• https://mtlynch.io/budget-nas/

Ideas

• Make a detailed youtube video for blog post
• Make a youtube channel (link to blog + twitter)

Steps

• Assemble your NUC

• Plugin backup power, etc

• Flash Linux (Ubuntu Server) onto USB drive

• Instal Linux (follow steps) -- Install with snap and openSSH turned on

• Within home dir, create a folder called ethereum. We'll install everything inside here to keep things organized

• Test your Network speed

  • Install sudo apt install speedtest-cli
  • Run speedtest-cli

• Install network tools: run sudo apt install net-tools

• Enable SSH on your NUC https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-enable-ssh-on-ubuntu-20-04/

  • Run sudo systemctl status ssh to ensure SSH is turned on
  • Open ssh in the firewall: sudo ufw allow ssh

• Run sudo apt update to ensure your packages are updated

• Run sudo apt install build-essential This will install two important dependencies that are required before running Erigon and Nimbus: gcc and make.

• Verify that gcc is installed by running gcc --version

• Verify that make is installed by running make --version

• Install golang by running sudo snap install go --classic

Resources​

• https://github.com/coincashew/coincashew/tree/master/coins/overview-eth/guide-or-how-to-setup-a-validator-on-eth2-mainnet

Lock down your NUC​

• https://github.com/coincashew/coincashew/blob/master/coins/overview-eth/guide-or-security-best-practices-for-a-eth2-validator-beaconchain-node.md

Install Chrony to ensure time clock is synced​

• https://github.com/coincashew/coincashew/blob/master/coins/overview-eth/guide-or-how-to-setup-a-validator-on-eth2-mainnet/part-i-installation/synchronizing-time-with-chrony.md

Ensure your entire hard drive is available​

• https://github.com/coincashew/coincashew/blob/master/coins/overview-eth/guide-or-how-to-setup-a-validator-on-eth2-mainnet/part-iii-tips/using-all-available-lvm-disk-space.md
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/1106795/ubuntu-server-18-04-lvm-out-of-space-with-improper-default-partitioning

Install Erigon​

• Run cd ~/ethereum
• Refer to Erigon's installtion guide and system requirements: https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon#system-requirements
• Run git clone --recurse-submodules -j8 https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon.git
• Run cd erigon
• Run make erigon
• Start the Erigon client ./build/bin/erigon --chain goerli --datadir data-goerli --authrpc.jwtsecret data-goerli --torrent.download.rate=20mb

Useful commands​

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