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Validator

System Requirements​

For validation, a validator machine will need:

  • CPU: 4 cores
  • RAM: 8 GB

Ensure that your machine meets these requirements before proceeding with the setup.

First, register and regen your bittensor wallet and validator hotkey onto the machine.

For installation of btcli, check this guide

btcli s register --netuid 51
btcli w regen_coldkeypub
btcli w regen_hotkey

Installation​

Using Docker​

Step 1: Clone Git repo​

git clone https://github.com/Datura-ai/compute-subnet.git

Step 2: Install Required Tools​

cd compute-subnet && chmod +x scripts/install_validator_on_ubuntu.sh && ./scripts/install_validator_on_ubuntu.sh

Verify docker installation

docker --version

If did not correctly install, follow this link

Step 3: Setup ENV​

cp neurons/validators/.env.template neurons/validators/.env

Replace with your information for BITTENSOR_WALLET_NAME, BITTENSOR_WALLET_HOTKEY_NAME, HOST_WALLET_DIR. If you want you can use different port for INTERNAL_PORT, EXTERNAL_PORT.

Step 4: Docker Compose Up​

cd neurons/validators && docker compose up -d