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+# Cosmovisor for galactica
+
+Cosmovisor is necessary for automatic node updates. Cosmovisor [docs](https://docs.cosmos.network/v0.50/build/tooling/cosmovisor)
+
+## Installing cosmovizor
+
+```bash
+go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@v1.5.0
+cosmovisor version
+```
+
+Set the required environment variables:
+
+1. export DAEMON_NAME=galacticad
+2. export DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.galactica
+3. export DAEMON_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD_BINARIES=true
+4. export UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true
+
+## Initialization cosmosvisor:
+
+This command creates the folder structure required for using cosmovisor.
+
+```bash 
+cosmovisor init <path to binary file>
+```
+
+## Start cosmovisor 
+
+cosmovisor run \<galacticad start command\>
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