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Install a Veilid Node
Server Grade Headless Nodes
These network support nodes are heavier than the node a user would establish on their phone in the form of a chat or social media application. A cloud based virtual private server (VPS), such as Digital Ocean Droplets or AWS EC2, with high bandwidth, processing resources, and up time availability is cruicial for building the fast, secure, and private routing that Veilid is built to provide.
Add the repo to a Debian based system and install a Veilid node
This is a multi-step process.
Step 1: Add the GPG keys to your operating systems keyring.
Explanation: The wget command downloads the public key, and the sudo gpg command adds the public key to the keyring.
wget -O- https://packages.veilid.net/gpg/veilid-packages-key.public | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/veilid-packages-keyring.gpg
Step 2: Identify your architecture
Explanation: The following command will tell you what type of CPU your system is running
dpkg --print-architecture
Step 3: Add Veilid to your list of availible software.
Explanation: Using the command in Step 2 you will need to run one of the following:
- For AMD64 based systems run this command:
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/veilid-packages-keyring.gpg] https://packages.veilid.net/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/veilid.list 1>/dev/null
- For ARM64 based systems run this command:
echo "deb [arch=arm64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/veilid-packages-keyring.gpg] https://packages.veilid.net/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/veilid.list 1>/dev/null
Explanation:
Each of the above commands will create a new file called veilid.list in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/. This file contains instructions that tell the operating system where to download Veilid.
Step 4: Refresh the package manager.
Explanation: This tells the apt package manager to rebuild the list of available software using the files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory
apt update
Step 5: Install Veilid.
Explanation: With the package manager updated, it is now possible to install Veilid!
apt install veilid-server veilid-cli
Add the repo to a Fedora based system and install a Veilid node
Step 1: Add Veilid to your list of availible software.
Explanation: With the package manager updated, it is now possible to install Veilid!
yum-config-manager --add-repo https://packages.veilid.net/rpm/veilid-rpm-test-repo.repo
Step 2: Install Veilid.
Explanation: With the package manager updated, it is now possible to install Veilid!
dnf install veilid-server veilid-cli