cardano course
  • Welcome!
  • Video lessons
  • Handbook
    • Module 1. Building and running the node
      • Building the node
      • Running the node and connecting to a network
    • Module 2. Basic operations
      • Creating keys and addresses
      • Creating a simple transaction
      • Registering the stake address and delegating
    • Module 3. Protocol parameters and configuration files
      • Protocol parameters
      • Byron genesis file
      • Shelley genesis file
      • Alonzo genesis file
      • Conway genesis file
      • Node configuration file
      • Topology file
    • Module 4. Peer-to-peer (P2P) networking
    • Module 5. Creating a stake pool
      • The setup
      • Generating keys
      • Registering a stake pool
      • Runtime system options
      • Running the nodes
      • Stake snapshots
      • Upgrading cardano-node and cardano-cli
      • Pool operations and maintenance
      • Retiring a stake pool
    • Module 6. Monitoring the nodes
    • Module 7. Cardano governance
      • Update proposals
      • Polls
    • Module 8. Setting up a local cluster
      • Creating a local cluster
      • Spending the genesis UTXO
      • From Byron to Shelley
      • Moving funds to a Shelley address
      • Creating a first stake pool
      • Bringing decentralization parameter down to .80
      • From Shelley to Alonzo
      • Creating a second stake pool before moving to the Babbage era
      • Redelegating genesis keys
      • Vasil hard fork
      • Creating a local cluster with the mkfiles script
    • Module 9. Simple scripts and Plutus scripts
    • Module 10. New tracing system
    • Module 11. Running the SMASH server
    • Module 12. Running the token metadata server
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Building the node

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Last updated 9 months ago

Video lessons:

  1. Building the node with Cabal

  2. Building the node with Nix

Documentation

To build the node with Cabal, follow the official documentation:

To build the node with Nix, follow this documentation:

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https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node-wiki/blob/main/docs/getting-started/install.md
https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node-wiki/blob/main/docs/getting-started/building-the-node-using-nix.md