> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.nexis.network/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Running Validator

<Note>
  Follow this guide to setup Nexis Validator on Devnet, You can do the same on Mainnet once it is live.
</Note>

## Requirements

* Nexis CLI
* System should be tuned

If any of the above requirements are not met, follow from the following:

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Nexis CLI" icon="code" href="/quickstart">
    Install Command Line Interface
  </Card>

  <Card title="System Tuning" icon="stars" href="/validators/system-tuning">
    Tune system for running Validators
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Change Nexis CLI configurations

Run the following command to point to devnet

```
nexis config set --url http://api.devnet.nexis.network:8899
```

<Note> Once the Mainnet will be live you will have to set the configuration to use mainnet native rpc url instead of this one</Note>

## Generate the keypairs

1. Validator keypair

```bash theme={null}
   nexis-keygen new -o ~/validator-keypair.json
```

2. Vote account keypair

```bash theme={null}
    nexis-keygen new -o ~/vote-keypair.json
```

3. Withdraw keypair

```bash theme={null}
    nexis-keygen new -o ~/withdraw-keypair.json
```

## Fund Validator address

```
nexis airdrop 10 ~/validator-keypair.json
```

## Create vote account

Set validator keypair as default keypair for Nexis CLI

```
nexis config set --keypair ~/validator-keypair.json
```

Create a vote account

```
nexis create-vote-account --commission 8 ~/vote-keypair.json ~/validator-keypair.json ~/withdraw-keypair.json
```

## Start validator

Now run the following command to start the validator

```
nexis-validator \
        --known-validator 5vXaeXtVESpVsA15L4cnce2ZMXvNEVDwfseY34VVK6EB \
        --known-validator HnTZjQX7xUp3hyVACB8FeAdAE3MDAdUUBcVDxFSJpYbZ \
        --entrypoint http://api.devnet.nexis.network:8000 \
        --expected-shred-version 30005 \
        --expected-genesis-hash 8EXN9mquvw6otwQFBJpCed4nk3aM774SPxQjhosDA44U \
        --snapshot-interval-slots 300 \
        --full-snapshot-interval-slots 3000 \
        --identity ~/validator-keypair.json \
        --vote-account ~/vote-keypair.json \
        --ledger ~/ledger/ \
        --dynamic-port-range 8000-10000 \
        --rpc-port 8899 \
        --log ~/nexis-validator.log \
        --no-poh-speed-test \
        --limit-ledger-size 50000000 \
        --log ~/nexis-validator.log
```

Voila! Your validator is running now, wait for few minutes and it should be visible in the validators list.

You can check it by running the following command

```
nexis validators
```

It should output something like this

```
Identity                                      Vote Account                            Commission  Last Vote        Root Slot     Skip Rate  Credits  Version    Active Stake
6sfoXMhgqc9cft256xqWEmJaAQYQ63sd6k7412JNq6Hz  4tLeMbHGdQAWJjZsEgFNsc6gLu6VAQM2zzJsqQXARVpL    8%     154429 (  0)     154398 (  0)    -       23388    0.7.0         0.000000000 NZT (0.00%)
GqQ9UHo1tEsnAxAJQqbyuJtkgfkGt2oLzKv6fVsjcL41  EbtdDPaXC7Q5YxUG1GewAkEzWR7xQyh6TP5PtBG9VKQk    8%     154429 (  0)     154398 (  0)   0.00%    23391    0.7.0    166707.392939848 NZT (100.00%)
Majority count: 0%

Average Stake-Weighted Skip Rate: 0.00%
Average Unweighted Skip Rate:     0.00%

Active Stake: 166707.392939848 NZT

Stake By Version:
0.7.0    -    2 current validators (100.00%)

```

Remember that your Validator's stake will become active in next epoch.