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    This document provides instructions for setting up the environment needed to complete a project involving running an Ethereum node. It involves downloading an Ubuntu virtual machine file, extracting it using 7-Zip (Windows) or using the .ova file directly (Mac), installing VirtualBox, and importing the virtual machine file into VirtualBox. It then provides steps for running the virtual machine, starting a startup script in the terminal to run the Ethereum node, and opening a browser to proceed with the project. The virtual machine contains a preconfigured Ubuntu system with all software needed to run a full Ethereum node.

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    This document provides instructions for setting up the environment needed to complete a project involving running an Ethereum node. It involves downloading an Ubuntu virtual machine file, extracting it using 7-Zip (Windows) or using the .ova file directly (Mac), installing VirtualBox, and importing the virtual machine file into VirtualBox. It then provides steps for running the virtual machine, starting a startup script in the terminal to run the Ethereum node, and opening a browser to proceed with the project. The virtual machine contains a preconfigured Ubuntu system with all software needed to run a full Ethereum node.

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    This document provides instructions for setting up the environment needed to complete a project involving running an Ethereum node. It involves downloading an Ubuntu virtual machine file, extracting it using 7-Zip (Windows) or using the .ova file directly (Mac), installing VirtualBox, and importing the virtual machine file into VirtualBox. It then provides steps for running the virtual machine, starting a startup script in the terminal to run the Ethereum node, and opening a browser to proceed with the project. The virtual machine contains a preconfigured Ubuntu system with all software needed to run a full Ethereum node.

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    This document provides instructions for setting up the environment needed to complete a project involving running an Ethereum node. It involves downloading an Ubuntu virtual machine file, extracting it using 7-Zip (Windows) or using the .ova file directly (Mac), installing VirtualBox, and importing the virtual machine file into VirtualBox. It then provides steps for running the virtual machine, starting a startup script in the terminal to run the Ethereum node, and opening a browser to proceed with the project. The virtual machine contains a preconfigured Ubuntu system with all software needed to run a full Ethereum node.

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    Project 1: Environment Setup

    In this exercise, you will be working in an Ubuntu 16.04 virtual appliance, which is provided with the
    download.

    1. Download the Ethereum.ova file linked on Coursera.

    Follow the steps accordingly for Windows vs. Mac

    Windows:
    The file will look something like this:

    2vYOIVYkEei6-Q5oMlIdTA_db109ab0562411e893fa877286bab8c4_Ethereum.tar

    This is a .tar file, a compressed filetype similar to a Windows .zip file. Like a ZIP file, the contents need to
    be extracted before being used.

    1. Download a free program called 7-Zip. There are two versions, one for 32-bit processors and
    one for 64-bit processors. Select the Download link corresponding to your processor. (If you
    don’t know which your processor is (for Windows 10 users), open Settings -> System -> About).

    2. Open 7-zip and navigate to where the .tar file is stored.


    3. Select the file and click Extract (the blue minus sign). A new window will pop up:

    4. Click OK.
    5. When the green bar is full, click Close.

    6. There should now be a folder next to the .tar file of the same name.

    7. Enter it, and you should see two files.


    8. For the later steps of this project while importing to VirtualBox, you’ll select the Ethereum.ovf
    file.

    Mac:
    1. The Ethereum.ova file should be downloaded and stored in an OVA format. This is what you will
    use for importing to VirtualBox.

    Importing the Virtual Machine


    Now that the .tar file is extracted, we’ll move on to installing VirtualBox. This .ovf/.ova file contains the
    guest Ubuntu (Linux) operating system with all the installations necessary to run a full Ethereum Node
    (along with the .vmdk file).

    VirtualBox will create a Virtual Machine instance, separate from your computer, to run the Node.

    1. Download VirtualBox from this link:


    https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
    a. Windows users – Open the download file as an Administrator to install, otherwise the
    virtual machine may not connect to the Internet.

    Next, you will need to install Ethereum.ovf (Windows) or Ethereum.ova (Mac) into VirtualBox.

    2. Open VirtualBox
    3. File -> Import Appliance
    4. Select Ethereum.ovf (Windows) or Ethereum.ova (Mac) and click Next.

    5. Change the MAC Address Policy to “Generate new MAC addresses for all network adapters”

    6. Click Import.

    This imports the Ethereum Ubuntu appliance into VirtualBox.


    Running the Virtual Machine
    1. Select the VM you’ve imported and click the green Start arrow.
    2. Password: ubuntu

    Starting the Project


    1. Once the VM is running, double click the file named “1.Start.sh”

    2. Select Run in Terminal

    Note: This will start the terminal in a few seconds. Do not close the terminal until the end of the
    exercise.
    3. Minimize the terminal. (Do not close it)
    4. Double click the shortcut file named “2. Start the Browser”

    You are now ready to proceed with the project!

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