Setting Up Stader Validator on GCP with External Consensus and Execution Clients

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites in place:

• Terraform
• Ansible
• An SSH key set up in GCP

Getting Started

To get started with the setup, follow these steps:

• Review the variables.tf file.
• Run terraform init.
• Run terraform apply.
• Optionally add deired firewall rules

Next Steps

To complete the validator setup, you'll need to manually perform steps 6-9 from StaderLabs Ethereum Node Operator Guide, including wallet initialization, wallet top-up, node registration, and the deposit of SD collateral and ETH bond.

Notes

Here are some important notes to keep in mind:

• To execute any stader-cli commands, switch to the stader user using: sudo su - stader.
• Use stader-cli directly for commands, rather than ~/bin/stader-cli. This is important because an alias has been created to ensure the correct configuration.
• The commands stader-cli service status and stader-cli node sync are quite useful.

For more information, please refer to the official documentation: StaderLabs Ethereum Node Operator Guide.