Running a Midnight Node: Setup, Sync & Monitoring: An In-depth Tutorial

Set up a Midnight full node from scratch, monitor sync, troubleshoot peers, and verify node health with Docker, RPC, and logs. This tutorial is for developers and node operators who want to run a Midnight full node, watch it sync, keep it healthy, and diagnose the common failure mode where a node stays on block 1 while peers connect and disconnect. You do not need to run a proof server for a full node. A proof server generates ZK proofs for smart contract workflows. A full node syncs chain state