Drosera Installation

System Requirements

• CPU: 2 Cores
• Memory: 4GB RAM
• Disk: 20 GB
• You need faucet also.

Install

1. Install Dependencies

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

sudo apt install curl ufw iptables build-essential git wget lz4 jq make gcc nano automake autoconf tmux htop nvme-cli libgbm1 pkg-config libssl-dev libleveldb-dev tar clang bsdmainutils ncdu unzip libleveldb-dev  -y

2. Install Docker (skip if already installed)

1. Install Dependency

sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common -y

2. Add GPG key Docker

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/docker.gpg

3. Add docker repo

echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

4. Install Docker CE

sudo apt update
sudo apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io -y

5. Check Docker Status

sudo systemctl status docker

Trap Setup

1. Install Drosera

curl -L https://app.drosera.io/install | bash

source /root/.bashrc

droseraup

2. Install Foundry

curl -L https://foundry.paradigm.xyz | bash

source /root/.bashrc

foundryup

3. Install Bun

curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

Deploy Contract & Trap

1. Create folder

mkdir my-drosera-trap && cd my-drosera-trap

2. Github Config

Replace Github_Email & Github_Usernamee :

git config --global user.email "Github_Email"
git config --global user.name "Github_Username"

3. Initialize Trap

forge init -t drosera-network/trap-foundry-template

4. Compile Trap

curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash
bun install

forge build

if you face an error like this:

try to run again this script

curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash
bun install

forge build

5. Deploy Trap

Replace PrivKey with your Private Key!

DROSERA_PRIVATE_KEY=PrivKey drosera apply

enter command, wait, write ofc and enter.

Dashboard Configuration

1. Connect your Drosera VM Wallet to https://app.drosera.io/

2. Clik on Traps Owned or search your Trap Address

3. Open your Trap on Dashboard and Click on Send Bloom Boost and deposit some Holesky ETH on it. Leave some for gas fee

4. Fetch Blocks

drosera dryrun

Operator Setup

1. Setup Trap Config

cd my-drosera-trap
nano drosera.toml

edit private_trap and whitelist like this:

private_trap = true
whitelist = ["EVM_Address"]

2. Update Trap Configuration

Replace PrivKey with your Private Key!

DROSERA_PRIVATE_KEY=PrivKey drosera apply

3. Download and Extract Operator CLI

curl -LO https://github.com/drosera-network/releases/releases/download/v1.16.2/drosera-operator-v1.16.2-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz

tar -xvf drosera-operator-v1.16.2-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz

4. Check Version and move path to run it globally

./drosera-operator --version

sudo cp drosera-operator /usr/bin

drosera-operator

5. Install Docker Image

docker pull ghcr.io/drosera-network/drosera-operator:latest

6. Register Operator

replace PrivKey with your Private Key

drosera-operator register --eth-rpc-url https://ethereum-holesky-rpc.publicnode.com --eth-private-key PrivKey

Setup Systemd

1. Configure Systemd service file

replace Priv_Key and VPS_IP

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/drosera.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=drosera node service
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
Restart=always
RestartSec=15
LimitNOFILE=65535
ExecStart=$(which drosera-operator) node --db-file-path $HOME/.drosera.db --network-p2p-port 31313 --server-port 31314 \
    --eth-rpc-url https://ethereum-holesky-rpc.publicnode.com \
    --eth-backup-rpc-url https://1rpc.io/holesky \
    --drosera-address 0xea08f7d533C2b9A62F40D5326214f39a8E3A32F8 \
    --eth-private-key Priv_Key \
    --listen-address 0.0.0.0 \
    --network-external-p2p-address VPS_IP \
    --disable-dnr-confirmation true

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

2. Run Operator

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable drosera
sudo systemctl start drosera

3. Check Logs

journalctl -u drosera.service -f

4. Opt In Trap

Done! Check Node Liveness on your Dashboard.