Operate Dusk

Run Dusk infrastructure by first choosing the network and node role that match your objective. The operator guides then cover setup, upgrades, monitoring, recovery, and troubleshooting.

Start here

Choose a Network Compare mainnet, testnet, and development environments before configuring a node.

Provisioner Node Stake DUSK and operate a node that can participate in consensus.

Archive Node Retain complete chain history for historical queries and infrastructure services.

Prover Node Review the requirements and setup path for proof-generation infrastructure.

Operator workflow

1. Choose a network and confirm its endpoints and chain ID.
2. Choose the appropriate provisioner, archive, or prover role.
3. Follow the role-specific installation and configuration instructions.
4. Configure the node wallet when the role requires one.
5. Establish maintenance and monitoring before treating the node as production infrastructure.

Common tasks

Upgrade a Node Apply a supported node release and verify the service after upgrading.

Sync and Re-Sync Restore a default node from a published state snapshot and verify recovery.

Recover After Slashing Restore consensus participation safely after a provisioner has been slashed.

Troubleshoot Diagnose common service, synchronization, connectivity, and consensus problems.

Tip

For Rusk development or local test environments, use the Rusk repository. The operator guides are for deployed network infrastructure.