# Blockspace Race // Setting up a Full Node

By [universen](https://paragraph.com/@mynameuniverse) · 2023-05-14

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Installing Celestia Full Nodе
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▶️ The installation is performed on the example of the [Blockspace Race](https://docs.celestia.org/nodes/blockspace-race/) test network.

> This type of install shows the setting up using the CLI commands on Ubuntu. If you would like to install a full node using [docker](https://www.docker.com/), please check out the documentation [here](https://docs.celestia.org/nodes/docker-images/).

### Technical requirements

Please ensure that the technical requirements of your machine fulfil the specifications below:

*   4 Cores of CPU; 8 GB RAM; 1TB SSD; 1 GBPS for Download/Upload  
    Ubuntu Linux 20.04 (LTS)
    

### Setting dependencies

Run the command into the terminal:

*   Update and upgrade:
    

    sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
    

    sudo apt install curl tar wget clang pkg-config libssl-dev jq build-essential git make ncdu -y
    

*   Install GO:
    

    ver="1.20.3" 
    cd $HOME 
    wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz" 
    sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go 
    sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz" 
    rm "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
    

    echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
    source $HOME/.bash_profile
    

> [GO](https://go.dev/) is the programming language in which **celestia-app** and **celestia-node** are written and must be version `1.20.3` (use the `go version` command to check it)

### Installing Celestia-Node

*   Run the command into the terminal:
    

    cd $HOME 
    rm -rf celestia-node 
    git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node.git 
    cd celestia-node/ 
    git checkout tags/v0.9.4 
    make build 
    make install 
    make cel-key 
    

> Please use the `celestia version` command to check the version.

### Initializing a full node

*   Run the command:
    

_After entering the command, your key (mnemonics) will be generated_

    celestia full init --p2p.network blockspacerace
    

> **Please make sure that you save the data and do not share it everywhere!**

*   Create `systemd` file:
    

    sudo tee <<EOF >/dev/null /etc/systemd/system/celestia-full.service
    [Unit]
    Description=celestia-full Cosmos daemon
    After=network-online.target
    [Service]
    User=$USER
    ExecStart=celestia full start --core.ip https://rpc-blockspacerace.mzonder.com:30159 --core.rpc.port 26658 --core.grpc.port 30190 --keyring.accname my_celes_key --metrics.tls=false --metrics --metrics.endpoint otel.celestia.tools:4318 --gateway --gateway.addr localhost --gateway.port 26659 --p2p.network blockspacerace
    Restart=on-failure
    RestartSec=10
    LimitNOFILE=65535
    
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
    EOF
    

*   Enable and start `celestia-full` node:
    

    sudo systemctl enable celestia-full
    sudo systemctl start celestia-full && sudo journalctl -u \
    celestia-full.service -f
    

You installed your node successfully and it is now synchronizing! Do not worry if there is `error` in the logs.

*   To check the logs, use the command:
    

    journalctl -u celestia-full -o cat -f
    

### Backup

You should save the **mnemonics** you reached earlier and save the **keys**, path:

    .celestia-full-blockspacerace-0/keys
    

Monitoring resources
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You can check the health of your node through the [Tiascan Explorer](https://tiascan.com/) and see the following parameters:

*   Number of nodes and location
    
*   The uptime of your node
    
*   The time when it has been running
    
*   Time since last restart
    
*   Other indicators
    

But before that you need to find out your `NODE ID` using the following command in the terminal:

> Your `Node ID` is shown in the `ID`

    AUTH_TOKEN=$(celestia full auth admin --p2p.network blockspacerace)
    curl -X POST \
         -H "Authorization: Bearer $AUTH_TOKEN" \
         -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":0,"method":"p2p.Info","params":[]}' \
         http://localhost:26658

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*Originally published on [universen](https://paragraph.com/@mynameuniverse/blockspace-race-setting-up-a-full-node)*