🆕 🖥️ DRAFT - Server Commissioning, setting up a new server
✨ This is the DRAFT, work in progree central guide to ordering, commissioning, baselining and decommissioning servers for our infrastructure.
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🔐 Initial Considerations
- Determine the server role early (validator, signer, core etc). See: Server Roles
- Production servers must use trusted suppliers and diverse datacentres.
For example - two validating servers in a Pod must NOT be in the same data centre. - Prefer UK region by default — check if any exceptions first.
- Ensure specs meet or exceed the role requirements in the Server Roles guidelines.
- Commitment varies by supplier, ranging from None to many years.
Ensure the server will remain fit for the purpose/role throughout the commitment period.
🔑 Follow our Host naming convention
🚀 Operating System
All new servers must be installed with Ubuntu Linux OS - 24.04.1 LTS or newer
🛒 Shop and order a server
Each supplier has a unique server provisioning method.
Following are are our vendors, with links to their ordering processes and tasks to complete before we proceed to post delivery steps: