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+1. Fork github.com/tendermint/tendermint.
+2. Run "make", it should install the daemon, which we named "tendermint".
+3. Run "tendermint gen_account".  Save the address, pub_key bytes, and priv_key bytes.
+   This is your developer key for controlling the cloud nodes.
+4. Also run "tendermint gen_validator" 5 times, once for each cloud node.  Save the output.
+5. Create a directory ~/.debora/ and copy cmd/debora/default.cfg into ~/.debora/default.cfg
+   Copy the priv_key bytes from step 4 into ~/.debora/default.cfg where it says so.
+   Change the list of hosts in ~/.debora/default.cfg with your own set of 5 cloud nodes.
+6. Replace cmd/barak/seed's pubkey with the pub_key bytes from step 3.
+7. Update config/tendermint/config.go's genesis with validator pubkeys from step 4.
+   Give each of your nodes the same amount of voting power.
+   Set up the accounts however you want.
+8. On each cloud node, follow the instructions here: https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/tree/master/INSTALL
+   Create tmuser, install go, and also install 'barak'.
+   Then, run `barak -config="cmd/barak/seed"`.
+   You don't need to start the node at this time.
+9. Now you can run "debora list" on your development machine and post commands to each cloud node.
+10. Run scripts/unsafe_upgrade_barak.sh to test that barak is running.
+    The old barak you started on step 8 should now have quit.
+    A new instance of barak should be running.  Check with `ps -ef | grep "barak"`
+11. Run scripts/unsafe_restart_net.sh start your new testnet.