Guide
Computer Hardware and OS
Lamina1 is based on Avalanche, which is an incredibly lightweight protocol, so nodes can run on commodity hardware. Note that as network usage increases, hardware requirements may change.
CPU: Equivalent of 2 AWS vCPU
RAM: 4 GiB
Storage: 100 GiB
OS: Ubuntu 22.04 or MacOS >= Catalina
Networking
To run successfully, Lamina1 needs to accept connections from the Internet on the network port 9651. Before you proceed with the installation, you need to determine the networking environment your node will run in.
Running on a Cloud Provider
If your node is running on a cloud provider computer instance, it will have a static IP. Find out what that static IP is, or set it up if you didn't already.
Running on a Home Connection
If you're running a node on a computer that is on a residential internet connection, you have a dynamic IP; that is, your IP will change periodically. You will need to set up inbound port forwarding of port 9651 from the internet to the computer the node is installed on.
As there are too many models and router configurations, we cannot provide instructions on what exactly to do, but there are online guides to be found (like this, or this ), and your service provider support might help too.
DANGER
Please note that a fully connected Lamina1 node maintains and communicates over a couple of thousand live TCP connections. For some low-powered and older home routers that might be too much to handle. If that is the case you may experience lagging on other computers connected to the same router, nodes getting benched, failing to sync and similar issues.
Server preparation
For Linux on PCs or cloud providers:
Join testnet
Run your node
Grab you node ID
After coins appear on your wallet, you can delegate coins to your node by searching for Node ID in Lamina1 native wallet
Last updated