# Quick Start

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**Good to know:** This is a quickstart guide to the Proxima DB Node
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## Running a Proxima DB Node

### Requirements

Before installing and using the Proxima DB Node it is necessary to ensure several system requirements. 

* `git  `
* `node`
* `yarn `

### Installation



```
git clone https://github.com/proxima-one/proxima-db-server
```

### Testing

```
yarn test
```

```
yarn benchmark
```

### Starting the node 

You can run the database node as a node, or as a kubernetes package. 

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```
yarn start
```
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## Connect to the Node 

{% swagger src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/proxima-one/proxima-db-server/master/src/docs-ui/swagger_output.json" path="/pet" method="post" %}
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{% endswagger %}

{% swagger src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/proxima-one/proxima-db-server/master/src/docs-ui/swagger_output.json" path="undefined" method="undefined" %}
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**Good to know:**You can check the connectivity to the node by going through the curl operation.
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Take a look at how you might call this method using our official libraries, or via `curl`:

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```
curl https://localhost:80 
```
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```javascript
// require the myapi module and set it up with your API key
const myapi = require('myapi')(YOUR_API_KEY);

const newPet = away myapi.pet.create({
    name: 'Wilson',
    owner_id: 'sha7891bikojbkreuy',
    species: 'Dog',
    breed: 'Golden Retriever',
})
```
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```python
// Set your API key before making the request
myapi.api_key = YOUR_API_KEY

myapi.Pet.create(
    name='Wilson',
    owner_id='sha7891bikojbkreuy',
    species='Dog',
    breed='Golden Retriever',
)
```
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