# Node Installation

1. Login as root to your new VPS
2. Update the system and add base packages before executing the below command on the root terminal.
   * sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt install -y git nano curl && sudo apt autoremove -y
3. Allow permissions on the below ports.
   1. sudo ufw allow 6688
   2. sudo ufw allow 6689
4. Create a new admin user account
   1. sudo groupadd my\_new\_user
   2. sudo useradd -p $(openssl passwd -6 my\_new\_password) my\_new\_user -m -s /bin/bash -g my\_new\_user  -G sudo
5. Now open a new terminal session to your VPS and logon with your new admin user account and complete the rest of the steps.
   1. sudo -i -u my\_new\_user
6. git clone <https://github.com/GoPlugin/pluginV2Install.git&#x20>;
7. cd [pluginV2Install](https://github.com/GoPlugin/pluginV2Install.git)
8. chmod +x \*.sh
9. ./pli\_node\_scripts.sh mainnet

```
[Usage: ./pli_node_scripts.sh {function}]

Example: ./pli_node_scripts.sh mainnet where {function} is one of the following;
  mainnet       ==  deploys the full Mainnet node & exports the node keys

  keys          ==  extracts the node keys from DB and exports to json file for import to MetaMask

  logrotate     ==  implements the logrotate conf file 

  address       ==  displays the local nodes address (after full node deploy) - required for the 'Fulfillment Request' remix step

  node-gui      ==  displays the local nodes full GUI URL to copy and paste to browser
```

10. Run the following commands
    1. source \~/.profile
    2. pm2 status
    3. pm2 log \[id]
11. Login to the node UI  with the credentials  from pluginV2/apicredentials.txt
12. Go to the keys section and fetch the node address & fund it with 1 XDC and 1 PLI.


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