> 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/mars/node-installation.md).

# Node Installation

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

* **Minimum hardware requirements**:

| Node Type | CPU | RAM | Storage |
| --------- | --- | --- | ------- |
| Mainnet   | 4   | 8GB | 250GB   |

## 1) Auto\_install script

```bash
wget -O marsm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/111STAVR111/props/main/Mars/marsm && chmod +x marsm && ./marsm
```

## 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 1.21.6

```bash
ver="1.21.6"
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 08.06.23

```bash
cd $HOME && mkdir -p go/bin/
git clone https://github.com/mars-protocol/hub.git
cd hub
git checkout v1.0.2
make install
```

`marsd version --long | grep -e commit -e version`

* version: 1.0.2
* commit: ffbe9c28a6070abbbc7cf4be2f80d6a728715d62

## Initiation

```python
marsd init STAVR_guide --chain-id=mars-1
marsd config chain-id mars-1
```

### Create/recover wallet

```bash
marsd  keys add <walletname>
           OR
marsd keys add <walletname> --recover
```

### Download Genesis

```python
wget -L -O $HOME/.mars/config/genesis.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/111STAVR111/props/main/Mars/genesis.json"
```

`sha256sum $HOME/.mars/config/genesis.json`

* 7d93bd062e5f6909cb46cf96b64533b821232f8766c6513ced535aa9ad37b425

### Set up the minimum gas price and Peers/Seeds/Filter peers/MaxPeers

```bash
sed -i -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0umars\"/" $HOME/.mars/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^filter_peers *=.*/filter_peers = \"true\"/" $HOME/.mars/config/config.toml
external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me) 
sed -i.bak -e "s/^external_address *=.*/external_address = \"$external_address:26656\"/" $HOME/.mars/config/config.toml
peers=""
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.mars/config/config.toml
seeds="52de8a7e2ad3da459961f633e50f64bf597c7585@seed.marsprotocol.io:443,d2d2629c8c8a8815f85c58c90f80b94690468c4f@tenderseed.ccvalidators.com:26012"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds =.*/seeds = \"$seeds\"/" $HOME/.mars/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/max_num_inbound_peers =.*/max_num_inbound_peers = 50/g' $HOME/.mars/config/config.toml
sed -i 's/max_num_outbound_peers =.*/max_num_outbound_peers = 50/g' $HOME/.mars/config/config.toml
```

#### Pruning (optional)

```bash
pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="1000"
pruning_keep_every="0"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.mars/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.mars/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.mars/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.mars/config/app.toml
```

#### Indexer (optional)

```bash
indexer="null" &&
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"$indexer\"/" $HOME/.mars/config/config.toml
```

### Download addrbook

```bash
wget -O $HOME/.mars/config/addrbook.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/111STAVR111/props/main/Mars/addrbook.json"
```

## Create a service file

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

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

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

## StateSync Mars Mainnet

```bash
SOOON
```

## SnapShot Mainnet updated every 5 hours

```bash
SOOON
```

### Start

```bash
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable marsd 
sudo systemctl restart marsd && sudo journalctl -fu marsd -o cat
```

#### Create validator

```python
marsd tx staking create-validator \
  --amount 1000000umars \
  --from <walletName> \
  --commission-max-change-rate "0.1" \
  --commission-max-rate "0.2" \
  --commission-rate "0.1" \
  --min-self-delegation "1" \
  --pubkey  $(marsd tendermint show-validator) \
  --moniker STAVR_guide \
  --chain-id mars-1 \
  --identity="" \
  --details="" \
  --website="" -y
```

## [🧩Services and Tools🧩](https://stavr-team.gitbook.io/nodes-guides/mainnets/mars/statesync-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
sudo systemctl stop marsd
sudo systemctl disable marsd
rm /etc/systemd/system/marsd.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
cd $HOME
rm -rf mars
rm -rf .mars
rm -rf $(which marsd)
```