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Prepare Your Computer

Run these commands on your computer (Linux or macOS), not on the server. The owner key lives here.

1. Install the tools​

Install git, make, and Go 1.27.3.

2. Install the CLI​

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/sentinel-official/sentinel-solana.git
cd ~/sentinel-solana
make -C sentinel-dvpn build \
  SENTINEL_NETWORK=devnet \
  SENTINEL_PROGRAM_ID=J52dyXW3a6mkatvrQct3fo6dA9vqUtcsdBt5gGqrTBXs \
  SENTINEL_MINT=Hen2LVP6KooGaXEvdSyCHWghsEY4gLLn7wix8z6zHFSa
sudo install -m 755 sentinel-dvpn/bin/sentinel-dvpn /usr/local/bin/
sentinel-dvpn version

The output must show "network":"devnet".

3. Add the owner key​

New key (it asks for a passphrase):

sentinel-dvpn key new owner

Or use a key file you already have (a Solana keypair JSON):

cd <FOLDER_WITH_OWNER_JSON>
install -d -m 700 ~/.sentinel-dvpn/keys
install -m 600 owner.json ~/.sentinel-dvpn/keys/owner.json

Print its public key. The next pages call it <OWNER_PUBLIC_KEY>:

sentinel-dvpn key show owner

Back up ~/.sentinel-dvpn/keys/owner.json (and its passphrase) somewhere safe.

4. Fund the owner​

  • SOL: get devnet SOL for <OWNER_PUBLIC_KEY> from the Solana faucet.
  • tDVPN: the node needs a bond. The examples use 10 tDVPN. The devnet tDVPN source is TBD.

Create the token account, then check the balance:

sentinel-dvpn wallet create-token-account
sentinel-dvpn wallet balance

dvpn_base_units is your tDVPN. 1 tDVPN = 1,000,000.

Next: prepare the server.