# Full Node minimal requirements

**URL:** <https://forum.celo.org/t/full-node-minimal-requirements/786>\
**Category:** Full Nodes\
**Created:** [February 11, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/full-node-minimal-requirements/786 "2021-02-11T13:30:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![a.michael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71e660/32.png) [@a.michael](https://forum.celo.org/u/a.michael)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/full-node-minimal-requirements/786/1 "2021-02-11T13:30:18Z")

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Dear community,

I’d like to run a full node, but I could not find what are the requirements, other than having Docker installed on a Linux box. Things I’m not sure about:

- Minimal disk space? RAM?
- Is a good GPU required, or is the work CPU-only?
- Number of cores? Recommended speed?
- Do I need the node to be publicly accessible from the internet (i.e. like a regular web server) or can it live behind an office/home network router?

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. thanks!

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**Author:** ![Pinotio.com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.celo.org/pinotio.com/32/264_2.png) [@Pinotio.com](https://forum.celo.org/u/Pinotio.com)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/full-node-minimal-requirements/786/2 "2021-02-12T16:37:51Z")

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Howdy @a.michael , I’m not an expert on min requirements but I can say the following from experience:

> I ran a full node on a MacBook Air 2020 model Intel i3 with 8 GB RAM. I was just on my wifi network at home, using ProtonVPN (not sure that last part matters).