This tutorial describes how to setup a local `steemd` node to use with
piston. This allows to speed up your development since your run your own
API node.

1. **Installation of `steemd`**
   There are plenty of resources on Steem on how to install `steemd`:

   * [The Complete Guide to Setup Steem Development Environment in Ubuntu](/steem/@woung717/the-complete-guide-to-setup-steem-development-environment-in-ubuntu)
   * [Easy install Steemd in Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS](/steemhelp/@proctologic/easy-install-steemd-in-ubuntu)
   * [Steem Mining - Comprehensive Guide](/steem/@geoffrey/steem-mining-comprehensive-guide)
   * [Easy and portable Steem install script: speeded up with Ninja-build](/steem/@adoal/easy-and-portable-steem-install-script-speeded-up-with-ninja-build)


2. **Configuration**
   Piston requires a couple APIs to be enabled in the configuration. The `config.ini` for the piston.rocks machine currently looks like this:

   ```
   rpc-endpoint = 127.0.0.1:5090

   seed-node=52.38.66.234:2001
   seed-node=52.37.169.52:2001
   seed-node=52.26.78.244:2001
   seed-node=192.99.4.226:2001
   seed-node=46.252.27.1:1337
   seed-node=81.89.101.133:2001
   seed-node=52.4.250.181:39705
   seed-node=85.214.65.220:2001
   seed-node=104.199.157.70:2001
   seed-node=104.236.82.250:2001
   seed-node=104.168.154.160:40696
   seed-node=162.213.199.171:34191
   seed-node=seed.steemed.net:2001
   seed-node=steem.clawmap.com:2001
   seed-node=seed.steemwitness.com:2001
   seed-node=steem-seed1.abit-more.com:2001

   enable-plugin = account_history
   enable-plugin = follow
   enable-plugin = market_history
   enable-plugin = private_message
   enable-plugin = tags

   public-api = database_api login_api market_history_api tag_api follow_api
   ```

   However, since piston evolves over time, we would ask to [follow the official config.ini](http://piston.readthedocs.io/en/develop/public-api.html#steemd-node)

3. **Syncing the network**
   With the configuration above, you can start the `steemd` process and wait for it to fully sync. The seed nodes provided will help your link up with the P2P network quickly.

4. **Configure `piston`**
   Piston can easily be configured to use any API node not just `this.piston.rocks`. You can change the API node by running

   ```
   piston set node ws://localhost:5090
   ```
   assuming the `steemd` process is running on the same machine and exposes port `5090` (line 1 in the `config.ini`)

5. **Have fun**