Cardano Node Installation process

Install cardano-node/cardano-cli 10.6.2 using official release binaries.

This section installs cardano-node 10.6.2 from official GitHub release artifacts.

Path layout is kept compatible with existing SPO setups: /home/cardano/cnode/{config,db,sockets,keys,logs,scripts}.

1) Download release artifacts

For x86_64 / amd64 Linux:

cd /tmp
curl -L -o cardano-node-10.6.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz \
  https://github.com/IntersectMBO/cardano-node/releases/download/10.6.2/cardano-node-10.6.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
curl -L -o cardano-node-10.6.2-sha256sums.txt \
  https://github.com/IntersectMBO/cardano-node/releases/download/10.6.2/cardano-node-10.6.2-sha256sums.txt

For arm64 Linux, use:

https://github.com/IntersectMBO/cardano-node/releases/download/10.6.2/cardano-node-10.6.2-linux-arm64.tar.gz

2) Verify checksum

sha256sum cardano-node-10.6.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
cat cardano-node-10.6.2-sha256sums.txt

Compare the tarball checksum with the official checksum file.

3) Install binaries

tar -xzf cardano-node-10.6.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
install -m 755 ./bin/cardano-node ./bin/cardano-cli $HOME/.local/bin/

If the archive contains cardano-submit-api and cardano-tracer, you can install them too:

[ -f ./bin/cardano-submit-api ] && install -m 755 ./bin/cardano-submit-api $HOME/.local/bin/
[ -f ./bin/cardano-tracer ] && install -m 755 ./bin/cardano-tracer $HOME/.local/bin/

4) Validate installation

which cardano-node
which cardano-cli
cardano-node --version
cardano-cli --version

You should see cardano-node 10.6.2. (cardano-cli version is released separately and may show a different semantic version, e.g. 10.15.x).

5) Install network configuration files

The release archive already contains current environment configs under ./share/.

Copy mainnet files:

mkdir -p $HOME/cnode/config/mainnet
cp -r ./share/mainnet/* $HOME/cnode/config/mainnet/

If you prefer, you can fetch from Intersect environments page:

• https://book.play.dev.cardano.org/environments.html

6) Prepare systemd service (example)

Create /etc/systemd/system/cardano-node.service:

[Unit]
Description=Cardano Node
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
User=cardano
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=1048576
WorkingDirectory=/home/cardano/cnode
ExecStart=/home/cardano/.local/bin/cardano-node run \
  --topology /home/cardano/cnode/config/mainnet/topology.json \
  --database-path /home/cardano/cnode/db \
  --socket-path /home/cardano/cnode/sockets/node.socket \
  --host-addr 0.0.0.0 \
  --port 6000 \
  --config /home/cardano/cnode/config/mainnet/config.json

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Then enable/start:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable cardano-node
sudo systemctl start cardano-node
sudo systemctl status cardano-node --no-pager

7) Check sync progress

journalctl -u cardano-node -f

In another terminal:

cardano-cli query tip --mainnet --socket-path /home/cardano/cnode/sockets/node.socket

When syncProgress approaches 100, the node is near tip.

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✅ Done — node 10.6.2 is installed and running.