# 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/FirmaChain/firmachain
cd firmachain
git checkout v0.5.1-patch2
make install
firmachaind version
sudo mv ~/go/bin/firmachaind /usr/local/bin/firmachaind
```

4. **Initialize your node.**

```
firmachaind init <node_name> --chain-id colosseum-1
```

5. **Download genesis.**

```
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FirmaChain/mainnet/main/colosseum-1/genesis.json -O $HOME/.firmachain/config/genesis.json
```

6. **Add seeds to `config.toml`.**

```
SEEDS="f89dcc15241e30323ae6f491011779d53f9a5487@mainnet-seed1.firmachain.dev:26656,04cce0da4cf5ceb5ffc04d158faddfc5dc419154@mainnet-seed2.firmachain.dev:26656,940977bdc070422b3a62e4985f2fe79b7ee737f7@mainnet-seed3.firmachain.dev:26656"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/" $HOME/.firmachain/config/config.toml
```

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

```
sed -i 's|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.1ufct"|g' $HOME/.firmachain/config/app.toml
```

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

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

9. **Create service file.**

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

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

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

10. **Enable and start service.**

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

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