Updating the Testnet Infrastructure for ADAMANT

Introduction

The open-source project ADAMANT recently raised an important infrastructure task in Issue #148 on GitHub. As the project evolves, maintaining a robust testnet environment becomes critical. This article walks through the key motivations and provides a ready-to-use bootstrap image for developers and contributors.

Why the Testnet matters

A healthy testnet is the foundation of reliable blockchain development. In the issue description, the maintainers note:

“The ADAMANT testnet infrastructure needs to be updated and stabilized to support development, testing, and community contributions.”

They also emphasise that:

“Developers and contributors require easy access to test ADM coins and a straightforward way to bootstrap their nodes.”

These statements underscore two key points:

• Accessibility: New contributors should be able to spin up a node quickly without complex setup
• Stability: The test nodes must run reliably so that testing mirrors production-like conditions

What’s provided: Bootstrap image for ADM Testnet

To support easier onboarding, a snapshot of the testnet database has been made available for download:

Download link:

https://testnet.adamant.im/db_test_backup.sql.gz

Using this image, you can bootstrap a fresh node that’s already synced to the testnet state — significantly reducing the time to get started.

How to bootstrap your Testnet ADM node

Here is a suggested workflow to get your testnet node boostrapped after you installed it.

Download the bootstrap testnet database snapshot:

wget https://testnet.adamant.im/db_test_backup.sql.gz

Unzip the image:

gunzip db_test_backup.sql.gz

Finally load the image into the testnet node’s database:

psql adamant_test < db_test_backup.sql

Run tests

If you are contributing or validating features, run the unit tests and API tests against your node, as per the project’s guidelines.

Request Testnet ADM coins and access the app

You can request 3500 ADM on testnet using the same faucet as mainnet https://adamant.im/free-adm-tokens.

Access Testnet messenger app: https://dev-adamant-testnet.surge.sh — autobuild from dev branch.

Testnet explorer: https://testnet.adamant.im

Happy testing! 🚀

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