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To run a service on the Audius testnet, you can run a hosted creator node or discovery provider and register it via the service provider dashboard DApp.

Running a hosted creator node or discovery service, in addition to requiring compute and storage, requires the following:

• a public DNS endpoint with SSL support
• a stake of testnet Audius tokens (our team can provide if requested)
• operations support to enable high uptime and availability

Minimum system requirements to operate a discovery service or creator node:

• datacenter-quality internet connection (eg. AWS, GCP, or similar)
• 16GB ram
• 4 physical CPUs (or 8 if hyperthreaded. Must be recent, eg. 2015+ vintage from AMD/Intel)
• 250GB SSD storage for discovery service (can start smaller but may need to monitor / increase over time)
• 2TB SSD storage for creator node (should start smaller, but may need to increase in future up to 2TB)

The service provider quickstart guide can be found here to help you understand the basics of running a service. (Service Provider Quickstart)[https://github.com/AudiusProject/audius-protocol/wiki/Service-Provider-Quickstart]

The recommended way to run either service is via Kubernetes - an example set of Kubernetes manifests and instructions for getting going can be found here: audius-k8s-manifests

To run a simple single-machine Kubernetes cluster, this simple setup guide may also be helpful.

Reach out to us at stakers@audius.co for more details on incentives, support getting your node up and running, and to join the Audius stakers Telegram channel!