Install on Ubuntu or Debian Linux

This page describes the recommended instructions for installing the latest stable version of rippled on Ubuntu Linux 18.04 or higher or Debian 10 or higher, using the apt utility.

These instructions install a binary that has been compiled by Ripple.

Prerequisites

Before you install rippled, you must meet the System Requirements.

Installation Steps

Update repositories:
```
sudo apt -y update
```

Install utilities:

sudo apt -y install apt-transport-https ca-certificates wget gnupg

Add Ripple's package-signing GPG key to your list of trusted keys:

sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings && \
    wget -qO- https://repos.ripple.com/repos/api/gpg/key/public | \
    sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/ripple.gpg

Check the fingerprint of the newly-added key:

gpg --show-keys /etc/apt/keyrings/ripple.gpg

The output should include an entry for Ripple such as the following:

pub   rsa3072 2019-02-14 [SC] [expires: 2026-02-17]
    C0010EC205B35A3310DC90DE395F97FFCCAFD9A2
uid           TechOps Team at Ripple <[email protected]>
sub   rsa3072 2019-02-14 [E] [expires: 2026-02-17]

In particular, make sure that the fingerprint matches. (In the above example, the fingerprint is on the second line, starting with C001.)

Add the appropriate Ripple repository for your operating system version:
```
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/ripple.gpg] https://repos.ripple.com/repos/rippled-deb focal stable" | \
    sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ripple.list
```
The above example is appropriate for Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa. For other operating systems, replace the word focal with one of the following:
- buster for Debian 10 Buster
- bullseye for Debian 11 Bullseye
- bookworm for Debian 12 Bookworm
- bionic for Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
- jammy for Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish
- noble for Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat
If you want access to development or pre-release versions of rippled, use one of the following instead of stable:
- unstable - Pre-release builds (release branch)
- nightly - Experimental/development builds (develop branch)
Warning
Unstable and nightly builds may be broken at any time. Do not use these builds for production servers.
Update the package index to include Ripple's repo and install rippled.
```
sudo apt -y update && sudo apt -y install rippled
```
Check the status of the rippled service:
```
systemctl status rippled.service
```
The rippled service should start automatically. If not, you can start it manually:
```
sudo systemctl start rippled.service
```
Optional: allow rippled to bind to privileged ports.
This allows you to serve incoming API requests on port 80 or 443. (If you want to do so, you must also update the config file's port settings.)
```
sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /opt/ripple/bin/rippled
```
Optional: configure core dumps
By default Ubuntu is not configured to produce core files useful for debugging crashes. First run:
```
ulimit -c unlimited
```
Now run sudo systemctl edit rippled. The default editor should open and add
```
[Service]
LimitCORE=infinity
```
This creates the file /etc/systemd/system/rippled.service.d/override.conf and configures the OS to save core dumps, without changing the service file provided by the rippled package. If your server crashes, you can find the core dump in /var/lib/apport/coredump/. To load the core dump for inspection, use a command such as the following:
```
gdb /opt/ripple/bin/rippled /var/lib/apport/coredump/core
```
Note
To debug a core file this way, you must have the rippled-dbgsym package installed, and you need permission to read files in the core dump directory.

Next Steps

It can take several minutes to sync with the rest of the XRP Ledger network, during which time the server outputs various warnings. For information about log messages, see Understanding Log Messages.

You can use the rippled commandline interface to see if your server is synced with the network:

rippled server_info

If the server_state in the response is full or proposing, then your server is fully synced to the network. Otherwise, you may need to wait longer. Fresh servers usually sync within 15 minutes; servers that already have ledger history stored can take longer.

After your server has synchronized with the rest of the network, you have a fully functional XRP Ledger peer-to-peer server that you can use to submit transactions or get API access to the XRP Ledger. See Client Libraries or HTTP / WebSocket APIs for different ways to communicate with the server.

If you use the XRP Ledger for your business or you want to contribute to the stability of the network, you should run one server as a validator. For information about validating servers and why you might want to run one, see Run rippled as a Validator.

Having trouble getting your server started? See rippled Server Won't Start.

Additional Configuration

rippled should connect to the XRP Ledger with the default configuration. However, you can change your settings by editing the rippled.cfg file. For recommendations about configuration settings, see Capacity Planning.

The recommended installation uses the config file /etc/opt/ripple/rippled.cfg by default. Other places you can put a config file include $HOME/.config/ripple/rippled.cfg (where $HOME is the home directory of the user running rippled), $HOME/.local/ripple/rippled.cfg, or the current working directory from where you start rippled.

See the rippled GitHub repository for a description of all configuration options.

You must restart rippled for any configuration changes to take effect.

If you change the [debug_logfile] or [database_path] sections, you may need to grant ownership of the new configured path to the user you run rippled as.

Updates

You must update rippled regularly to remain synced with the rest of the XRP Ledger network. You can subscribe to the rippled Google Group to receive notifications of new rippled releases.

The rippled package includes a script you can use to enable automatic updates on Linux. On other platforms, you must update manually.