Installing cardano-node 10.6.2

Install cardano-node and cardano-cli 10.6.2 from official release binaries.

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

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

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:

cd /tmp
curl -L -o cardano-node-10.6.2-linux-arm64.tar.gz \
  https://github.com/IntersectMBO/cardano-node/releases/download/10.6.2/cardano-node-10.6.2-linux-arm64.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

2) Verify checksum

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

Compare your tarball's checksum with the matching line in the official checksums file. They must match exactly.

3) Install binaries

Extract the tarball (use the correct filename for your architecture):

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

Optionally install additional tools if present in the archive:

[ -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. The cardano-cli version is released separately and may show a different version (e.g., 10.15.x).

5) Install network configuration files

The release archive contains environment configs under ./share/:

Mainnet

cp ./share/mainnet/* $HOME/cnode/config/

Testnet (pre-prod)

cp ./share/preprod/* $HOME/cnode/config/

Latest configs are also available from the Intersect environments page.

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Binaries and configs are installed. Continue to Relay Configuration to set up and launch your node.