with ssh keys, signed with the correct account.

Hi @alxs,

Do you have any experience using the polkadot-validator-setup repo yourself? The issues you list are very old (up to 3 years) and I wonder if they really are the most pressing features you'd want to implement when picking this up again.

Yes, that's why we want to update it. The main goal is not to fix mentioned issues, but to rework deployment so node infrastructure is maintained properly. At the current state, scripts from polkadot-validator-setup are outdated and don't work. Issues are mentioned because we will fix them in the scope of terrform deployment updates.

It might make sense to wait with these, and also to break up the milestone into smaller ones so you get some feedback along the way and more regular payments.

Let me review the roadmap if we could make changes more granular

[muddlebee]

At the current state, scripts from polkadot-validator-setup are outdated and don't work.

it works, I set it up few months back using the scripts https://github.com/w3f/polkadot-validator-setup

alternative ansible bundle - https://github.com/polkachu/substrate-validator monitoring grafana - https://github.com/polkachu/server-monitoring polkachu got web3 grants.

also here's an extensive list of devops projects maintained actively by parity https://forum.polkadot.network/t/infrastructure-devops-resources/1016

IMO I don't see any special need for a new project for the points mentioned.. most of it has been catered in the parity repo's above.