# 💡  Light Node Installation

Recommended Hardware:

<table><thead><tr><th>Node Type</th><th width="184">CPU</th><th>RAM</th><th>Storage</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Mainnet</td><td>2</td><td>2GB</td><td>100GB </td></tr></tbody></table>

&#x20;***Install dependencies***

<pre class="language-bash"><code class="lang-bash"># Update the repositories
<strong>sudo apt update &#x26;&#x26; apt upgrade -y
</strong></code></pre>

```bash
# Install developer packages
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y
```

```bash
# Install Go
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go1.24.6.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - -C /usr/local
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/golang.sh)
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin' | tee -a $HOME/.profile)
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
go version
```

## ***Manual Installation***

```bash
# Download binary files
cd $HOME && mkdir -p go/bin/
git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node.git
cd celestia-node/
git checkout tags/v0.28.4
make build 
sudo make install 
make cel-key
mv $HOME/celestia-node/cel-key /usr/local/bin/
```

```bash
# Initiaton
celestia light init
```

***Create wallet***

```bash
KEY_NAME="my_celes_key"
cd ~/celestia-node
./cel-key add $KEY_NAME --keyring-backend test --node.type light
```

***(Optional) Restore an existing cel\_key***

```bash
KEY_NAME="my_celes_key"
cd ~/celestia-node
./cel-key add $KEY_NAME --keyring-backend test --node.type light --recover
```

***You can find the address by running the following command in the celestia-node directory***

```bash
cd $HOME/celestia-node
./cel-key list --node.type light --keyring-backend test
```

***Add Consensus node RPC and gRPC ports***

```bash
CORE_IP="<PUT_CONSENSUS_NODE_IP>"
CORE_RPC_PORT="<PUT_CONSENSUS_NODE_RPC_PORT>"
CORE_GRPC_PORT="<PUT_CONSENSUS_NODE_GRPC_PORT>"
KEY_NAME="my_celes_key"
```

***Create Service file***

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

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which celestia) light start \
--core.ip $CORE_IP \
--core.rpc.port $CORE_RPC_PORT \
--core.grpc.port $CORE_GRPC_PORT \
--keyring.accname $KEY_NAME \
--metrics.tls=true \
--metrics --metrics.endpoint otel.celestia.observer
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

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

***Enable and start service***

```bash
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable celestia-light
sudo systemctl restart celestia-light && sudo journalctl -u celestia-light -fo cat
```