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🖥️System Requirements

- OS: Linux - CPU: 6 Core(s) - Memory: 12GB - Storage: 100GB

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💭Prerequisites

You need to have 2000 $COR staked per node for 84 days in

If you want to run 5, then stake 10k $COR

🛠️Installation

This guide is created under the assumption you are using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS If you use other OS, please modify the commands accordingly

It's recommended to run the command using root user

Clone Installer

git clone https://github.com/cortensor/installer
cd installer

Install Dependencies

./install-docker-ubuntu.sh
./install-ipfs-linux.sh
./install-linux.sh

Copy Installation folder to deploy user

cp -Rf ./installer /home/deploy/installer
chown -R deploy:deploy /home/deploy/installer

Login as deploy user and verify the installation

ls -al /usr/local/bin/cortensord
ls -al $HOME/.cortensor/bin/cortensord
ls -al /etc/systemd/system/cortensor.service
ls -al $HOME/.cortensor/bin/start-cortensor.sh
ls -al $HOME/.cortensor/bin/stop-cortensor.sh
docker version
ipfs version

Generate Key

/usr/local/bin/cortensord ~/.cortensor/.env tool gen_key
Staking Address: 0x.....E2A1 (your wallet that you use for staking)
Mining Address:  0x.....C8D3 (your node public key)
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Telegram: @yourtelegram

Only after confirmation from Admin, you can proceed to register, verify and start the node

/usr/local/bin/cortensord ~/.cortensor/.env tool register
/usr/local/bin/cortensord ~/.cortensor/.env tool verify

Start the service

sudo systemctl start cortensor

after this step, contact Cortensor admin via and send them your Public key for whitelist

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