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# Operating Your Node

> Guide to operating and maintaining your Story node

## **1. Setting Up a Geth Archive Node**

To run a Geth archive node, use `--gcmode=archive` instead of `--gcmode=full`. This ensures that Geth retains all historical blockchain state data, making it ideal for indexing services and blockchain analytics.

* `--syncmode=full`: Ensures a complete blockchain sync.
* `--gcmode=archive`: Retains full historical state data without pruning.

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## **2. Enabling RPC (HTTP) and WebSocket in Geth**

### **HTTP (RPC) Options**

| Option                                        | Description                                                       |
| --------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--http`                                      | Enables the HTTP-RPC server.                                      |
| `--http.addr=0.0.0.0`                         | Binds the HTTP server to all network interfaces.                  |
| `--http.port=8545`                            | Sets the HTTP-RPC port (default: 8545).                           |
| `--http.vhosts=*`                             | Allows requests from any domain (use with caution in production). |
| `--http.api=web3,eth,txpool,net,engine,debug` | Specifies the available APIs for HTTP requests.                   |

### **WebSocket (WS) Options**

| Option                                      | Description                                                                    |
| ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `--ws`                                      | Enables the WebSocket server.                                                  |
| `--ws.addr=0.0.0.0`                         | Binds the WebSocket server to all network interfaces.                          |
| `--ws.port=8546`                            | Sets the WebSocket port (default: 8546).                                       |
| `--ws.origins=*`                            | Allows WebSocket connections from any domain (use with caution in production). |
| `--ws.api=web3,eth,txpool,net,engine,debug` | Specifies the available APIs for WebSocket connections.                        |

These configurations ensure external applications can interact with the Geth node using both HTTP-RPC and WebSocket.

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## **3. Monitoring Geth and Story Protocol**

### **Geth Monitoring Configuration**

* `--metrics`: Enables Prometheus-compatible metrics for Geth.
* `--metrics.addr=0.0.0.0`: Binds the metrics server to all interfaces.
* `--metrics.port=6060`: Exposes metrics on port `6060`.

### **Story Protocol Monitoring**

* Modify `config.toml` and set:
  ```toml theme={null}
  prometheus = true
  ```
* The default Prometheus metrics port for Story Protocol is `26660`.

With these settings, both Geth and Story Protocol expose monitoring metrics that can be collected using Prometheus and visualized with Grafana.