From 1b56cacd3a95e25a28d672f80bde1badc92d53b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alter <94649308+alter-22@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:06:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update and rename detailed-instructions.md to
 validator-setup.md

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 ...led-instructions.md => validator-setup.md} | 59 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 rename docs/validators/{detailed-instructions.md => validator-setup.md} (77%)

diff --git a/docs/validators/detailed-instructions.md b/docs/validators/validator-setup.md
similarity index 77%
rename from docs/validators/detailed-instructions.md
rename to docs/validators/validator-setup.md
index 60326d79..7b51d871 100644
--- a/docs/validators/detailed-instructions.md
+++ b/docs/validators/validator-setup.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-title: "Running a Validator"
-sidebar_label: 'Running a Validator'
+title: "Validator setup"
+sidebar_label: 'Setting up a new validator'
 sidebar_position: 3
 ---
 
@@ -107,12 +107,63 @@ libra version
 
 
 
-### You will now need sync your validator to the latest block and register your validator.
+### Run as fullnode first to sync your validator to the latest block
 
-#### Start Node
+#### Fullnode initialization
+Initialize `~/.libra` config directory 
+``` bash
+libra config init
+```
+
+Grab the **genesis blob** and **waypoint** (creates `fullnode.yaml`)
+``` bash
+libra config fullnode-init
+```
+:::note
+Make sure the peers listed in `~/.libra/fullnode.yaml` are active to avoid connection issues.
+:::
+
+Set your client `libra.yaml` with the rpc-load-balancer upstream node
+``` bash
+libra config fix --force-url https://rpc.openlibra.space:8080/v1
+```
+
+#### Start your node as fullnode
+`libra node --config-path ~/.libra/fullnode.yaml`
+:::note
+Check sync status using `watch 'curl localhost:8080/v1/ | jq'`.
+:::
+
+
+### Switch to validator mode
+
+#### Validator initialization
+Set up validator using the validator config tool
+``` bash
+libra config validator-init
+```
+:::note
+Make sure the peers listed in `~/.libra/validator.yaml` are active to avoid connection issues.
+:::
+
+Following this you can see and edit your validator config file `~/.libra/operator.yaml`.
+On both machines, the config in `operator.yaml` should be complete with separate Validator and VFN keys and IPs
+``` yaml
+validator_network_public_key: "0x_thiswasalreadyset_public_key"
+validator_host:
+  host: <validator_ip>
+  port: 6180
+full_node_network_public_key: "0x_full_node_network_public_key"
+full_node_host:
+  host: <vfn_ip>
+  port: 6182
+```
+
+#### Run your node in validator mode
 
 `libra node --config-path ~/.libra/validator.yaml`
 
+
 ### Setup as a service(optional)
 
 

From b65cdbe5a23ee5f777d18939e61a42e42a230bac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alter <94649308+alter-22@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 21:44:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Rename - back - validator-setup.md to
 detailed-instructions.md

Fixing CI failure due to broken links
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 .../validators/{validator-setup.md => detailed-instructions.md} | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
 rename docs/validators/{validator-setup.md => detailed-instructions.md} (99%)

diff --git a/docs/validators/validator-setup.md b/docs/validators/detailed-instructions.md
similarity index 99%
rename from docs/validators/validator-setup.md
rename to docs/validators/detailed-instructions.md
index 7b51d871..5adb4e45 100644
--- a/docs/validators/validator-setup.md
+++ b/docs/validators/detailed-instructions.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: "Validator setup"
-sidebar_label: 'Setting up a new validator'
+sidebar_label: 'Setting up a validator'
 sidebar_position: 3
 ---