<p>You do not need to, but you can if you want. It is perfectly possible to run a node / stake pool outside of a VM.</p>

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2022-11-15T15:03:28.663Z
Perfect! thank you!
Samuel Christensen
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Erik de Castro Lopo
<p>Why do we need Virtual Machine to run a Cardano Node/ Stake Pool?  Is it possible to run a Cardano Node without Virtual Machine?</p>

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2022-11-10T18:16:11.857Z
Yes. My favorite way is to run it with docker.
DaveStrider
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LOXE currently runs KVM for its stake pool.
Matthias Sieber
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Do we need to install a Virtual Machine to run a Cardano Node?
# Do we need to install a Virtual Machine to run a Cardano Node?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-11-10)

Why do we need Virtual Machine to run a Cardano Node/ Stake Pool? Is it possible to run a Cardano Node without Virtual Machine?

**Tags:** stake-pool
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Yes. My favorite way is to run it with docker.  
> **username_2**: LOXE currently runs KVM for its stake pool.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2022-11-10. Score: 3

You do not need to, but you can if you want. It is perfectly possible to run a node / stake pool outside of a VM.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Perfect! thank you!  

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