Operator

If you are an operator participating in the Aptos network, then use this document to perform the operator tasks such as deploying a validator node and validator fullnode, registering the nodes on the Aptos community platform, and performing the validation.

1. Read the

   Make sure that your hardware, storage and network resources satisfy the node requirements.

2. Deploy the nodes

   Follow the detailed node installation steps provided in Running Validator Node and deploy a validator node and a validator fullnode.

Note that your nodes will not be running correctly (not syncing, not participating in consensus), until they’re added to the validator set via staking pool operations (below).

After deploying your nodes, connect to the Aptos Network.

After connecting your nodes to the Aptos network, establish staking pool operations to add your node to the validator set.

Similarly, conduct delegation pool operations for APT delegated to your validator. Your node will start syncing and participating in consensus.

After your nodes are deployed and configure, make sure they meet node liveness criteria.