# Cosmovisor setup

### Install cosmovisor <a href="#install-cosmovisor" id="install-cosmovisor"></a>

Run go install to download cosmovisor:

```
go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@latest
```

Create dir structure for cosmovisor:

```
export DAEMON_NAME=emped
export DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.empe-chain/
mkdir -p $DAEMON_HOME/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mkdir -p $DAEMON_HOME/cosmovisor/upgrades

```

Copy emped binary to cosmovisor genesis bin:

```
cp ~/go/bin/emped $DAEMON_HOME/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
$DAEMON_HOME/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/emped version

```

Setup systemd:

```
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/cosmovisor.service> /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=cosmovisor
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=/home/$USER/go/bin/cosmovisor run start
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=4096
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=emped"
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=/home/$USER/.empe-chain"
Environment="DAEMON_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD_BINARIES=false"
Environment="DAEMON_RESTART_AFTER_UPGRADE=true"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

EOF

```

Run a node:

<pre><code>sudo systemctl enable cosmovisor  
<strong>sudo systemctl start cosmovisor
</strong>
</code></pre>

Check status

```
sudo systemctl status cosmovisor
```

Logs from cosmovisor

<pre><code><strong>sudo journalctl -f -u cosmovisor
</strong></code></pre>

Remember to install wasmvm library as described in the [install wasmvm](/empe-blockchain/overview/install-wasmvm-library.md) to avoid issues with wasm smart contracts.


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