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# ⚙️  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>4</td><td>8GB</td><td>250GB </td></tr></tbody></table>

&#x20;***Update system and install build tools***

```bash
sudo apt -q update
sudo apt -qy install curl git jq lz4 zstd build-essential
sudo apt -qy upgrade
```

***Install Docker***

```bash
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
sudo sh get-docker.sh
docker --version
```

***Install Docker Compose***

```bash
curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.10.1/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
ln -sf /usr/local/bin/docker-compose /usr/bin/docker-compose
docker-compose --version
```

***Set the variables***

```bash
STARKNET_RPC=<your_ethereum_mainnet_rpc>
echo 'export STARKNET_RPC='$STARKNET_RPC >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
```

{% hint style="info" %}
Get ethereum\_mainnet\_rpc on one of [Alchemy](https://www.alchemy.com/) and [Infura](https://www.infura.io/) services
{% endhint %}

***Create a directory***

```bash
mkdir -p $HOME/pathfinder
```

***Start the pathfinder container***

```bash
sudo docker run \
  --name pathfinder \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  --detach \
  -p 9545:9545 \
  --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
  -e RUST_LOG=info \
  -e PATHFINDER_ETHEREUM_API_URL=$STARKNET_RPC \
  -v $HOME/pathfinder:/usr/share/pathfinder/data \
  eqlabs/pathfinder
```

***Check logs***

```bash
sudo docker logs -fn100 pathfinder
```