xrpl-dev-portal/content/rippled-stock-node.md

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 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 to learn how to turn your node into a validator.