Pactus | Install

System Specs

Hardware	Requirement
CPU	2 Cores
RAM	4 GB
Disk	50 GB

Install Pactus Mainnet Validator (linux)

1. Download Binary & extract

#Download
wget https://github.com/pactus-project/pactus/releases/download/v1.13.0/pactus-cli_1.13.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz

#Extract
tar -xvzf pactus-cli_1.13.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz

2. Initializing the Node

cd pactus-cli_1.13.0/
./pactus-daemon init

#Follow instruction, save your mnemonic, set wallet password ,val 32, save Validator Addresses, save Reward Address.

3. Run node with systemd (change/edit your wallet password)

#create systemd
cat > /etc/systemd/system/pactus.service << 'EOF'
[Unit]
Description=Pactus Node
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=root
WorkingDirectory=/root/pactus-cli_1.13.0

ExecStart=/root/pactus-cli_1.13.0/pactus-daemon start \
  --working-dir /root/pactus \
  --password 'YOUR-WALLET-PASSWORD' \
  --grpc 127.0.0.1:50051 \
  --grpc-wallet

Restart=always
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535

StandardOutput=journal
StandardError=journal

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

#start node
sudo systemctl enable pactus.service
sudo systemctl start pactus.service

#check logs
journalctl -u pactus.service -f

lastUpdated: 2026-05-02