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Installation

The Drosera Operator runs on Linux.

There are two core methods to obtain the Drosera Operator application:

  • Pre-built binaries
  • Docker Images

Pre-built Binaries​

Each Drosera Operator release includes pre-built binaries. You can download the latest release from the Drosera Operator GitHub Releases page.

Platforms​

Binares are supported on the following platforms:

  • x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu: AMD/Intel 64-bit processors (most desktops, laptops, servers)
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Currently, only Ubuntu 22.04 and greater is officially supported. The Drosera team will work on supporting more Linux distributions out-of-the-box in the future.

Usage​

Each binary is contained in a .tar.gz archive. To use the Drosera Operator binary, follow the following steps:

Steps​

  1. Go to the Releases page and select the latest release.
  2. Download the drosera-operator-${VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz binary. For example, to obtain the binary file for v1.0.0-main.1 (the latest version at the time of writing), a user can run the following commands in a linux terminal:
cd ~
curl -LO https://github.com/drosera-network/releases/releases/download/v1.0.2/drosera-operator-v1.0.2-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
tar -xvf drosera-operator-v1.0.2-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz

The "main.1" suffix indicates a pre-release.

  1. Test the binary with ./drosera-operator --version to verify the binary is working and the version matches the expected version.
  2. (Optional) Move the drosera-operator binary to a location in your PATH, so the drosera-operator command can be called from anywhere. For example, to copy drosera-operator from the current directory to usr/bin, run sudo cp drosera-operator /usr/bin.

Docker​

We also provide Docker images for the Drosera Operator. The Docker image can be obtained by pulling from our public registry:

docker pull public.ecr.aws/c6e4c3o0/drosera-operator:latest

Test the Docker image by running the following command:

docker run public.ecr.aws/c6e4c3o0/drosera-operator --help

The Drosera Operator is a lightweight application that can run on most modern systems. However, we recommend the following system requirements for optimal performance:

  • 2 CPU Cores
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 20 GB Disk Space

The more traps you are opted into, the more resources the Drosera Operator will consume. We recommend starting with the above requirements and scaling up as needed.

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The Drosera Operator is still in development and these requirements may change in the future after further benchmarking.

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A self-managed Ethereum node is recommneded for optimal performance. However, a 3rd party node such as Infura can be used as well but beware, the Drosera Operator will cause significant usage spikes.