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# Overview: running a nwaku node
This guide provides on overview for newcomers
on how to build and run a nwaku node
for the most common use cases.
For a more advanced configuration see our [configuration guides ](./how-to/configure.md )
To set up a nwaku node on a DigitalOcean droplet,
refer to our [quickstart guide for droplets ](./droplet-quickstart.md ).
If you prefer running nwaku in Docker container,
see our [Docker guide ](./docker-quickstart.md ).
## 1. Build
[Build the nwaku node ](./how-to/build.md )
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or download a precompiled binary from our [releases page ](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/releases ).
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If you'd like to test latest changes without building the binaries yourself, you can refer to [nightly release ](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/releases/tag/nightly ).
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Docker images are published to [wakuorg/nwaku ](https://hub.docker.com/r/wakuorg/nwaku/tags ) on Docker Hub.
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See our [Docker quickstart guide ](./docker-quickstart.md ) to run nwaku in a Docker container.
## 2. Run
[Run the nwaku node ](./how-to/run.md ) using a default or common configuration
or [configure ](./how-to/configure.md ) the node for more advanced use cases.
[Connect ](./how-to/connect.md ) the nwaku node to other peers to start communicating.
## 3. Interact
A running nwaku node can be interacted with using the [Waku v2 JSON RPC API ](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/16/ ).
> **Note:** Private and Admin API functionality are disabled by default.
To configure a nwaku node with these enabled,
use the `--rpc-admin:true` and `--rpc-private:true` CLI options.
```bash
curl -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"get_waku_v2_debug_v1_info","params":[],"id":1}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' localhost:8546 -s | jq
```
Or using the [Waku v2 HTTP REST API ](../api/v2/rest-api.md ):
> **Note:** REST API functionality is in ALPHA and therefore it is disabled by default. To configure a nwaku node with this enabled, use the `--rest:true` CLI option.
```bash
curl http://localhost:8546/debug/v1/info -s | jq
```