Dria-Node-Run-Full-Guide

Offical Docs Guide - https://firstbatch.notion.site/How-to-Run-a-Dria-Node-4529a889692940ca8514427cc5ea4c70

Download Ollama Model

• Ollama models: For VPS and WSL(in windows)

  curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
  

Check ur Version

ollama --version

Windows or Command Prompt (CMD) Go: https://ollama.com/download

1️⃣ Dependencies for WINDOWS & LINUX & VPS

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y

For VPS Only

apt install screen -y

screen -S dria

2️⃣ Download Some Files in WSL or Ubuntu

curl -fsSL https://dria.co/launcher | bash

Windows or Command Prompt (CMD)

powershell -c "irm https://dria.co/launcher.ps1 | iex"

3️⃣ Run a Node and Prepare Your Ethereum Wallet

sudo dkn-compute-launcher start

Windows or Command Prompt (CMD)

dkn-compute-launcher.exe start

Put Your Metamask Wallet Private Key Dria makes use of the same Ethereum wallet, that is the recipient of your hard-earned rewards! Place your private key at DKN_WALLET_SECRET_KEY without the 0x prefix. It should look something like:

DKN_WALLET_SECRET_KEY=ac0974bec39a17e36ba4a6b4d238ff944bacb478cbed5efcae784d7bf4f2ff80

5️⃣ Setup LLM Provider Get Your API Key

Models Menu

When you select Model option in the Settings menu, you will be greeted with another menu: where you can navigate with arrow keys ↑ ↓ and select an option with enter ENTER

? Choose model settings:
> Edit model selection
  List chosen models
  Remove local models
  Measure local models

Selecting Models

Click on Edit model selection to select models for your node.

? Select a model provider:
> ollama
  openai
  gemini
  openrouter
  VLLM
  ← Go Back

Here, you can select a provider to choose models served by them, where you will be greeted with the following menu:

> Select a model provider: openai
? Choose your models with SPACE, then press ENTER:
  [ ] gpt-4-turbo
  [x] gpt-4o
> [ ] gpt-4o-mini
  [ ] o1-mini
  [ ] o1-preview
  [ ] o1
  [ ] o3-mini
# ...

For Ollama

First you have to install Ollama, if you haven't already! The compute node is set to download any missing model automatically at the start by default.

For Gemini

GEMINI_API_KEY=<YOUR_KEY>

Free on OpenRouter but also offers a paid plan. Provides up to 1,500 free requests daily with no cost and doesn’t require VPS resources. Powered by Google’s API. Get your Google API here. https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey

I Am using These (CPU & GPU Both Deevice)

Gemini | gemini-1.5-flash | gemini-1.5-pro

Ollama | llama3.2:1b

Ollama | deepseek-r1:1.5b

For GPU Device Only

Ollama | qwen2.5:7b-instruct-fp16

Ollama | llama3.1:8b-instruct-fp16

Ollama | deepseek-r1:1.5b

Ollama | deepseek-r1:1.5b

Open AI | gpt-4o (paid)

Meta | meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct (paid)

For VPS Only

PRESS CTRL+A+D (to run ur node continuously)

For VPS Only (to check ur node again)

screen -r dria

Check ur Points

Points - https://dria.co/edge-ai

Check Your Ollama Status

You can check the status of your Ollama it's active or not Make sure it is running. If it shows ‘exited,’ it means your Ollama is not running.

sudo systemctl status ollama

🔶For Next Day Run This Command (Windows)

#1 Open WSL and Put this Command

sudo dkn-compute-launcher start

Windows or Command Prompt (CMD)

dkn-compute-launcher.exe start

Optional Update Node (If u Facing any Issue)

1 Delete Old files in WSL

cd $HOME
rm -rf .dria

Windows or Command Prompt (CMD)

rd /s /q "%USERPROFILE%\.dria"

Extra

cd $HOME
rm -rf dkn-compute-node.zip
rm -rf dkn-compute-node

2 Stop Nodes and Stop Ollama Node

pgrep ollama

Example: if 74877, then use

kill 74877

THEN Stop Ollama

sudo systemctl stop ollama
sudo systemctl disable ollama

Stop Dria (Terminate screen for VPS)

screen -XS dria quit

3 Update and Rerun node

Start from Step Install Dria