# Launch a new instance

1. In AWS, go to EC2 > Instances > Launch Instances
2. Give it a name and select Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS (HVM), SSD Volume Type and 64-bit (x86). Choose m5.xlarge instance type.

3. In Key pair (login), select Create a new key pair, then select RSA and .pem format, and save it
4. In Network settings, select Allow SSH traffic from Anywhere
5. In Configure storage, select 2 TB of gp3 storage.
6. Click Launch Instance on the right-hand side menu.

## Configure network firewall

1. Go to EC2 → Instances and find your instance
2. Click on the Instance ID
3. Click on Security > Security groups > (Security Group ID)
4. Click on Edit inbound rules and Edit outbound rules on the group page and add rules until they match the below.

## Connect to your instance

1. Find your _.pem_ file from earlier and run `chmod 400 key.pem`
2. Go to EC2 → Instances, click on the Instance ID and copy the IPv4 Address
3. Connect with `ssh ubuntu@<ipv4 address> -i key.pem`

## Start syncing a node

```
# Install docker
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
chmod +x get-docker.sh
./get-docker.sh

# Start Snapchain
mkdir snapchain && cd snapchain
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/farcasterxyz/snapchain/refs/heads/main/scripts/snapchain-bootstrap.sh | bash
```

Follow the remaining steps in [Getting Started](https://docs.neynar.com/snapchain/getting-started) to validate and query your node.