Setup Infrastructure

Start AWS EC2 Server

c5a.8xlarge EC2, Ubuntu, 32 CPU, 64GB RAM, 64 bit x86, EBS volume 2 TB, ED25519 key pair

Add Docker's official GPG key

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc

Add the repository to Apt sources:

echo \
  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
  $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

#Not needed but just to check if docker is working
sudo docker run hello-world

Permissions

sudo groupadd docker
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
sudo chown root:docker /var/run/docker.sock
sudo chmod 660 /var/run/docker.sock
logout

Install Solana

sh -c "$(curl -sSfL https://release.solana.com/v1.18.18/install)"
export PATH="/home/ubuntu/.local/share/solana/install/active_release/bin:$PATH"

Install NPM

sudo apt install npm

Start Solana Node if you want to run private Solana

Follow the instructions linked to here