3 min readNov 21, 2023

Run A Starknet Node

System Requirements

CPU 4CPU
RAM 4GB
Storage 500GB+
OS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

However, this article doesn’t contain the any VPS recommendations. Only Mode process. If you need a VPS for this, I recommend Fast Host. Choose the VPS of the Month Plan. It cost $1 in a month for the period of 3 Month.

You will need to create API Key

Sign Up to Alchemy

Create Account
On your dashboard click on create app
Choose Chain as Ethereum and Ethereum Mainnet
Input your App Name and Simple details
Create your App

Now, Click on your App to View your API Keys

Now Login to your terminal

Paste this command to start with :

Replace the HTTP Address from your Alchemy app then replace it instead of YOUR_HTTP_ADDRESS

Press Enter to Continue

ALCHEMY=YOUR_HTTP_ADDRESS

Then paste this

echo 'export ALCHEMY='$ALCHEMY >> $HOME/.bash_profile

Let’s Install the Required Tools

Paste the next command

sudo apt update && sudo apt install git curl pkg-config libssl-dev libzstd-dev build-essential protobuf-compiler -y

Let’s Install Rust

sudo curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y

source $HOME/.cargo/env

source $HOME/.bash_profile

rustup update stable --force

We will be using Pathfinder

Paste all at once

mkdir -p $HOME/.starknet/db
cd $HOME
rm -rf pathfinder
git clone https://github.com/eqlabs/pathfinder.git
cd pathfinder
git fetch
git checkout v0.9.5
cargo build --release --bin pathfinder
source $HOME/.bash_profile
sudo mv ~/pathfinder/target/release/pathfinder /usr/local/bin/

Allow commands to load successful…. Might take few seconds

Press Enter for the next command

Then Paste this

echo "[Unit]
Description=StarkNet
After=network.target

[Service]
User=$USER
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/pathfinder --http-rpc=\"0.0.0.0:9545\" --ethereum.url \"$ALCHEMY\" --data-directory \"$HOME/.starknet/db\"
Restart=on-failure
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target" > $HOME/starknetd.service
sudo mv $HOME/starknetd.service /etc/systemd/system/

Press enter

Let’s Start Our Node

Paste this codes one by one

sudo systemctl restart systemd-journald

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

sudo systemctl enable starknetd

sudo systemctl restart starknetd

Now your node is up and running

Use this command to check you node status

systemctl status starknetd

Screenshot this part as we will send the feedback to Starknet Discord Channel.

Other Commands that might be useful later.

Check Logs

journalctl -u starknetd -f

Stop Node

systemctl stop starknetd

Restart Node

systemctl restart starknetd

Delete Node

systemctl stop starknetd
systemctl disable starknetd
rm -rf ~/pathfinder/
rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/starknetd.service
rm -rf /usr/local/bin/pathfinder

Go to your Alchemy Dashboard as you can see that your node is already syncing. You can keep monitoring your node status from your Alchemy Account.

Also screenshot this and send together with the previous one