Is there a way to build a full node on a Windows system (not a docker build)?
If not, is there a particular reason why the platform is not supported?
-
1Probably because OCaml (the language of Tezos code) is not supported well on Windows: ocaml.org/docs/install.html#Windows– utdrmac ♦Feb 25, 2019 at 15:02
-
1@utdrmac thanks! Will give a look. I am curious if someone ever have it a try.– EzyFeb 25, 2019 at 15:03
-
Windows OS is not stable, recommended like-Linux OS.– Tomasz WaszczykAug 27, 2020 at 19:59
Add a comment
|
3 Answers
Linux is a much more secure platform than Windows. You can use it to build a node, but I recommend building a node on Linux
-
3Bitcoin needs as much security as tezos well but there is a windows node. I don’t believe absence of the windows node is a consequence of the team rejecting windows as « unsafe ».– EzyFeb 27, 2019 at 12:42
Well, one workaround would be to use the Windows Subsystem for Linux. But really, using docker is so, so much easier.
-
1
-
-
@asbjornenge did you manage to apply the ledger udev rules and connect it?– jdsikaAug 27, 2020 at 15:49
-
@jdsika well yes, I'm currently baking & using remote signer using docker. But if I remember correctly the issue wasn't the udev rules but some permissions issue - need to run the signer container as privileged and as the root user inside the container or something like that 😅👍 It's been a while since I set it up 😝 Aug 31, 2020 at 7:18
-
You would do me a tremendous favor if you would edit my answer here and extend it with the ledger instructions!– jdsikaAug 31, 2020 at 8:18
I am using the Windows subsystem and I wanted to write an answer but apparently someone wrote exactly what I had in mind :) I am using Ubuntu 20.04 on Windows 10 from the Windows Store:
Enable Ubunut on Windows as described here
Note: WSL is available since Windows 10 version 2004
Go and see here for troubleshooting if you already tried to init opam
I am using this on a fresh installation:
sh <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ocaml/opam/master/shell/install.sh)
opam init --disable-sandboxing
opam switch create for_tezos 4.09.1
The installation of the Tezos binaries through opam worked great:
opam install depext
opam depext tezos
opam install tezos
And update it:
opam update
opam depext
opam upgrade
-
Thank you, this is very helpful! Just wanted to add that you need Windows 10 version 2004 (docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/…)– BabellSep 2, 2020 at 17:41