Docker Method

This guide is quoted from https://docs.aldebaranode.xyz/guide/testnet/cortensor/installation

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Prerequisites

Ensure that you meet the hardware requirements to run the Cortensor network. For detailed information, you can visit the official website.

Step 1 - Install Docker

Run the following command to uninstall all conflicting packages:

for pkg in docker.io docker-doc docker-compose docker-compose-v2 podman-docker containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove $pkg; done

Set up Docker’s apt repository.

# Add Docker's official GPG key:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc

# Add the repository to Apt sources:
echo \  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \  $(. /etc/os-release && echo "${UBUNTU_CODENAME:-$VERSION_CODENAME}") stable" | \  
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update

Install the Docker packages.

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin -y

Step 2 - Clone Installer Repository

Install Git to clone the installer repository.

sudo apt-get install git -y

git clone https://github.com/mrheed/cortensor-installer.git && cd cortensor-installer

Step 3 - Config Docker Compose

Run the build.sh script. The script will do the following:

• Build the Dockerfile for the Cortensor image

• Generate the docker-compose.yaml file for you to adjust your total nodes

bash build.sh

After the docker-compose.yaml is generated, you need to modify the environment variables for the cortensor section:

• RPC_URL: Your ARB Sepolia RPC URL, which you can obtain by running your own node or using a service provider like Ankr, Alchemy, or Infura.

• PUBLIC_KEY: The EVM address of your miner node.

• PRIVATE_KEY: The EVM private key of your miner node.

Env Variable

Step 4 - Run the Nodes

Ensure that the working directory is within the installer folder.

Run your nodes using this command

docker compose up -d

Run this command to check all the container logs

docker compose logs --tail 100 -f

Run this command to stop the nodes

docker compose down

Run this command to delete all nodes

docker compose rm