> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://blockscout-ap-erc-8056-envs.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Requirements

> System, hardware, database, node tracing, and JSON-RPC client requirements for running a self-hosted Blockscout explorer instance.

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See the submenu for requirements information

* [General requirements and software dependencies](/setup/requirements/requirements)

* [Hardware and hosting requirements](/setup/requirements/resource-requirements)

* [DB storage requirements](/setup/requirements/database-storage-requirements)

* [Client setting requirements](/setup/requirements/client-settings) (Geth, Erigon, Nethermind etc)

* [Node Tracing Requirements](/setup/requirements/node-tracing-json-rpc-requirements) by Client