Quick Connect

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Simplified Guide

This wizard provides key snippets from the full documentation to get you connected as quickly as possible. For complete details, see the Setup and Tenant guides.

Which network are you connecting to?

Mainnet-Beta Production network for active validators and RPC operators Testnet Testing and development network

What operating system is your server running?

Ubuntu / Debian Ubuntu 22.04+ or Debian 11+ Rocky Linux / RHEL Rocky Linux or RHEL 8+

Which ecosystem?

Solana Validators and RPC operators on Solana Shelby RPCs and Storage Nodes on Shelby (Testnet only) New Tenant Other ecosystems

Which firewall tool do you use?

iptables Direct iptables rules UFW Uncomplicated Firewall

What type of node are you running?

Validator Leader-scheduled Solana validator with identity keypair Non-validator (RPC) RPC node or MEV infrastructure

What connection mode do you need?

Unicast (IBRL) Standard point-to-point connection Multicast One-to-many packet delivery (publisher/subscriber) Both Simultaneous unicast and multicast tunnels

What is your multicast role?

Publisher Send data to a multicast group (e.g., block producer) Subscriber Receive data from a multicast group