# Run a Holesky node

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**Published on:** 2024-04-25
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Prerequisites Docker is installed and running. Git is installed. If using Windows, you should install Git BASH or WSL to use as your terminal. Steps Clone eth-docker Terminal window git clone https://github.com/eth-educators/eth-docker cd eth-docker Do the eth-docker quickstart config Complete the eth-docker quickstart. You will need to run the config command: Terminal window ./ethd config Make sure to enable Grafana dashboards. Expose RPC ports To expose the node’s RPC ports (for a Taiko node to make calls to it), you can append el-shared.yml to the list of files in the COMPOSE_FILE variable in your .env file: COMPOSE_FILE=lighthouse-cl-only.yml:geth.yml:el-shared.yml Keep in mind this is not encrypted, so you should not expose it to the internet. eth-docker offers a few other options that you can read about here. Enable archive node Also in the .env file, set the value ARCHIVE_NODE to true: ARCHIVE_NODE=true This is no longer required to run a Taiko node. Start Docker containers Terminal window ./ethd up Check your node is running properly You can visit the Grafana dashboard which should be running on localhost:3000 to verify if your node is running correctly. You should see the chain head increasing. Video tutorial See Run a Sepolia L1 archive node (YouTube), the only difference is you need to select Holesky testnet.

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