Nimbus Execution

This package provides the Nimbus Ethereum execution client (Nimbus-eth1), packaged for Ethereum on ARM.

Services

This package installs systemd services for various networks and a proxy service. The services are disabled by default.

  • nimbus-execution.service (Mainnet)

  • nimbus-execution-sepolia.service (Sepolia Testnet)

  • nimbus-execution-hoodi.service (Hoodi Testnet)

  • nimbus-proxy.service (JSON-RPC Proxy)

To enable a service, run:

sudo systemctl enable –now <service_name>

Configuration

Configuration arguments are defined in environment files located in /etc/ethereum/.

  • Mainnet: /etc/ethereum/nimbus-execution.conf

  • Sepolia: /etc/ethereum/nimbus-execution-sepolia.conf

  • Hoodi: /etc/ethereum/nimbus-execution-hoodi.conf

  • Proxy: /etc/ethereum/nimbus-proxy.conf

You can edit these files to customize the generic arguments passed to the Nimbus binary.

Data Directories

By default, this package stores data in the ethereum user’s home directory:

  • /home/ethereum/.nimbus-execution (Mainnet)

  • /home/ethereum/.nimbus-execution-sepolia (Sepolia Testnet)

  • /home/ethereum/.nimbus-execution-hoodi (Hoodi Testnet)

User and Group

All services run as the ethereum user and group.

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