# Deployment

How to stand up a complete PQN Node from scratch and, optionally, federate it with other Nodes to form a PQN Network.

This section is the operator's runbook: it walks through installing `pqn-node`, pulling in `pqn-hardware`, configuring instruments, starting the Router and Hardware Providers, launching the Node API, deploying the GUI, and pointing everything at the right addresses. It also covers the network-side configuration needed for two-Node Experiments.

> _Placeholder._ Detailed deployment instructions are still being written. For now, the per-package READMEs are the most current reference:
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> - [`pqn-node` README](https://github.com/PublicQuantumNetwork/pqn-node)
> - [`pqn-hardware` README](https://github.com/PublicQuantumNetwork/pqn-hardware)
> - [`pqn-gui` README](https://github.com/PublicQuantumNetwork/pqn-gui)

For a high-level mental model of what you are deploying, see {doc}`../overview/software-map`.