# polkadot-validator-setup maintenance
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This Request for Proposals is _closed_, meaning we are not looking for any more proposals on this topic at the moment.
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* **Status:** [Closed](https://github.com/polkachu/polkadot-validator)
* **Teams/People that could deliver the RFP:** @melozo, @pmensik, @tylerztl, @bLd75
## Project Description :page_facing_up:
One of the more accessible ways of spinning up validator nodes is by using the [`polkadot-validator-setup`](https://github.com/w3f/polkadot-validator-setup) repository, which uses a mix of terraform and ansible tools to create a server, adjust its configuration and install the necessary packages needed for running a substrate node.
This RFP aims at providing maintenance to that repository and add some small features.
**UPDATE:** This repo has been archived.
## Deliverables :nut_and_bolt:
A list of possible tasks to work on:
- fixing issues and improving documentation
- updating any libraries/deps needed
- support additional terraform backends to store the terraform state (currently only `gcp`, could add `s3`: see [this issue](https://github.com/w3f/polkadot-validator-setup/issues/108) and local storage or even git - it should be discouraged in prod but very useful for testing). See also [this issue](https://github.com/w3f/polkadot-validator-setup/issues/7)
- investigate pass-phrased ssh key deployment: [issue 109](https://github.com/w3f/polkadot-validator-setup/issues/109)
- add additional cloud providers to terraform: [alicloud](https://github.com/w3f/polkadot-validator-setup/issues/111), [OVS](https://github.com/w3f/polkadot-validator-setup/issues/116)