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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

Binaries are supported on the following platforms:

  • x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu: AMD/Intel 64-bit processors (most desktops, laptops, servers)

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

Test the Docker image by running the following command:

docker run ghcr.io/drosera-network/drosera-operator --help

Recommended System Requirements

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.