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Prerequisites

Minimum requirements​

The minimum requirement is an AWS t3.small or an equivalent machine dedicated to DKG. The recommended requirement is an AWS t3.medium or higher (AWS instance types).

Minimum docker resource allocations:

deploy:
  resources:
    limits:
      cpus: "1"
      memory: 500M
Please Note

Compute requirements increase with the number of validators being created at the same time. An idle DKG node uses very few resources.

Prerequisites​

To participate successfully in DKG ceremonies initiated by Stakers, prepare the following:

  • Operator ID - the ID of your operator within the SSV network.
  • Operator key pair
    • Public Key - the public key of the operator
    • Private Key - the Operator private key as a password-encrypted file (if you only have a raw private key, follow this migration guide to encrypt it)
  • Machine endpoint - the endpoint (protocol:ip:port, for example https://my-dkg.com:3030) of the machine that will run ssv-dkg (you can use a domain name instead of an IP)
warning

You must use the same private and public keys as your SSV Operator when running ssv-dkg. Using a different key will prevent the DKG ceremony from completing successfully.