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# Installation

1. **Update packages and install useful tools.**

```
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade --yes && \
sudo apt install git build-essential ufw curl jq snapd screen ncdu nano fuse ufw --yes
```

2. **Install `go` using `snap`**.

```
sudo snap install go --classic && \
echo 'export GOPATH="$HOME/go"' >> ~/.profile && \
echo 'export GOBIN="$GOPATH/bin"' >> ~/.profile && \
echo 'export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile && \
source ~/.profile && \
go version
```

3. **Build the binary from source.**

```
git clone https://github.com/aura-nw/aura
cd aura
git checkout v0.9.3
make install
aurad version
```

4. **Initialize your node.**

```
aurad config chain-id xstaxy-1
aurad init <node_nameE> --chain-id xstaxy-1
```

5. **Download genesis.**

```
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aura-nw/mainnet-artifacts/main/xstaxy-1/genesis.json > $HOME/.aura/config/genesis.json
```

6. **Add seeds and persistent peers to `config.toml`.**

```
SEEDS="22a0ca5f64187bb477be1d82166b1e9e184afe50@18.143.52.13:26656,0b8bd8c1b956b441f036e71df3a4d96e85f843b8@13.250.159.219:26656,c3217255e684b0bd6dd2240a86683b26ce7b064b@seeds.cros-nest.com:30656"
PEERS="edbd221ceecf4e0234fb60d617a025c6b0e56bf0@178.250.154.15:36656,b91ee5c72905bc49beed2720bb882c923c68fbc9@80.92.206.66:26656"
sed -i -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.aura/config/config.toml
```

7. #### Set up minimum gas price.

```
sed -i 's|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.001uaura"|g' $HOME/.aura/config/app.toml
```

7. **Set up pruning (optional).**

```
pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="100"
pruning_keep_every="0"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.aura/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.aura/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.aura/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.aura/config/app.toml
```

9. **Create service file.**

```
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/aurad.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Aura Daemon
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which aurad) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
```

10. **Enable and start service.**

```
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable aurad
systemctl restart aurad
journalctl -u aurad -f -o cat
```

{% hint style="info" %}
If you would like to speed up the sync process, you may try using State Sync.
{% endhint %}