Part 1. Setup the server

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A step-by-step tutorial showing how to setup a server on Digital Ocean and install the dependencies required for the Porta node.

Requirement: A Digital Ocean server costing $12 per month
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Guide
Setup a Virtual Private Server on Digital Ocean 
Go to https://www.digitalocean.com/ and sign up 
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Choose: Explore our control panel 
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Create a new project and give it a: 
name 
description 
purpose 
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Choose: Skip for now. 
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Choose: Get Started with a Droplet 
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Choose: 
Server: Ubuntu 20.04 
CPU: Shared Basic 
Specification: $12/mo 
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Choose: London 
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Set password 
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Set: 
Hostname 
Project 
Enable backup 
Click: Create Droplet 
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The droplet will begin starting 
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Once the loading has finished it will look like this 
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Click into the Droplet 
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Open the Console 
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Update and Upgrade 
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
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Choose: Y 
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Choose: Keep the local version currently installed 
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Build Dependencies 
sudo apt install -y git clang curl libssl-dev llvm libudev-dev
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Build Rust Developer Environment 
curl https://getsubstrate.io -sSf | bash -s -- --fast 
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Close the console 
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Open the console 
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Confirm the installation completed successfully 
rustup show
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Clone the Porta node. 
git clone https://github.com/porta-network/porta-node.git
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You can see the porta-node has been installed in the root directory by running ‘ls’ 
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Enter the porta-node folder 
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cd porta-node/
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Build the porta node 
the process will take about 100 minutes.  
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Start the node 
Please enter a name for your validator node. 
./target/release/porta --chain chain-spec-padlock.json -d data/[Validator name] --name [Validator name] --ws-external --rpc-external --rpc-cors all --rpc-methods=unsafe
Wait for the sync to complete... 
synchronisation takes about 5 minutes per 100,000 blocks
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You can tell when the synchronisation has completed because the BEST block in Porta Explorer (https://console.porta.network/#/explorer) will match the block number in your terminal. 
To communicate with the node through Polkadot-JS UI you must set up a secure proxy for web socket connections. Let's see how we can set up WSS on a remote Substrate node.
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Stop the node running by pressing CRTL+C 
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Install nginx 
sudo apt-get install nginx
Wait for the installation to finish. 
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Check nginx is working 
Get the IP address of your server from Digital Ocean 
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Paste the IP address into a web browser and you will be met with the nginx welcome screen 
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You are now ready to move onto Part 2 of this tutorial series.

8. Setup validator node on Digital Ocean VPS

Part 2. Get a domain

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