# Vultr

## **Step 1: Launching Your Vultr Instance** <a href="#step-1-launching-your-vultr-instance" id="step-1-launching-your-vultr-instance"></a>

### Logging into Vultr <a href="#logging-into-vultr" id="logging-into-vultr"></a>

​First, go to the [Vultr Main Page](https://www.vultr.com/). If you don’t already have an Vultr account, register one by clicking on "Sign up". Otherwise, log into your Vultr Account by clicking on "Sign in".

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### Create a new instance <a href="#create-a-new-instance" id="create-a-new-instance"></a>

Once logged in, you'll want to add a new instance. Depending on whether your account is new or not, you may or may not have a Products page.

* If you already have an instance, click the "+" button to deploy a new server. You can also use this [link](https://my.vultr.com/deploy/) to go to the deploy page.
* Otherwise, your Products page will be already link you to the Deploy page.

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### Choose Instance Type <a href="#choose-instance-type" id="choose-instance-type"></a>

For Harmony, two instance types would fit: Cloud Compute and High Frequency.

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### Select Server Location and Server Type <a href="#select-server-location-and-server-type" id="select-server-location-and-server-type"></a>

Choose now your desired server type. We recommend the latest **LTS version of Ubuntu** (18.04 as of date of now).

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### Choose Server Size <a href="#choose-server-size" id="choose-server-size"></a>

Harmony recommends one of the two following accordingly to the [minimum requirements](https://docs.harmony.one/home/validators/cloud-setup/minimum-requirements):

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### Setting Server Name <a href="#setting-server-name" id="setting-server-name"></a>

You can now set the name of your server, e.g. PangaeaNode Then you should click "Deploy Now".

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At this point you should be back on the Products page and your server should be installing. However, the setup isn't completely done, as you need to still create a firewall.

### Firewall Setup <a href="#firewall-setup" id="firewall-setup"></a>

As we want to allow other nodes to connect to yours, we have to open the correct ports.

Once you are on the [Firewall page](https://my.vultr.com/firewall/), click Add Firewall Group.

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Enter a name for the firewall group, e.g. FoundationNode.

#### Open the following 3 ports to the public ("Anywhere" on inbound). <a href="#open-the-following-5-ports-to-the-public-anywhere-on-inbound" id="open-the-following-5-ports-to-the-public-anywhere-on-inbound"></a>

* TCP 22 (SSH)
* TCP 6000
* TCP 9000

Make sure to check that 3 Group Rules have been set.

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#### Then link the instance to the firewall group. The steps are as follows: <a href="#then-link-the-instance-to-the-firewall-group-the-steps-are-as-follows" id="then-link-the-instance-to-the-firewall-group-the-steps-are-as-follows"></a>

1. Click Linked Instances.
2. Make sure your new server is selected.
3. Click the + button.
4. Click Add Linked Instance.

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Your instance should now be added to the firewall group and the number of linked instances should increment by 1.

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You can now go back to the Products page and your server is now successfully set up!

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## **Step 2: Connecting via SSH to your Instance** <a href="#step-2-connecting-to-your-vultr-node" id="step-2-connecting-to-your-vultr-node"></a>

Follow the instructions below accordingly to the operating system you are connecting from:

* [Windows](https://www.vultr.com/docs/connecting-to-your-server-with-ssh-via-putty-on-windows)
* [Linux](https://www.vultr.com/docs/how-to-access-your-vultr-vps#SSH__Linux_)

## Step 3: Update / Upgrade your VPS

Before anything, it is recommended to update your system:

```bash
sudo apt update && apt upgrade
```

You will be asked to confirm if you would like to download and install these packages. Just press Y to confirm.