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content/rippled-stock-node.md

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+The purpose of this document is to describe the steps one must perform to run a rippled node.
+
+# Vocabulary
+
+- rippled node - A single running instance of rippled
+
+# Binary installation
+
+This document assumes that you are using Ubuntu 14.04.
+
+1. Install the ripple apt archive
+
+        $ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
+        $ sudo apt-add-repository 'deb http://mirrors.ripple.com/ubuntu/ trusty stable contrib'
+        $ sudo apt-get update
+
+2. Install rippled:
+
+        $ sudo apt-get install rippled
+
+3. Configure rippled in `/etc/rippled/rippled.cfg`
+
+        [server]
+        port_peer
+        port_rpc
+        port_ws
+
+        [port_peer]
+        port = 51235
+        ip = 0.0.0.0
+        protocol = peer
+
+        [port_rpc]
+        port = 51234
+        ip = 0.0.0.0
+        admin = allow
+        protocol = http
+
+        [port_ws]
+        port = 51233
+        ip = 0.0.0.0
+        admin = allow
+        protocol = ws
+
+        [peer_private]
+        1
+
+        [ledger_history]
+        full
+
+        [ssl_verify]
+        0
+
+        [sntp_servers]
+        time.windows.com
+        time.apple.com
+        time.nist.gov
+        pool.ntp.org
+
+        [rpc_allow_remote]
+        1
+
+        [node_db]
+        type=nudb
+        path=/mnt/rippled/db/nudb
+
+        [database_path]
+        /mnt/rippled/db
+
+        [rpc_startup]
+        {"command": "log_level", "severity": "warning"}
+
+   See [here](https://github.com/ripple/rippled/blob/develop/doc/rippled-example.cfg) for additional configuration options.
+
+4. Give rippled permission to mount
+
+        $ sudo mkdir /mnt/rippled
+        $ sudo chown rippled:rippled -R /mnt/rippled
+
+5. Start rippled node
+
+        $ sudo service rippled start
+
+See [Configuring rippled to validate ledgers](rippled-validator.html) to learn how to turn your node into a validator.

content/rippled-trusted-validator.md

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+The purpose of this document is to describe the steps one must perform to become
+a trusted validator on Ripple Altnet.
+
+# Vocabulary
+
+- rippled node - A single running instance of rippled
+- Validator - A rippled node that validates transactions
+- Untrusted validator - A validator that is not included in the UNL of other validators on the network
+- Trusted validator - A validator that is included in the UNL of other validators on the network
+
+# Binary installation
+
+This document assumes that you are using Ubuntu 14.04.
+
+1. [Add an untrusted rippled validator to the Altnet](rippled-untrusted-validator.html)
+
+2. ???
+
+Be monitor for trustworthiness?
+
+Add validator's ip and validation public key to core validators
+
+Increase `[validation_quorum]`

content/rippled-untrusted-validator.md

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+The purpose of this document is to describe the steps one must perform to run
+an "untrusted" rippled validator on an existing network.
+
+# Vocabulary
+
+- rippled node - A single running instance of rippled
+- Validator - A rippled node that validates transactions
+- Untrusted validator - A validator that is not included in the UNL of other validators on the network
+
+# Binary installation
+
+This document assumes that you are using Ubuntu 14.04.
+
+1. [Install & configure a rippled validator](rippled-validator.html)
+
+2. Stop rippled if it is currently running
+
+        $ sudo service rippled stop
+
+3. Add core validator IP addresses of the network you want to connect to to rippled.cfg
+
+  For example the following IP addresses are the current Altnet core validators:
+
+        [ips_fixed]
+        54.92.66.122 51235
+        54.67.72.173 51235
+        52.16.66.76 51235
+        54.93.66.235 51235
+        52.74.67.18 51235
+        52.64.9.71 51235
+        54.207.20.165 51235
+        54.172.212.33 51235
+        52.11.28.194 51235
+        54.94.245.104 51235
+        54.65.200.22 51235
+        52.1.205.132 51235
+
+4. Add core validator validation public keys to rippled.cfg.
+
+  For example the following keys are the current Altnet core validators' validation public keys:
+
+        [validators]
+        n9LnZ1AiyHmytkhLUr89dmL76uxZLzzyregvQVZFkVfqEQTCpg7B
+        n9LJWexXc9wxzUKWZe4faTS4N9DUba3jNsByERZSa8MJc2bhCF7c
+        n9MnXUt5Qcx3BuBYKJfS4fqSohgkT79NGjXnZeD9joKvP3A5RNGm
+        n9LxyXSSrTZ482ceep9WGQnT2nknfzFMFgNL4wMjTUn3SfF3rhtS
+        n9MTPLhEEjxcWHfqsXQhFoSUKaqYvU4E7B4yke39EMFm2DhFr43F
+        n9Lw3j7THPhKLz2uDqBBWwyxHQC1Foyr3M6JeWCVyu7uhnhL6HA5
+        n9L2XLFvcdriK34bCNXexzKMVcsZ9i4UG9J4pykR5c3J8gvBB6fw
+        n9JCK3M4ci7b1XRq2wr1Ckd1HNq3Cg7NWrWiKyzJa4R5J489QGer
+        n9LXZBs2aBiNsgBkhVJJjDX4xA4DoEBLycF6q8zRhXD1Zu3Kwbe4
+        n9Kk6U5nSF8EggfmTpMdna96UuXWAVwSsDSXRkXeZ5vLcAFk77tr
+        n9J1voqeu6iZQiLXaMofLeMbv8mbPskJWGYRtjdo8rmpvNdQRyEn
+        n9KuCFBLq2GD4vJtoL3tebQJbhcHSd7tMqFM1x9bPK9wSagPJdd1
+        
+5. Adjust the validation quorum value in rippled.cfg
+
+  This sets the minimum of trusted validations a ledger must have before the server considers it fully validated. Note that if you are validating, your validation counts.
+
+  For example a validation quorum for a new Altnet validator could be set to
+
+        [validation_quorum]
+        10
+
+6. Start rippled untrusted validator
+
+        $ sudo service rippled start
+
+The new untrusted validator will first sync with the existing network then start proposing and validating new transactions.
+
+See [Creating a Trusted Rippled Validator](rippled-trusted-validator.html) on how to become a trusted validator on the network.

content/rippled-validator.md

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+The purpose of this document is to describe the steps one must perform to run
+a rippled validator that starts from a fresh ledger and is not connected to any existing network.
+
+# Vocabulary
+
+- rippled node - A single running instance of rippled
+- Validator - A rippled node that validates transactions
+
+# Binary installation
+
+This document assumes that you are using Ubuntu 14.04.
+
+1. [Install & configure a rippled node](rippled-stock-node.html)
+
+2. Start rippled
+
+        $ sudo service rippled start
+
+3. Generate a validator key and save the output
+
+        $ rippled --conf /etc/rippled/rippled.cfg -q validation_create
+        {
+            "status" : "success",
+            "validation_key" : "FOLD WERE CHOW WIT SWIM RANK WED DAN LAIN TRIO MURK NELL",
+            "validation_public_key" : "n9KHn8NfbBsZV5q8bLfS72XyGqwFt5mgoPbcTV4c6qKiuPTAtXYk",
+            "validation_seed" : "ssdecohJMDPFuUPDkmG1w4objZyp4"
+        }
+
+4. Stop rippled
+
+        $ sudo service rippled stop
+
+5. Add the generated validator signing key from above to rippled.cfg
+
+        [validation_seed]
+        ssdecohJMDPFuUPDkmG1w4objZyp4
+        
+6. Add validation quorum value to rippled.cfg
+
+        [validation_quorum]
+        0
+
+7. Start rippled validator as the first node starting at a fresh ledger
+
+        $ sudo start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background -m --pidfile /var/run/rippled.pid --exec /usr/sbin/rippled --chuid rippled --group rippled -- --start --conf /etc/rippled/rippled.cfg
+
+See [Configuring rippled to trust other validators](rippled-untrusted-validator.html) to learn how additional nodes can be added to the new network.

content/rippled.md

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 The core peer-to-peer server that operates the Ripple Network is called `rippled`. Each `rippled` server connects to the Ripple Network, relays cryptographically signed transactions, and maintains a local copy of the complete shared global ledger. The source code for `rippled` is written in C++, and is [available on GitHub under an open-source license](https://github.com/ripple/rippled).
 
-* [Building and Installing](https://wiki.ripple.com/Rippled_build_instructions)
+* [Building from source](https://wiki.ripple.com/Rippled_build_instructions)
+* [Installing from precompiled binaries](rippled-stock-node.html)
+* [Setting up a validator](rippled-validator.html)
 * [API Reference](#api-methods)
 * [Transaction Reference](transactions.html)
 * Client Library - [Javascript](https://github.com/ripple/ripple-lib)