Running a Validator

Instructions for setting up and operating a validator node.

A node on the Autonity network can be registered to become a Validator, making it eligible for selection into the consensus committee to earn rewards for proposing and finalizing blocks.

Validator nodes participate in the oracle protocol when members of the consensus committee. Accordingly, to operate a validator node, the Autonity Oracle Server must also be installed and configured to collect data from one or more external data sources.

The steps here describe how to register a node as a validator and other operations related to validator node management. This guide assumes a running oracle server and a running node and connected aut.