# Setting up Holograph Operator

**Published by:** [Karl](https://paragraph.com/@ifomoeverytime/)
**Published on:** 2023-05-02
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@ifomoeverytime/setting-up-holograph-operator

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Conditions & requirements: installed nodjs 18, holograph cli and operator on vps - 1 cpu, 1 gb ram, 15 gb ssd - according to my experience, minimum ssd is about 5gb(I have more than 60% free space) terminal(mac os), putty(windows), comand line(ubuntu and similar) a bit of eth to pay gas(0.001 for Goerli is enough) Install on clean VPS(Ubuntu 22 in example): Install node.js curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash - apt install nodejs -y Check that node works: node -v npm -v Install holograph npm install -g @holographxyz/cli At this moment you will need a wallet, I created a new wallet, since I am not ready to share pk of my active wallet, sorry :slight_smile: holograph config I selected only Goerli, also, there is an issue with RPC that Holograph provides for RinkeBy testnet, seems this RPC is down. Here you will need ETH/GoETH/etc for fees. holograph faucet Bond to the 1st Pod(since faucet provides 100 HLG per day, only one is availalbe). holograph operator:bond Open on local machine terminal/putty/comand line and run: ssh -f <username>@<host> 'holograph operator -m auto --unsafePassword <password> --sync --healthCheck &>/dev/null' (I've added healthCheck option comparing to previous version, to be able to check status) On VPS, run: curl http://localhost:6000/healthcheck The expected result should be: {"status":"alive","providerStatus":{"ethereumTestnetGoerli":"CONNECTED","polygonTestnet":"NOT_CONFIGURED","avalancheTestnet":"NOT_CONFIGURED","ethereumTestnetRinkeby":"NOT_CONFIGURED"}} Thus, we installed and launched the operator in the background, we can close all console windows now and have a ☕️🫖

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