README.md

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.

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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