> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://stavr-team.gitbook.io/nodes-guides/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://stavr-team.gitbook.io/nodes-guides/mainnets/celestia/bridge-node.md).

# Bridge Node

### [Docs](https://docs.celestia.org/nodes/bridge-node)

## [EXPLORER](https://explorer.stavr.tech/Celestia-Mainnet/staking)

* **Hardware requirements**:

| Node Type   | CPU | RAM  | Storage |
| ----------- | --- | ---- | ------- |
| Bridge node | 6   | 16GB | 2TB     |

## 1) Auto\_install script

```bash
source <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/111STAVR111/props/refs/heads/main/Celestia/Mainnet/Bridge/bridgem)
```

## 2) Manual installation

#### Preparing the server

```bash
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl tar wget clang pkg-config libssl-dev jq build-essential bsdmainutils git make ncdu gcc git jq chrony liblz4-tool -y
```

### GO 1.23.1

```bash
ver="1.23.1"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
rm "go$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
go version
```

## Build 31.07.25

```bash
cd $HOME && mkdir -p go/bin/
git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node.git
cd celestia-node/
git checkout tags/v0.24.1
make build 
sudo make install 
make cel-key
mv $HOME/celestia-node/cel-key /usr/local/bin/

```

`celestia version`

* version: v0.24.1
* commit:&#x20;

### Create/recover wallet

```bash
cel-key add bridge-wallet --keyring-backend test --node.type bridge
           OR
cel-key add bridge-wallet --keyring-backend test --node.type bridge  --recover
```

## Initiation

```python
#--core.ip - IP address RPC Node
#--p2p.network - chain id (celestia)
#--core.port - gRPC port from our RPC node
#--keyring.keyname -  our Wallet Name
celestia bridge init --core.ip <RPC_NODE_IP>  --core.port 9090 --keyring.keyname bridge-wallet --archival
```

## Create a service file

```bash
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/celestia-bridge.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=celestia Bridge
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
Environment=GODEBUG="asynctimerchan=1"
ExecStart=$(which celestia) bridge start \
--metrics.tls=true --metrics --metrics.endpoint otel.celestia.observer \
--keyring.keyname bridge-wallet
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

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

## SnapShot Bridge Mainnet | Archive - updated every 24h

{% hint style="success" %} <mark style="color:orange;">**You can check the size and time of snapshot creation with this command**</mark>\
`SOOON`
{% endhint %}

```sh
SOOON
```

## Useful Tools

### Start

```bash
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable celestia-bridge
systemctl restart celestia-bridge && journalctl -fu celestia-bridge -ocat
```

## [🧩Services and Tools🧩](https://stavr-team.gitbook.io/nodes-guides/mainnets/celestia/bridge-node/snapshot)

## Monitoring

You can set up your node status alarm here - [Monitoring](https://stavr-team.gitbook.io/nodes-guides/monitoring)

## Security

You can create secure management of your wallet and your node by following this links.

[TMKMS](https://stavr-team.gitbook.io/nodes-guides/tmkms)               [Wallet Security](https://stavr-team.gitbook.io/nodes-guides/wallet-security)

### Delete node

```bash
systemctl stop celestia-bridge
systemctl disable celestia-bridge
rm /etc/systemd/system/celestia-bridge.service
systemctl daemon-reload
cd $HOME
rm -rf .celestia-bridge
rm -rf celestia-node
rm -rf /usr/local/bin/cel-key
rm -rf $(which celestia)
```