MacOS

Tools

Bash V5

Bash is the default command line interpreter for many Unix-based operating systems, including macOS. However MacOS, by default, comes with an older version of Bash (version 3.2.57) due to licensing reasons. Bash V5 is the latest major version and offers numerous improvements and features compared to previous versions. In KIRA, some commands used in scripts might require Bash V5 to properly execute.

Bash

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# Install Bash V5
brew install bash

# Add Bash V5 to the list of acceptable shells
echo "/usr/local/bin/bash" | sudo tee -a /etc/shells

# Change your default shell to Bash V5
chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash

# Restart your terminal and check version
echo $BASH_VERSION

Cosign

Cosign is a digital signature utility that is used to verify the authenticity and integrity of a file. When a file is signed with a digital signature, it provides a way to verify that the file has not been tampered with, and also to verify the identity of the person or entity who signed the file. It is used in Kira to sign and verify the authenticity of data, such as proprietary tools, binaries and scripts.

Bash

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# Install essential dependencies
brew install wget

# Download Cosign
COSIGN_VERSION="v2.0.0" && \
MAC_AGENT="Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/92.0.4515.131 Safari/537.36" && \
if [[ "$(uname -m)" == *"ar"* ]] ; then ARCH="arm64"; else ARCH="amd64" ; fi && \
 cd /tmp && PLATFORM=$(uname) && declare -l FILE="cosign-${PLATFORM}-${ARCH}" && rm -rfv ./$FILE ./${FILE}.sig && \
 wget --user-agent="$MAC_AGENT" https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/releases/download/${COSIGN_VERSION}/$FILE -O ./$FILE && \
 wget --user-agent="$MAC_AGENT" https://github.com/sigstore/cosign/releases/download/${COSIGN_VERSION}/${FILE}.sig -O ./${FILE}.sig

# If you do NOT have cosign installed already you should check that the "$FILE" has one of the below hashes 
# Hashes are only for the 'mac' platform, for other platforms please refer to the github repository
COSIGN_HASH_ARM="9d7821e1c05da4b07513729cb00d1070c9a95332c66d90fa593ed77d8c72ca2a" && \
COSIGN_HASH_AMD="d2c8fc0edb42a1e9745da1c43a2928cee044f3b8a1b8df64088a384c7e6f5b5d" && \
FILE_HASH=$(shasum -a 256 ./$FILE | awk '{ print $1 }' | xargs || echo -n "") && \
if [ "$FILE_HASH" != "$COSIGN_HASH_ARM" ] && [ "$FILE_HASH" != "$COSIGN_HASH_AMD" ] ; then
    echo "ERROR: Failed to download cosign tool, expected checksum to be '$COSIGN_HASH_ARM' or '$COSIGN_HASH_AMD', but got '$FILE_HASH'"
    exit 1
else
    echo "Cosign tool downloaded successfully."
fi

# Save cosign public key
cat > ./sigstore-cosign.pub << EOL
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAEhyQCx0E9wQWSFI9ULGwy3BuRklnt
IqozONbbdbqz11hlRJy9c7SG+hdcFl9jE9uE/dwtuwU2MqU9T/cN0YkWww==
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
EOL

# Verify cosign release
cosign verify-blob --key="./sigstore-cosign.pub" --signature="./${FILE}.sig"  "./$FILE"

# Move cosign to bin directory
chmod +x ./$FILE && mv -fv ./$FILE /usr/local/bin/cosign 

# Check cosign version
cosign version

Add KIRA’s public key

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# Save KIRA public key allowing to verify signed releases
KIRA_COSIGN_PUB="$HOME/keys/kira-cosign.pub" && mkdir -p $HOME/keys && \
 cat > $KIRA_COSIGN_PUB << EOL
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAE/IrzBQYeMwvKa44/DF/HB7XDpnE+
f+mU9F/Qbfq25bBWV2+NlYMJv3KvKHNtu3Jknt6yizZjUV4b8WGfKBzFYw==
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
EOL

# Add key to env
echo "export KIRA_COSIGN_PUB=\"$KIRA_COSIGN_PUB\"" >> /etc/profile

Bash-utils

https://github.com/KiraCore/tools/releases​

The prerequisite to install BU is COSIGN tool that will guarantee the integrity of the files and Bash V5 for better compatibility. They MUST be installed and KIRA’s public key added before proceeding.

Unfortunately, certain commands within the bash-utils tool may not behave properly on macOS due to slight variations in command behavior, such as the 'sed' command, which exhibit differences between Mac and Linux platforms.

Bash-utils is a collection of utility functions and aliases for Bash shell scripts. It provides various functions for managing environment variables, displaying information, and handling errors. Bash-utils is used in KIRA to streamline and simplify the process of executing various tasks within the network.

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sudo -s && . /etc/profile

TOOLS_VERSION="v0.3.46" && FILE_NAME="bash-utils.sh" && \
if [ -z "$KIRA_COSIGN_PUB" ] ; then
  echo "ERROR: KIRA_COSIGN_PUB variable is not set. Please refer to cosign installation to add KIRA's public key path as variable."
  exit
fi && \
wget "https://github.com/KiraCore/tools/releases/download/$TOOLS_VERSION/${FILE_NAME}" -O ./$FILE_NAME && \
wget "https://github.com/KiraCore/tools/releases/download/$TOOLS_VERSION/${FILE_NAME}.sig" -O ./${FILE_NAME}.sig && \
cosign verify-blob --key="$KIRA_COSIGN_PUB" --signature=./${FILE_NAME}.sig ./$FILE_NAME && \
chmod -v 555 ./$FILE_NAME && ./$FILE_NAME bashUtilsSetup "/var/kiraglob" && . /etc/profile && \
echo "Installed bash-utils $(bash-utils bashUtilsVersion)"

Dependencies

Golang

Install Go

$GOBIN is required as environment variable for building SEKAI

setGlobEnv and setGlobPath are amongst the commands that do not behave properly. Consider adding/editing the environment variable manually.

Bash

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# Install Go 
brew install go

# Assume root permissions 
sudo -s

# Set environment variables (manually)
goVersion=$(go version | awk '{print $3}' | cut -c 3-) && \
GOROOT="/usr/local/Cellar/go/$goVersion" && \
GOBIN="$GOROOT/bin" && \
GOPATH="$HOME/go" && \
PATH="$GOBIN:$GOPATH:$PATH"

# Add variables to /etc/profile
echo "export GOROOT=\"$GOROOT\"" >> /etc/profile
echo "export GOBIN=\"$GOBIN\"" >> /etc/profile
echo "export GOPATH=\"$GOPATH\"" >> /etc/profile
echo "export PATH=\"$PATH\"" >> /etc/profile

Others

Bash

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jq

SEKAI installation

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Login as admin & load environment variables. Using bash shell and sourcing /etc/profile is necessary.

Bash

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# Assume sudo 
sudo -s && . /etc/profile

Set desired SEKAI release version and binaries repo (requires bash-utils).

Bash

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setGlobEnv SEKAI_VERSION "v0.3.20" && \
setGlobEnv SEKAI_REPO "$HOME/sekai" && \
loadGlobEnvs

Clone repo and install

Alternative installation processes

Using Binaries

Unfortunately, it is not possible to install .deb packages on MacOS as of now.

Using Kira Manager

For a detailed KM setup walkthrough, visit testnet.kira.network.