solana/docs/src/tour-de-sol/participation/steps-to-create-a-validator.md

Steps to create a validator

To create a Solana validator, follow the normal validator workflow targeting the Testnet cluster.

Note that Testnet validators are automatically staked by a process that runs every Epoch. If your validator is running correctly then in a couple of days it will be staked (and automatically destaked if offline for a prolonged period of time).