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I am trying to set up a private cluster of Solana, after executing ./multinode-demo/bootstrap-validator.sh, it's running and running without stop..., while i am waiting, I tried to start another validator by running ./multinode-demo/validator-x.sh on the same machine. but the gossip service discovery result depends on implicit and explicit public IP address for entrypoint: if I run ./multinode-demo/validator-x.sh the response will be discovering failed as follows: with explicit host IP address

but if i execute only ./multinode-demo/validator-x.sh, without any IP address specified, the response will be successful discovery as follows: without host IP address, means implicit local address

Anyone can tell me what I missed or the root cause of this? Thanks a lot.

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  • correct the first case/screenshot: ./multinode-demo/validator-x.sh <host ip addr>
    – Cryptorizon
    Commented Jul 31, 2022 at 1:38
  • I know the answer and solved it. the cause is my cloud server does not allow port 8000-10000 open by default.
    – Cryptorizon
    Commented Aug 2, 2022 at 21:56

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check if the port 8000-10000 are open(allow access through) of the bootstrap validator server(the host ip addr).

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  • elaborate this answer by explaining how you discovered that the ports were not open so others can identify this issue if they experience it
    – trent.sol
    Commented Aug 4, 2022 at 5:57
  • ok, compared to correct discovery result for the case of no ip addr specified, the incorrect output for explicitly providing ip addr confused me for several days. In despair, I decided went through documentation carefully, at validating section (docs.solana.com/running-validator/validator-reqs#required), I suddenly realized I was not sure if those ports are open or not although no any log info mentioned that. then I checked my cloud server and added some security rules to explicitly open them in case they are closed by default and it worked. So good documentation is very important. :-)
    – Cryptorizon
    Commented Aug 5, 2022 at 13:34

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