# Relay node stuck on Starting **URL:** \ **Category:** Setup a Stake Pool\ **Created:** [4 October 2021 15:02 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008 "2021-10-04T15:02:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hatmpatn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Hatmpatn](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Hatmpatn)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 15:02 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/1 "2021-10-04T15:02:10Z")
Hello! I’ve browsed through the threads that experience this issue but have not been able to resolve it. I have one relay node that is acting up. It went down after a few days on Alonzo upgrade and has been stuck on Starting… since. I read somewhere about the db folder being corrupt. So i deleted the folder, and began syncing again. Its now been about 6-7 days on syncing(!!) and when I checked yesterday it was on epoch 282 and when checking the node again today I expected it to be fully synced but there we have it again; Starting… I have no clue on why this happens. Please I need help. ![Screenshot from 2021-10-04 16-47-52](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/cardano/original/3X/5/5/55fd519ea750aa5eb5759401cccad5b4e6002414.png) ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 16:03 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/2 "2021-10-04T16:03:41Z")
journalctl -e -f -u cardano-node Also did u downloaded the files for alonzo? ---
**Author:** ![Hatmpatn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Hatmpatn](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Hatmpatn)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 16:37 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/3 "2021-10-04T16:37:46Z")
I’m not sure I downloaded the files for Alonzo? What files are we talking about. Its weird, when I type “journalctl -e -f -u cardano-node” It just says: – Logs begin at Sun 2021-09-19 18:00:00 CEST. – And then a blinking dot under… ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 16:44 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/4 "2021-10-04T16:44:35Z")
are u using coincashew or cntools guide? if you are using coincashew guide, please download the files [https://hydra.iohk.io/build/7654130/download/1/index.html](https://hydra.iohk.io/build/7654130/download/1/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Hatmpatn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Hatmpatn](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Hatmpatn)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 17:07 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/5 "2021-10-04T17:07:57Z")
Im using CNtools. been upgrading the node with your guide here on the forum. But Im not sure what files I shouldve downloaded. ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 17:30 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/6 "2021-10-04T17:30:37Z")
alonzo file. .go to cd $CNODE\_HOME/files ls -l and share the output also try journalctl -e -f -u cnode ---
**Author:** ![Hatmpatn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Hatmpatn](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Hatmpatn)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 17:33 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/7 "2021-10-04T17:33:51Z")
> total 1092 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 hampus hampus 9459 sep 23 08:04 alonzo-genesis.json > -rwxr-xr-x 1 hampus hampus 1056360 mar 20 2021 byron-genesis.json > -rwxr-xr-x 1 hampus hampus 2558 sep 23 08:05 config.json > -rwxr-xr-x 1 hampus hampus 2394 mar 20 2021 config.json\_bkp1616266766 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 hampus hampus 2632 mar 20 2021 dbsync.json > -rwxr-xr-x 1 hampus hampus 2632 mar 20 2021 dbsync.json\_bkp1616266766 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 hampus hampus 2486 mar 20 2021 genesis.json > -rw-rw-r-- 1 hampus hampus 4422 sep 30 23:15 topology30.json > -rw-rw-r-- 1 hampus hampus 8756 okt 1 09:02 topology60.json > -rw-rw-r-- 1 hampus hampus 2513 sep 30 23:03 topologyDontknow.json > -rw-r–r-- 1 hampus hampus 2985 okt 2 07:02 topology.json The topology"Something" is just different kinds of topology files I tried to try and speed up the sync speed. The journalctl -e -f -u cnode worked! But its miles long. Ill share a textfile in a minute. ---
**Author:** ![Hatmpatn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Hatmpatn](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Hatmpatn)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 17:41 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/8 "2021-10-04T17:41:04Z")
Here is the .txt file, I had to rename it to .pdf to be able to upload ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 18:30 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/9 "2021-10-04T18:30:05Z")
you can copy here only the last lines from the last reload ---
**Author:** ![Hatmpatn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Hatmpatn](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Hatmpatn)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 18:50 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/10 "2021-10-04T18:50:49Z")
> okt 04 16:44:48 Relay2 systemd[1]: Started Cardano Node. > okt 04 16:44:48 Relay2 cnode[356003]: Guild scripts has now been upgraded to support cardano-node 1.30.1 or higher (1.27.0 found). > okt 04 16:44:48 Relay2 cnode[356003]: Please update cardano-node (note that you should ideally update your config too) or use tagged branches for older node version. > okt 04 16:44:48 Relay2 cnode[356003]: WARN: A prior running Cardano node was not cleanly shutdown, socket file still exists. Cleaning up. > okt 04 16:44:49 Relay2 cnode[356061]: Listening on [http://127.0.0.1:12798](http://127.0.0.1:12798) > okt 04 18:24:52 Relay2 systemd[1]: Stopping Cardano Node… > okt 04 18:24:52 Relay2 cnode[356061]: Shutting down… > okt 04 18:24:52 Relay2 systemd[1]: cnode.service: Succeeded. > okt 04 18:24:52 Relay2 systemd[1]: Stopped Cardano Node. > okt 04 19:47:48 Relay2 systemd[1]: Started Cardano Node. > okt 04 19:47:49 Relay2 cnode[480438]: Guild scripts has now been upgraded to support cardano-node 1.30.1 or higher (1.27.0 found). > okt 04 19:47:49 Relay2 cnode[480438]: Please update cardano-node (note that you should ideally update your config too) or use tagged branches for older node version. > okt 04 19:47:49 Relay2 cnode[480438]: WARN: A prior running Cardano node was not cleanly shutdown, socket file still exists. Cleaning up. > okt 04 19:47:49 Relay2 cnode[480497]: Listening on [http://127.0.0.1:12798](http://127.0.0.1:12798) ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 18:57 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/11 "2021-10-04T18:57:26Z")
> [@Hatmpatn](#): > > cnode[480438]: Guild scripts has now been upgraded to support cardano-node 1.30.1 or higher (1.27.0 found). Type cardano-node - -version which cardano-node go to cd $CNODE\_HOME/files ls -l and share the output ---
**Author:** ![Hatmpatn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Hatmpatn](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Hatmpatn)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 19:12 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/12 "2021-10-04T19:12:56Z")
> /opt/cardano/cnode/scripts$ cardano-node --version > cardano-node 1.30.1 - linux-x86\_64 - ghc-8.10 > git rev 0fb43f4e3da8b225f4f86557aed90a183981a64f > /opt/cardano/cnode/files$ ls -l > total 1092 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 hampus hampus 9459 sep 23 08:04 alonzo-genesis.json > -rwxr-xr-x 1 hampus hampus 1056360 mar 20 2021 byron-genesis.json > -rwxr-xr-x 1 hampus hampus 2558 sep 23 08:05 config.json > -rwxr-xr-x 1 hampus hampus 2394 mar 20 2021 config.json\_bkp1616266766 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 hampus hampus 2632 mar 20 2021 dbsync.json > -rwxr-xr-x 1 hampus hampus 2632 mar 20 2021 dbsync.json\_bkp1616266766 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 hampus hampus 2486 mar 20 2021 genesis.json > -rw-rw-r-- 1 hampus hampus 4422 sep 30 23:15 topology30.json > -rw-rw-r-- 1 hampus hampus 8756 okt 1 09:02 topology60.json > -rw-rw-r-- 1 hampus hampus 2513 sep 30 23:03 topologyDontknow.json > -rw-r–r-- 1 hampus hampus 2985 okt 2 07:02 topology.json Thanks for the help so far Alex! ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 19:35 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/13 "2021-10-04T19:35:31Z")
cd /usr/local/bin ls -l and nano ${HOME}/.bashrc" - show me the last lines, with export ones ---
**Author:** ![Hatmpatn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Hatmpatn](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Hatmpatn)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 19:38 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/14 "2021-10-04T19:38:55Z")
> /usr/local/bin$ ls -l > total 256128 > -rwxrwxr-x 1 hampus hampus 84966200 mar 20 2021 cabal > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 82457208 maj 29 10:47 cardano-cli > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 94844960 maj 29 10:47 cardano-node > export CNODE\_HOME=/opt/cardano/cnode > [-f “/home/hampus/.ghcup/env”] && source “/home/hampus/.ghcup/env” # ghcup-env ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 19:46 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/15 "2021-10-04T19:46:12Z")
perfect, now go to cd /usr/local/bin sudo rm -R cardano-node sudo rm -R cardano-cli now run ```auto . "${HOME}/.bashrc" ``` Now restart the node sudo systemctl restart cnode Check with journal … journalctl -e -f -u cnode Type top and check the CPU (should be ~100%) Start glive Also the new version will use more than 8G… how much RAM has the server? ---
**Author:** ![Hatmpatn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Hatmpatn](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Hatmpatn)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 19:55 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/16 "2021-10-04T19:55:43Z")
Now its syncing again! Its on epoch 290 and syncing. I think it works now! Thank you so much Alex. What was it that I had done wrong to cause this issue? ---
**Author:** ![Alexd1985](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/alexd1985/32/23759_2.png) [@Alexd1985](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Alexd1985)\ **Post date:** [4 October 2021 20:01 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/relay-node-stuck-on-starting/78008/17 "2021-10-04T20:01:42Z")
Before cntools u used another guide … and perhaps u missed also to run the command ```auto . "${HOME}/.bashrc" ```