CSM with ETH Docker
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You will need to prepare your virtual machine (VM) or home staking hardware for all options below. Step-by-step guide below.
Create a new Google Cloud account to unlock $300 of free cloud credits.
Create a VM on the Google Cloud Console (or any other cloud provider) with the following machine specifications.
CPU: 2 vCPU
RAM: 8GB
Boot Disk: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Balanced persistent disk, 350GB SSD,
Identity & API access: No service account
Firewall: Enable HTTP & HTTPS traffic
SSH into your VM/hardware: Click on the dropdown beside the "SSH" column and select "Open in browser window". Click on "Authorize" when prompted.
Exit your virtual machine/hardware and re-login to add your host user into the docker user group.
After logging in again, install ETH Docker.
After the installation is complete, run:
You will now be able to call ethd from anywhere in your terminal. Next, configure the ETH Docker service.
Follow along the prompts in the terminal UI (TUI) to:
Choose Hoodi Testnet >> Lido-compatible node (Community Staking / Simple DVT) >> [Community Staking] CSM node
Select the Nimbus (Consensus) and Nethermind (Execution) for the client choices
Use the default Checkpoint Sync URL, select yes for MEV Boost, select all relays, yes for Grafana dashboards, default Graffiti, yes for generate validator keys
Generate suitable validator keys to participate in the Lido CSM
Generate 1 validator key and set the encryption password for the key
Save your 24-word mnemonic
Arrow keys & Tab key: Cycle options
Space bar: Select option
Enter: Confirm option
CTRL+C: Exit individual screen monitoring view
Change the user permissions of the folder containing your validator keys. Replace <user> with your actual username of your VM.
Tip: To find username, look to the terminal of your sever/node. Every character before the @ is your username
Next, import the generated validator keys onto your validator client
Copy the deposit data generated by the command below for uploading onto the Lido CSM Widget.
Example:
[{"pubkey": "b72e61268081e28b583d78876cc1687d72be4c3592de1f9d585c96b4c64b25b49174f04ae6e55eb1e59247cb575c0157", "withdrawal_credentials": "010000000000000000000000f0179dec45a37423ead4fad5fcb136197872ead9", "amount": 32000000000, "signature": "8bb6e8838d15ea0ea23ed5151436ea07b65a0530ccfa9f5154b1fa394827df5add81510cf3463b79a387b0dffbe43ae417ea53b844b43d6a249fbc153fa1deda9fc089f218a845e382aa7455d804650e0e03232d3dad36b180bbdacd908f286c", "deposit_message_root": "8dbda15641eb7be3573f7377d10634c93c2b1dceb9fb6e519ec54ae0286d04c7", "deposit_data_root": "43f215ce19df49591db322bd4966667afc2a226a0a9812e5d60e31c60223991c", "fork_version": "01017000", "network_name": "hoodi", "deposit_cli_version": "2.7.0"}]
Monitor the logs of your validator node to make sure that it is syncing (or synced) with no errors while you wait for Lido to provision your validator deposit with 32 ETH.
View logs of each docker container.
Flags:
-f: Follow along the logs in real time. CTRL+C to exit monitoring view
--tail: Print the last N lines of the logs.
Choose one to replace the <container_name> above.
Grafana Dashboards:
Bring down all ETH Docker containers.
Edit the .env file of ETH Docker.
Scroll down to the GRAFANA_PORT=3000 line and change the number to 443.
CTRL+O, ENTER, CTRL+X to save and exit.
Bring ETH Docker back up.
To access your Grafana dashboard, navigate to PUBLIC_IP:443 on your web browser.
Run ethd help to print all available command line options. Common options:
Update all clients & ETH Docker stack: ethd update
Stop ETH Docker: ethd down
Restart ETH Docker: ethd restart
Restart from scratch: ethd terminate
ETH Docker has an inbuilt TUI workflow for Mainnet setups. Simply follow along but verify the withdrawal and fee recipient addresses.
Go to and to get and run the installation commands. Run the next 2 commands in sequence.
Verify the fee recipient and withdrawal address on the
Mainnet:
Hoodi:
Mainnet:
Hoodi:
Mainnet:
Hoodi:
Mainnet withdrawal_address:
Mainnet fee recipient address:
