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Tutorial created by Validatrium (more info on our projects at validatrium.com)
System requirements


CPU: 4 Cores
RAM: 4 GB
Disk: ~50 GB

Links


Official Staker Docs
Block Explorer
Explorer

Steps


Pre-Install
Install & configure node
Import Key
Set initial stake
Allow delegation
Run node

Prerequires


Metamask wallet. Some Skale and RAZOR tokens on it
Server, with admin account

Pre-Install

# download docker
curl -sL get.docker.com | sudo bash

# create user 
useradd razor  -mU -G sudo,docker -s /usr/bin/bash
su - razor
Install & configure node

# this variable might be usefull : ) 
# fill it with ADDRESS! Not with private key!
ADDR=<your-wallet-address>


# run network node
docker run -d -it --name razor-go -v "$(echo $HOME)"/.razor:/root/.razor razornetwork/razor-go:v1.0.3-incentivised-testnet-phase2-patch2

# usefull alias. Run razor commands easier with logs
echo "
export ADDRESS=$ADDR
alias razor='docker exec -it razor-go razor --logFile razor'" >> $HOME/.bashrc
source $HOME/.bashrc

# WARNING!
# This settings could be changed
# recheck it: https://docs.razor.network/docs/stake/#set-config
razor setConfig --provider https://staging-v2.skalenodes.com/v1/whispering-turais --gasmultiplier 1 --buffer 20 --wait 30 --gasprice 0 --logLevel debug --gasLimit 2
Import Key

# import your metamask wallet
razor import 
Add initial stake

razor addStake --address $ADDRESS --value <amount>
Allow others to delegate on your node

razor setDelegation --address $ADDRESS --status true --commission 1
Start the node

Manual run
you can run in background using for example screen or tmux
razor vote $ADDRESS
As a service
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/razord.service > /dev/null <<EOF 
[Unit]
Description=razor-vote
After=network-online.target 

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker exec -it razor-go razor --logFile razor vote $ADDRESS
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=4096

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target 
EOF

sudo systemctl enable razord
sudo systemctl start razord
# check logs
journalctl -u razord -f 
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