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Run node

geth --syncmode light --rpc --rpcapi db,eth,net,web3 --rpcaddr "0.0.0.0" --rpcport "8545"

Setup geth as a service

Create geth.service in /etc/systemd/system

Contents

[Unit]
Description=Ethereum go client

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=geth --syncmode light --rpc --rpcapi db,eth,net,web3 --rpcaddr "0.0.0.0" --rpcport "8545"

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Run following commands to run geth as a systemd service

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable geth.service
systemctl start geth.service

Validate (on server)

netstat -plnt

Make sure Foreign Address allows :::*

RPC

curl http://207.154.217.157:8545 -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1}'

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