# Package Grin node for personal servers?

**URL:** <https://forum.grin.mw/t/package-grin-node-for-personal-servers/9734>\
**Category:** Development and Technical Discussion\
**Created:** [April 23, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/package-grin-node-for-personal-servers/9734 "2022-04-23T22:46:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 7:14am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/package-grin-node-for-personal-servers/9734/3 "2022-04-24T07:14:10Z")

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**Running a public node is easy**. This is how you do it.

Connect to you instance via SSH. Make sure you’re root.  
Execute the next command to download and install the node binary:

```bash
wget https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin/releases/download/v5.1.2/grin-v5.1.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz && tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzf grin-v5.1.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz --strip-components=1 && rm grin-v5.1.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz

```

In the future, replace `v5.1.2` but right now this is the latest stable release.

Start the node by running the next command: `grin`. You will see a screen with information, this means everything is working fine. Now, press `Q` to quit.

Open the config file like this:

`nano .grin/main/grin-server.toml`

Set **run\_tui** to **false**.

To add a service, create a file like this here: `/etc/systemd/system/grinpp.service`

```auto
[Unit]
Description=Grin Node Service
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/grin
Restart=always
User=root
Group=root

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

```

Start the service by running:

```auto
systemctl enable grin.service && systemctl start grin.service && systemctl status grin.service

```

Turn off your instance’s firewall: `systemctl stop firewalld && systemctl disable firewalld` (you probably will need to confirm the firewall rules with your VPS provider).

Query the node like this:

```auto
curl -s --user grin:$(cat ~/.grin/main/.api_secret) -d '{"id":"1","method":"get_status","params":{}}' -o - http://127.0.0.1:3413/v2/owner

```

You will see something like:

```json
{
  "id": "1",
  "result": {
    "Ok": {
      "connections": 15,
      "protocol_version": 1000,
      "sync_status": "no_sync",
      "tip": {
        "height": 1713718,
        "last_block_pushed": "000356384cbf78d8f4c718b0b21e172d02a7c6ff3899f5505e273987fe88e1dd",
        "prev_block_to_last": "00012454aa5b74ff72a90c918921a4cfbd193c8bf5ad42c8b93174121bdadd0e",
        "total_difficulty": 1924411298264920
      },
      "user_agent": "MW/Grin 5.1.2"
    }
  }
}

```

Easy. An instance with 2GB of RAM should work.

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