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# Running L1 Nodes with Weave

## System Requirements

Before proceeding, ensure your system meets the following requirements:

| Tier        | CPU     | Memory   | Storage                                          | Network            |
| ----------- | ------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------ |
| Minimum     | 4 cores | 8GB RAM  | 2 TB NVMe/SSD with write throughput > 1000 MiBps | 100 Mbps bandwidth |
| Recommended | 6 cores | 16GB RAM | 2 TB NVMe/SSD with write throughput > 1000 MiBps | 100 Mbps bandwidth |
| High        | 8 cores | 32GB RAM | 2 TB NVMe/SSD with write throughput > 1000 MiBps | 100 Mbps bandwidth |

<Note>
  We strongly recommend running Initia nodes on a Linux-based operating system.
  While it may be possible to run on other operating systems, we have not tested
  them and cannot guarantee the same environment settings and running
  conditions.
</Note>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Install Weave">
    First, you need to install the
    [Weave CLI](https://github.com/initia-labs/weave):

    <CodeGroup>
      ```sh macOS theme={null}
      brew install initia-labs/tap/weave
      ```

      ```sh Linux theme={null}
      curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/initia-labs/weave/releases/latest | \
      grep "browser_download_url.*linux-arm64.tar.gz" | \
      sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/' | \
      xargs curl -L | tar xz
      ```
    </CodeGroup>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Initialize the L1 Node">
    Once Weave is installed, you can initialize the L1 node. To do so, you need to
    run the following command:

    ```sh theme={null}
    weave initia init
    ```

    This will guide you through the process of initializing the L1 node. You will
    need to provide the following information:

    * The Initia L1 network your node will connect to
    * Whether to enable gRPC and/or REST endpoints
    * Pruning strategy
    * Whether to enable automatic chain upgrade handling via Cosmovisor
    * Node syncing method (Snapshot, State Sync)

    and more.

    ```sh theme={null}
    ✓ Which network will your node participate in? > Testnet (initiation-2)
    ✓ Existing /Users/tansawit/.initia/config/app.toml and /Users/tansawit/.initia/config/config.toml detected. Would you like to use the current files or replace them > Replace
    ✓ Specify node's moniker ... node
    ✓ Would you like to enable the following options? (Press space to select/unselect) > REST, gRPC
    ✓ Specify seeds ... 3715cdb41efb45714eb534c3943c5947f4894787@34.143.179.242:26656
    ✓ Specify persistent peers ... 89ff3df47beacbdc06585392cdbeaabe92cba960@47.236.109.113:26656,4e347f918e42fe8883b2c62bc695ae172d8fa8d2@207.180.207.61:26656,
    4881cf2252da11c64f8dd6b7a492ebe3f61f1acb@152.53.134.160:26656,c258517ce775e9eefc0731632764c07c7be73b8f@146.190.108.47:26656,13a78fa3ed19a85a258cc8cca2505004d661d309@84.32.71.25:26656
    ✓ Select pruning strategy > Default (recommended)
    ✓ Would you like to enable automatic upgrades via Cosmovisor? > Yes
    ✓ Initialization successful.
    ✓ Select a sync option > Snapshot
    ✓ Existing /Users/tansawit/.initia/data detected. By syncing, the existing data will be replaced. Would you want to proceed ? > Yes
    ✓ Specify the snapshot endpoint to download ... https://snapshots.polkachu.com/testnet-snapshots/initia/initia_5311531.tar.lz4
    ✓ Snapshot download completed.
    ✓ Snapshot extracted to /Users/tansawit/.initia/data successfully.
    ✓ Initia node setup successfully. Config files are saved at /Users/tansawit/.initia/config/config.toml and /Users/tansawit/.initia/config/app.toml. Feel free to modify them as needed.
    ✓ You can start the node by running `weave initia start`
    ```
  </Step>

  <Step title="Start the L1 Node">
    Once the L1 node is initialized, you can start it by running the following
    command:

    ```sh theme={null}
    weave initia start
    ```

    If everything is successful, you should see an output similar to the following:

    ```sh theme={null}
    Streaming logs from launchd com.cosmovisor.daemon
    6:07PM INF running app args=["start"] module=cosmovisor path=/Users/tansawit/.initia/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/initiad
    6:07PM INF starting the batch watcher loop module=cosmovisor
    6:07PM INF mempool max txs max_txs=2000 module=server
    6:07PM INF query gas limit gas_limit=3000000 module=server
    6:07PM INF starting node with ABCI CometBFT in-process module=server
    6:07PM INF service start impl=multiAppConn module=proxy msg="Starting multiAppConn service"
    6:07PM INF service start connection=query impl=localClient module=abci-client msg="Starting localClient service"
    6:07PM INF service start connection=snapshot impl=localClient module=abci-client msg="Starting localClient service"
    6:07PM INF service start connection=mempool impl=localClient module=abci-client msg="Starting localClient service"
    6:07PM INF service start connection=consensus impl=localClient module=abci-client msg="Starting localClient service"
    6:07PM INF service start impl=EventBus module=events msg="Starting EventBus service"
    6:07PM INF service start impl=PubSub module=pubsub msg="Starting PubSub service"
    6:07PM INF service start impl=IndexerService module=txindex msg="Starting IndexerService service"
    6:07PM INF ABCI Handshake App Info hash=38D7B1C2574882732E7D65520AF9C56336280E72861DD09A7B25F40C56339DFF height=5311532 module=consensus protocol-version=0 software-version=v0.7.0
    ```
  </Step>
</Steps>