Requirements

• You must need to buy a VPS for running Nesa Node
• Buy VPS which is fulfilling all these requirements :

Operating System : Ubuntu 22.04
CPU : Minimum of 4 core
RAM : 4GB Minimum
Storage : SSD or NVMe with at least 50GB of space

Create Wallet & Request Faucet

• Install : Leap Extension
• Create a New Wallet / Import From KEplr
• Export Private Keys Because We Gonna Need Later

Install dependecies

# Install Packages
sudo apt update & sudo apt upgrade -y

sudo apt install ca-certificates zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev curl git wget make jq build-essential pkg-config lsb-release libssl-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev gcc screen unzip lz4 -y

# Install Docker
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg

echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
docker version

# Install Docker-Compose
VER=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/docker/compose/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4)

curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/"$VER"/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
docker-compose --version

# Docker Permission to user
sudo groupadd docker
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

Obtain a Hugging Face API key

1. Visit the Hugging Face website.

2. Sign up or log in to your account.

3. Navigate to your API access tokens page under your account settings.

4. Click “Create new token”, head to “Write” tab, and generate an API key by clicking on “Create token” .

5. Copy the generated key to use it in your miner installation.

Step 4: Open Ports

sudo ufw allow ssh
sudo ufw allow 22
sudo ufw allow 31333
sudo ufw enable

Install and run Nesa Miner

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nesaorg/bootstrap/master/bootstrap.sh)

• Select a mode: Choose Wizardy.
• Choose a Moniker: Provide a unique name for your node.
• Node hostname: skip & press Enter.
• Node email: skip & press Enter.
• Enter Referral Code: to get bonus points: nesa1ca0dt3rsdu20003pruj8hsk7qs6fgd0aqfmmtc
• Wallet Private Key: Enter your wallet private key for miner registration and to receive rewards.
• Finalize Configuration: Review and confirm the configuration before starting your node. The bootstrap script will provide a summary of your configuration and allow you to make changes before starting the miner.

Some Useful Commands

To Check Container Logs

docker logs -f orchestrator

docker logs -f mongodb

Check Containers: You must have 4 new containers now

docker ps

Get Node Peer ID

cat $HOME/.nesa/identity/node_id.id

Get Node Status URL

PUB_KEY=$(cat $HOME/.nesa/identity/node_id.id)
echo https://node.nesa.ai/nodes/$PUB_KEY

Optional: Update or Restart node

• For existing nodes that just need to update their configuration or restart their node

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nesaorg/bootstrap/master/bootstrap.sh)

1. Select "Advanced Wizardry"

2. Select Yes to bootstrap it, even if it is currently running.

• This will update your config and reboot the containers if they are running or start them if they are not.

• After this, use cat ~/.nesa/identity/node_id.id to check your node_id and make sure it is as you think it is. Check the stats at https://node.nesa.ai/

Tokenomics:

The $NES token will be launched on the mainnet network, and 8.8% of it will be airdropped to the incentivized testnet participants.