🧠 Dria Node Setup Guide (Ollama/Gemini)

✅ Pre-requirements

➡️ Minimum requirement to run this node: 8vCPU & 16 GB RAM

➡️ You can use GCP VPS to run this node. Check this guide how to setup Google Cloud VPS

🔹 Install Ollama (Choose your OS)

Download from:
👉 https://ollama.com/download/linux

🔹Download For Linux

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

🔹Verify Installation

ollama --version

🔹Launch Dria

[You will need to open another terminal or restart your same terminal after launch dria step]

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

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🔹Start your Node

(You'll be prompted to enter your EVM private key (without 0x) and choose the model.)

dkn-compute-launcher start

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🤖Select your model accordinly🤖

Select Model with Spacebar key & Enter key to confirm or back You can check here which model is suitable for your system. 👇

https://node-guide.dria.co/selecting-models

📊 Check Node Status & Points

👉 Check your node status [https://dria.co/edge-ai/my-node]

📝 Join Discord Server & Fill this Form to Get Discord Role

Discord: https://discord.gg/DAkhTKDD

👉 [https://form.typeform.com/to/Eav42hR3?typeform-source=www.google.com]

🔄 Switching from Ollama to Gemini API

Recommended for devices not capable of running Ollama or if Ollama is not working.

1. Stop your node if it's running Press Ctrl+C
2. Delete your Dria directory:

sudo rm -rf .dria

3. Reinstall the Dria launcher (Use installation commands from above depending on your OS)

4. Start your node

dkn-compute-launcher start

5. Select Gemini instead of Ollama

6. Choose a Model:

• gemini-1.5-flash

• gemini-1.5-pro

7. Enter your Gemini API Key 👉 Get it from: https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey

TIPS ⚒️⭐

1. Install tmux on your VPS:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install tmux

2. Start a new tmux session:

tmux new -s mynode

3. Run your node inside the tmux session (Download dria, launch dria & start running node)

4. Once your node is active & running, Detach from tmux (leave the session running): Press Ctrl+B, then D

5. Return back to tmux session

   tmux attach -t mynode