> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://zel.gitbook.io/zelnodes/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://zel.gitbook.io/zelnodes/advanced-zelnode-setup-guide.md).

# Advanced ZelNode Setup Guide

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### This guide walks through the setup to build a ZelNode from source, and uses the ZELmate (Swing) full node wallet as the Control Wallet

### If you are unfamiliar with Linux/VPS/masternode setups, please follow the Easy Guide here