# Getting started
This document provides steps to set up a Vouch instance using validators in a local wallet.

It assumes there is a local wallet called "Validators" that has been created by `ethdo`, that the wallet has one or more accounts in it, and that those accounts have been configured as validators on an Ethereum 2 network.

It also assumes there is an accessible instance of the Ethereum 2 beacon chain that is fully synced with the current state of the chain.

#### Configuring Vouch
A basic configuration file can be created in the user's home directory with the name `.vouch.yml` and the following contents:

```YAML
beacon-node-address: localhost:4000
accountmanager:
  wallet:
    accounts:
      - Validators
    passphrases:
      - secret
```

`beacon-node-address` should be changed to access a suitable beacon node (Prysm, Lighthouse or Teku).

`secret` should be changed to be the passphrase you used to secure the accounts.

#### Starting Vouch

To start Vouch type:
```
$ vouch
{"level":"info","version":"v0.6.0","time":"2020-09-25T14:46:45+01:00","message":"Starting vouch"}
{"level":"info","time":"2020-09-25T14:46:46+01:00","message":"Starting standard submitter strategy"}
{"level":"info","time":"2020-09-25T14:46:46+01:00","message":"Starting simple beacon block proposal strategy"}
{"level":"info","service":"controller","impl":"standard","accounts":2,"time":"2020-09-25T14:46:46+01:00","message":"Initial validating accounts"}
{"level":"info","time":"2020-09-25T14:46:46+01:00","message":"All services operational"}
```


At this point Vouch is operational and validation for the configured validators should begin.