Vega node requirements

📄️ Data node infrastructure

This page covers the minimum and recommended hardware requirements, and the software requirements for running a data node connecting to a network.

📄️ Validator infrastructure

This page covers the minimum and recommended hardware requirements, and the software requirements for running a Vega node to be a validator candidate.

📄️ Data node security

Before reading this page, we recommend reading the validator node security page for useful security guidance. The following instructions describe how to set up a secure data node with exposed APIs.

📄️ Validator security

Validators are the most important part of a network. Without them, the network is unable to generate new blocks and thus process any transactions. It is therefore important that the validator nodes are protected so that they can run correctly and perform their designated tasks.