veilid/INSTALL.md

Install a Veilid Node

Server Grade Headless Nodes

These network support nodes are heavier than the node a user would establish on their phone in the form of a chat or social media application. A cloud based virtual private server (VPS), such as Digital Ocean Droplets or AWS EC2, with high bandwidth, processing resources, and uptime availability is crucial for building the fast, secure, and private routing that Veilid is built to provide.

Add the repo to a Debian based system and install a Veilid node

This is a multi-step process.

Step 1: Add the GPG keys to your operating systems keyring. Explanation: The wget command downloads the public key, and the sudo gpg command adds the public key to the keyring.

wget -O- https://packages.veilid.net/gpg/veilid-packages-key.public | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/veilid-packages-keyring.gpg

Step 2: Identify your architecture Explanation: The following command will tell you what type of CPU your system is running

dpkg --print-architecture

Step 3: Add Veilid to your list of available software. Explanation: Using the command in Step 2 you will need to run one of the following:

• For AMD64 based systems run this command:

echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/veilid-packages-keyring.gpg] https://packages.veilid.net/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/veilid.list 1>/dev/null

• For ARM64 based systems run this command:

echo "deb [arch=arm64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/veilid-packages-keyring.gpg] https://packages.veilid.net/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/veilid.list 1>/dev/null

Explanation: Each of the above commands will create a new file called veilid.list in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/. This file contains instructions that tell the operating system where to download Veilid.

Step 4: Refresh the package manager. Explanation: This tells the apt package manager to rebuild the list of available software using the files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory. This is invoked with "sudo" to grant superuser permission to make the changes.

sudo apt update

Step 5: Install Veilid. Explanation: With the package manager updated, it is now possible to install Veilid! This is invoked with "sudo" to grant superuser permission to make the changes.

sudo apt install veilid-server veilid-cli

Add the repo to a Fedora based system and install a Veilid node

Step 1: Add Veilid to your list of available software. Explanation: With the package manager updated, it is now possible to install Veilid!

yum-config-manager --add-repo https://packages.veilid.net/rpm/veilid-rpm-repo.repo

Step 2: Install Veilid. Explanation: With the package manager updated, it is now possible to install Veilid!

dnf install veilid-server veilid-cli