# Node installation guide

By [dolli](https://paragraph.com/@dolli) · 2023-03-28

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Server preparation
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    sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
    

    sudo apt install make clang pkg-config libssl-dev libclang-dev build-essential git curl ntp jq llvm tmux htop screen unzip cmake -y
    

Install go
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    cd $HOME
    wget -O go1.19.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz https://golang.org/dl/go1.19.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
    rm -rf /usr/local/go && tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.19.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz && rm go1.19.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
    echo 'export GOROOT=/usr/local/go' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
    echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
    echo 'export GO111MODULE=on' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
    echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin' >> $HOME/.bash_profile && . $HOME/.bash_profile
    go version
    

Install docker and docker-compose
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    sudo apt install docker.io -y
    git clone https://github.com/docker/compose
    cd compose
    latestTag=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/docker/compose/releases/latest | grep '.tag_name'|cut -d\" -f4)
    echo $latestTag
    git checkout $latestTag
    make
    cd ~
    sudo mv compose/bin/build/docker-compose /usr/bin/docker-compose
    chmod +x /usr/bin/docker-compose
    docker-compose version
    

Install a node
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    wget https://staging.dev.goracle.io/downloads/latest-staging/goracle
    sudo mv goracle /usr/bin
    sudo chmod u+x /usr/bin/goracle
    

Connect your pera wallet and prepare your phone. Make sure that you switch network to testnet on your phone and have tokens on your account and Participation key. You can use [this faucet if you need](https://bank.testnet.algorand.network/).

Start node
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    sudo goracle docker-start --background
    

Check you logs

    sudo docker logs goracle-nr -f --tail 100
    

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*Originally published on [dolli](https://paragraph.com/@dolli/node-installation-guide)*