# Celestia Node Testnet Tutorial MOCHA

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**Published on:** 2023-01-07
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SETUP NODE You can setup your celestia fullnode in few minutes by using automated script below. It will prompt you to input your validator node name!wget -O celestia.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/main/celestia/celestia.sh && chmod +x celestia.sh && ./celestia.sh POST INSTALLATION When installation is finished please load variables into system source $HOME/.bash_profile Next you have to make sure your validator is syncing blocks. You can use command below to check synchronization status celestia-appd status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo CREATE WALLET To create new wallet you can use command below. Don’t forget to save the mnemoniccelestia-appd keys add $WALLET Check wallet listcelestia-appd keys list Add wallet and valoper address into variables:CELESTIA_WALLET_ADDRESS=$(celestia-appd keys show $WALLET -a) CELESTIA_VALOPER_ADDRESS=$(celestia-appd keys show $WALLET --bech val -a) echo 'export CELESTIA_WALLET_ADDRESS='${CELESTIA_WALLET_ADDRESS} >> $HOME/.bash_profile echo 'export CELESTIA_VALOPER_ADDRESS='${CELESTIA_VALOPER_ADDRESS} >> $HOME/.bash_profile source $HOME/.bash_profile Fund your wallet In order to create validator first you need to fund your wallet with testnet tokens. To top up your wallet join celestia discord server and navigate to: #faucet to request test tokens To request a faucet grant: $request To check wallet balance: $balance Create validator Before creating validator please make sure that you have at least 1 tia (1 tia is equal to 1000000 utia) and your node is synchronized To check your wallet balance: celestia-appd query bank balances $CELESTIA_WALLET_ADDRESS If your wallet does not show any balance than probably your node is still syncing. Please wait until it finish to synchronize and then continue CREATE NEW VALIDATOR celestia-appd tx staking create-validator \ --amount 1000000utia \ --from $WALLET \ --commission-max-change-rate "0.01" \ --commission-max-rate "0.2" \ --commission-rate "0.07" \ --min-self-delegation "1" \ --pubkey $(celestia-appd tendermint show-validator) \ --moniker $NODENAME \ --chain-id $CELESTIA_CHAIN_ID \ --evm-address="YOUR_EVM_ADDRESS" \ --orchestrator-address="YOUR_ORCHESTRATOR_ADDRESS" \ --gas-adjustment=1.4 \ --gas=auto \ --fees=1000utia \ -y DONE~

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