Indexing101 Overview

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Overview

Free and open-source lessons to build the skills required to get started as an indexer.

Release schedule

Every other Indexer Office Hours throughout Q2 and Q3 of 2023.

Syllabus

Unit	Lesson	Title	Topics
1	1	Introduction to Linux	Command line basics, git, user management, systemd, firewalls, port management
1	2	Getting started with Ethereum clients	Nethermind and Erigon on systemd, Hardware factors to consider
1	3	Lab 1: Sync a blockchain node	Sync an RPC node with systemd: Gnosis, Nethermind on a Hetzner server
2	1	Intro to indexer operations	Wallets (hot vs cold, indexer vs operator), Multisigs, Faucets, Network Registration
2	2	Getting started with containers	Docker, docker-compose, Kubernetes (briefly), Helm (briefly)
2	3	Lab 2: Configure your indexing stack	Deploy The Graph indexing stack and connect to your Gnosis RPC node
3	1	Indexing strategy and Allocation Management	Overview of how to find and allocate to subgraphs
3	2	Monitoring and Troubleshooting	Grafana, Dashboards, Troubleshooting
3	3	Lab 3: Index and allocate on a subgraph	Index and allocate on a Gnosis subgraph
4	1	What's next?	Mainnet, Multiple subgraphs, Kubernetes, Multi-chain

• a lesson-specific source code repository containing relevant commands and instructions on GitHub
• a video walk-through shared on YouTube
• a live virtual workshop hosted in The Graph's Discord server as part of Indexer Office Hours
• lesson maintenance and learner technical support via Github and Discord, respectively