GaiaiNET

1. First of all, purchase a server from AEZA.

We’ve started using the AEZA service more due to its high reliability and speed.

Server specifications:

Recommended Requirements:

CPU: 4 Cores
RAM: 8GB
Storage: 120GB SSDOS: Ubuntu 24.04

2. Set up the server on your PC.

Log in using the command root@ip.

But before that, we recommend securing your server. Read more in our article.

3. Install the script.

1. Run the following command and download:

sudo bash -c 'git clone https://github.com/dknodes/GaiaNet.git && cd GaiaNet && chmod ugo+x GaiaNet.sh && ./GaiaNet.sh'

1. 🛠️ Install Docker
2. 🛠️ Install Node
3. 🔄 Start Node
4. 🆔 View Device ID
5. 🆔 View Node ID
6. 🛠️ Start Bot
7. 📄 View Bot Logs
8. ⏹️ Stop Node
9. ⏹️ Stop Bot
10. ❌ DELETE Node
11. 🚪 Exit

If Docker is not installed, execute command 1.
If Docker is already installed, go straight to step 2.

4. Install The Node

Enter command 2 and install.

Here you’ll get a choice — stick with the default config or set your own. By default, it uses qwen2-0.5b-instruct, but if you want another model, hit “n”, and you’ll need to enter its config URL.

If you get the “command not found” error and the script exits, do this:

1. Exit the script using command 11.

2. Run the following command:

source $HOME/.bashrc

3. Restart the script:

sudo bash -c 'cd GaiaNet && ./GaiaNet.sh'

4. Try running command 2 again.

Save your Node ID and Device ID. If you forgot, use commands 4 and 5.

Then, launch the node with command 3.

Follow the red-highlighted link to the website.

You can test your model and ask AI a question (just hit the blue “Chat with this node” button).

Now, let’s register your node! Go to https://www.gaianet.ai/setting/nodes and connect your wallet by clicking the black “CONNECT NEW NODE” button. Enter your details to add the node.

To farm points, we need to interact with the node and send requests.

5. Automation

To automate this process, we made a script that does it for you.

You will need your NODE_ID for this.

Run command 6, and the bot will start talking to your node automatically.

If you want to change the AI questions, you can edit the questions.txt file inside the GaiaNet folder and restart the bot with command 6.

6. Check the logs

Next, review the bot logs using command 7. Successful requests should appear as shown in the screenshot below:

That's all!

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