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title: Hosting a DHT bootstrap node
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description: How to setup a bootstrap DHT node
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---
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This guide will help you setup and maintain a LBRY DHT [bootstrap node](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_node). Those nodes are important so people can join the network on first startup.
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After finishing and checking that it works, if you want to add your node to the SDK bootstrap list just open a PR adding yourself to the [conf file](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk/blob/master/lbry/conf.py#L694) or an issue on the [SDK repo](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk/).
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## Requirements
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- Being reachable over UDP on the internet at some port
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- 1GB of memory
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- Docker or Python 3.7 (check [pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv) if your Linux distribution doesn't offer that version)
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## Running directly from Docker
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This is the easiest way to run and maintain your node. Just run:
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```bash
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docker run -d -p 4444:4444 lbry/dht-bootstrap:latest
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```
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## Installing LBRY SDK from source
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The most up to date guide for doing it will always be in the [INSTALL.md file](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk/blob/master/INSTALL.md). Please refer to it if you run into trouble. Otherwise, this should be enough most of the time (assuming requirements are all there):
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```bash
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git clone https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk.git
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make install
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```
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### Running a node from source
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After installing, just:
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```bash
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python scripts/dht_node.py
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```
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