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Running a Lava RPC Node

Requirements 📄​

The current recommended hardware prerequisites for running a Lava RPC node are the following: 

16 GB RAM
512 GB SSD
x64 2.0 GHz 4v CPU

Install Lava 🌋​

Using the installation guide , install all binaries, especially lavad:

git clone https://github.com/lavanet/lava.git
cd lava
make install-all

Launch Your Node 🚀​

Set up and configure your node according to the guides available. You may use Cosmovisor (Recommended) or setup the node manually.

Apply to our Provider Incubation Program 📋​

In our current state of Testnet, there is an additional stage to pass through before you can become a provider on the Lava Network. Please fill out the application form for our Provider Incubation Program. Feel free to drop a line in our Discord once you’ve completed this step!

Setup your Provider on Lava Network 🌋​

Once you’ve been accepted - to set up your provider on the Lava Network, you can refer to the provider setup documentation available elsewhere in our docs. This should provide you with the necessary information to configure and operate your provider node.