# Altair Collator Onboarding Guide **URL:** \ **Category:** Collator Introduction AIR\ **Created:** [May 20, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076 "2022-05-20T21:52:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ash](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/ash/32/1246_2.png) [@Ash](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/Ash)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/1 "2022-05-20T21:52:13Z")
Congratulations to those selected to the first set of collators! Below is a collator onboarding guide that explains prerequisite steps for new collators and governance actions that the council will need to make, at this stage the minimum self bond will be 100,000 AIR. **Ensure that funds for the self bond are unlocked and transferrable.** ## Steps - [**Prerequisite - Collator**] Please paste your collator name and account ID below as a reply to this post, and set the onchain identity of your account to your collator name and include contact details - [**Prerequisite - Collator**] Sync collator with both Kusama & Altair networks (push to telemetry so can be verified) - [**Prerequisite - Collator**] Collator to Register Aura Session Key: - [**Council**] Create preimage with Collator Allowlist. Using batch to do all at once: - [**Council**] Now it is time to initiate the council flow to promote the proposal to a public referenda. There are two steps: - [**Collator**] At this point each **collator** can submit on their own their candidacy, by using the same account the used to register their session key in the first step. Logic will load the correspondant session key as a allowed collator in addition to a bonding fee (Council will set new bond fee) - Next session the new collator set will be assembled ---
**Author:** ![Ash](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/ash/32/1246_2.png) [@Ash](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/Ash)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/2 "2022-05-20T22:41:45Z")
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**Author:** ![pmensik](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/pmensik/32/2032_2.png) [@pmensik](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/pmensik)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/3 "2022-05-23T11:23:10Z")
Hello @Ash, thanks for the update! I have two questions regarding the collator setup 1. I have 100,000 AIR but most of them are vested, I supposed it’s ok to set them as an initial bond? 2. Is there already any official collator guide for Altair or do we have to figure out correct node setup ourselves? Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ImdioR](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/imdior/32/1011_2.png) [@ImdioR](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/ImdioR)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/4 "2022-05-23T22:18:39Z")
## Action items left by Council - Set Desired Candidates to 5 through Council vote - Set Minimum Bond of 100,000 AIR ## Collator Requirements ### Instance Resources - At least 4vCPU - At least 16GB RAM - At least 500GB SSD ### Altair/Kusama Setup Current Release: - [Release Altair v0.10.13 Release · centrifuge/centrifuge-chain · GitHub](https://github.com/centrifuge/centrifuge-chain/releases/tag/v0.10.13-rc2) - Respective docker Image: centrifugeio/centrifuge-chain:parachain-20220516105117-a02d192 Startup parameters: ```auto --collator --name=$(your-collator-name) --node-key=$(CENT_NODE_KEY) --chain=altair --parachain-id=2088 --bootnodes=/ip4/35.198.171.148/tcp/30333/ws/p2p/12D3KooWDXDwSdqi8wB1Vjjs5SVpAfk6neadvNTPAik5mQXqV7jF --listen-addr=/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/30333 --public-addr=/ip4/$(your-public-ip)/tcp/30333 //Helps p2p discovery --base-path=/data // or whatever --log=main,info --execution=wasm --wasm-execution=compiled --keystore-path=/keystore --state-cache-size=0 -- --execution=wasm --wasm-execution=compiled --chain=kusama --listen-addr=/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/30334 --public-addr=/ip4/(your-public-ip)/tcp/30334 //Helps p2p discovery ``` ---
**Author:** ![Ash](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/ash/32/1246_2.png) [@Ash](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/Ash)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/5 "2022-05-24T05:31:51Z")
Hey 🙂 yes vested funds should be able to be used for the bond and @ImdioR has posted the technical guide above! ---
**Author:** ![pmensik](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/pmensik/32/2032_2.png) [@pmensik](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/pmensik)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/6 "2022-05-24T09:48:09Z")
@ImdioR Thanks, that was really useful for the entire collator community 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pmensik](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/pmensik/32/2032_2.png) [@pmensik](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/pmensik)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/7 "2022-05-25T20:33:08Z")
Polkadotters are synced with session key set, waiting for council proposal now 🙂 Our address is `kAK1sKzwNeN1KjcEfqP1z2NzMQnZXiJpdMzcfyP354W3SNAWg` ---
**Author:** ![Ilhan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ilhan](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/Ilhan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 8:47am UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/8 "2022-05-26T08:47:04Z")
Hello, our node is synced and session key is set and the bond is in the account. our collator id: **Staker Space** account Id: kALgqiYfBwX3oz7RDdv1zC5mdcWKpXpHGnmZFS3BKBM7ZokRX ---
**Author:** ![pathrock](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/pathrock/32/224_2.png) [@pathrock](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/pathrock)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/9 "2022-05-26T15:02:07Z")
Hey there, collator is ready - fully synced - session keys set kANBCxfPty3zQqKCr47qvpLbaoedBVM2k1Y5sVA8mdTVVSeDx pathrocknetwork looking forward to the council motion 😉 ---
**Author:** ![shez](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/shez/32/42_2.png) [@shez](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/shez)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/10 "2022-05-29T08:46:32Z")
Hi Staking4All is ready. Account is kAHfNiC31yQW7MdAvXBXToRWZtjtQpmU9bzNX1DagMM6WT2hM Session keys are set Node in sync. ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/centrifuge1/original/2X/5/56593c9044f0fef5e808c809d46490608fd24634.png) Lets rock 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![ImdioR](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/imdior/32/1011_2.png) [@ImdioR](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/ImdioR)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/11 "2022-05-29T12:03:33Z")
> [@shez](#): > > Staking4All is ready. Awesome ! Congratulation and stay tuned! ---
**Author:** ![TheMarcus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/themarcus/32/187_2.png) [@TheMarcus](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/TheMarcus)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/12 "2022-05-30T16:06:01Z")
Hey All… Good KarMa is almost ready. We just need to procure the AIR to self bond to our collator. Working on that part now (it’s been tough since we’re based in the USA and AIR isn’t easy to come by for us Yankees 😄) ✅ Onchain identity set with contact details. - **Collator Name:** _Good KarMa_ - **Account ID:** _kAHcdUYjKwuXxVXuppCgqypRdjTu25vybaxkeRHaje9GmPy3g_ ✅ Collator synced with both Altair parachain and Kusama relay chain and pushed to telemetry. ❓ I think we set the session key correctly. I presume this entails rotating the keys on our collator node and using the generated key as the session key? Please correct me if we’re wrong. ⭕ Self-bond collator with 100,000 AIR. Happening soon… Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![TheMarcus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/themarcus/32/187_2.png) [@TheMarcus](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/TheMarcus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/13 "2022-06-01T16:06:54Z")
**UPDATE** Good KarMa is now ready. ✅ AIR secured for self-bond and session keys set. Cheers! 🍻 ---
**Author:** ![inchainworks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/inchainworks/32/23_2.png) [@inchainworks](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/inchainworks)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/14 "2022-06-06T13:52:29Z")
Hi All, INCHAINWORKS kAKxzctEd1NMXnqcTzmukN88Txu9jbmuvvtATu1soH4xXWevV Node Synced Session key Registered (0x264c0cf6baa313da9438f9e4d551d9255593b50eebb2e35cc7f483ecfba2fa5f) ---
**Author:** ![Tjure07](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/tjure07/32/1039_2.png) [@Tjure07](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/Tjure07)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/15 "2022-06-06T20:46:13Z")
Let’s rock Altair! 🎸 ---
**Author:** ![TheMarcus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/themarcus/32/187_2.png) [@TheMarcus](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/TheMarcus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/16 "2022-06-14T02:19:41Z")
Any update on next steps for the collator onboarding process? ---
**Author:** ![ImdioR](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/imdior/32/1011_2.png) [@ImdioR](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/ImdioR)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/17 "2022-06-27T15:13:57Z")
Good day TheMarcus We have reached the penultimate active step: [**Collator**] At this point each **collator** can submit on their own their candidacy, by using the same account the used to register their session key in the first step. Logic will load the correspondant session key as a allowed collator in addition to a bonding fee (Council will set new bond fee) Collators should register candidacy and lock the bond. ---
**Author:** ![cardinate](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/cardinate/32/1862_2.png) [@cardinate](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/cardinate)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/18 "2022-08-31T12:29:37Z")
Hello Altair/Centrifuge Community, for your information, cardinate Altair Node is synced. Collator Session-Key set, on-chain Identity set and ready for Collator on-boarding / selection. Collator Name: cardinate Collator Address: kALWmB55PL92mR2TCGZN6trFafou6mww5wQ2v345c5c44MMBg Collator Session-Key: 0x2e129adeaabb0c344d42c8b4713121ba0329006afc2b2f294d73ab4533ccb900 Best Regards cardinate ---
**Author:** ![ImdioR](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/imdior/32/1011_2.png) [@ImdioR](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/ImdioR)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/19 "2022-08-31T12:39:05Z")
> [@cardinate](#): > > Hello Altair/Centrifuge Community, > > for your information, cardinate Altair Node is synced. Good day Cardinate and welcome in Centrifuge/Altair Forum. We already onboarded the first 5 Collators, so for now we are all set. But please stay tuned with us and follow our announcement channel in case if Collators set will be extended in the future. ---
**Author:** ![cardinate](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.centrifuge.io/cardinate/32/1862_2.png) [@cardinate](https://gov.centrifuge.io/u/cardinate)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076/20 "2022-09-01T22:19:14Z")
> [@cardinate](#): > > Community, Hello ImdioR, hello Community, thanks for the welcome, our Altair & Centrifuge collators are online and both systems are always ready for service 🙂 cardinate [Next page](https://gov.centrifuge.io/t/altair-collator-onboarding-guide/4076.md?page=2)