# How to run an avail validator node

**Published by:** [plojutyn](https://paragraph.com/@plojutynun/)
**Published on:** 2023-10-18
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@plojutynun/how-to-run-an-avail-validator-node

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Buy an ubuntu 22.04(amd) machine and use root user to login itGet in /root directory and creat a folder (two commands)cd /root mkdir avail-node Go to the new folder and download the file ( three commands)cd ./avail-node wget https://kate.avail.tools/chainspec.raw.json wget https://github.com/availproject/avail/releases/download/v1.7.2/data-avail-ubuntu-2204-amd64.tar.gz Extract files and rename it (three commands)tar -xzvf data-avail-ubuntu-2204-amd64.tar.gz mv data-avail-ubuntu-2204-amd64 data-avail rm -rf data-avail-ubuntu-2204-amd64.tar.gz create availd.service file and edit itsudo vim /etc/systemd/system/availd.service Replace “plojutyn” with your dc handle and paste it to availd.service file[Unit] Description=Avail Validator After=network.target StartLimitIntervalSec=0 [Service] User=root Type=simple Restart=on-failure RestartSec=120 ExecStart=/root/avail-node/data-avail --base-path /root/avail-node/data --chain /root/avail-node/chainspec.raw.json --port 30333 --validator --name plojutyn [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target and type “:wq” to save your availd.service fileRun the following four commands in sequencesudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable availd.service sudo systemctl start availd.service sudo journalctl -u availd.service Search your node name on the website https://telemetry.avail.tools/

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