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Course Introduction

Welcome to the Cardano Node Operations Course! This hands-on course will help guide you through setting up and using a Cardano node.

Course Environment​

Though this course was designed to utilize the Cardano Mobile Node Lab, a Raspberry Pi is not required. The course also assumes that you are using SSH to connect to a remote server. You may also work though this guide on a local machine, though some of the commands might look a little different.

  • Since we will be working on the Preview testnet, anything with at least 4GB or RAM should be OK. Though the more the better.
  • I recommend a Debian-based Linux distro, like Ubuntu 22.04 or Debian 12, you may use others if you are familiar with them and their package managers and dependencies.

What You'll Learn​

  • Setting up and configuring the cardano-node
  • Using mithril to download a snapshot
  • Creating and managing keys and addresses
  • Executing transactions on the Preview network
  • Configuring logging for effective monitoring
  • Configuring kupo and ogmios

Prerequisites​

  • Basic command line experience (it's ok if you are a bit new to this)
  • Familiarity with blockchain concepts
  • SSH client if connecting to a remote server

Course Format​

This is a practical, hands-on guide where you'll work directly with Cardano tools and infrastructure.

Ready to start?

Let's begin by connecting to your Raspberry Pi. (Or whatever device you have configured)