Installation

Install AINode on a single node or a multi-node cluster.

Single node

curl -fsSL https://ainode.dev/install | bash

Multi-node cluster

# On the head node — bootstraps SSH to peers automatically
AINODE_PEERS="10.0.0.2,10.0.0.3" curl -fsSL https://ainode.dev/install | bash -s -- --job master

# On each worker node
curl -fsSL https://ainode.dev/install | bash -s -- --job worker

Worker nodes start instantly with no model — they announce themselves to the master and wait for work.

Node roles

Flag	Role	Behavior
--job master	Head node	Runs the inference engine, manages the cluster
--job worker	Worker node	No model, no engine — waits for the master
(none)	Solo	Standalone, no clustering

Change role after install:

ainode role master   # or worker / solo
sudo systemctl restart ainode

Uninstall

curl -fsSL https://ainode.dev/uninstall | bash          # keeps ~/.ainode data
curl -fsSL https://ainode.dev/uninstall | bash --purge  # deletes everything

Container images

Both registries serve identical images. GHCR is canonical (what the installer uses).

docker pull ghcr.io/getainode/ainode:latest    # canonical
docker pull argentaios/ainode:latest            # Docker Hub mirror

What gets installed

Path	Purpose
/etc/systemd/system/ainode.service	Systemd unit — auto-starts on boot
/usr/local/bin/ainode	Host wrapper CLI
~/.ainode/config.json	Node configuration
~/.ainode/models/	Downloaded model weights
~/.ainode/logs/	Engine logs
~/.ainode/training/	Fine-tune artifacts