# Run in Codespaces

Codespaces is a cloud development environment (CDE) that's hosted in the cloud. You can customize your project for GitHub Codespaces by committing configuration files to your repository (often known as Configuration-as-Code), which creates a repeatable codespaces configuration for all users of your project. [GitHub Codespaces overview](https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/overview)

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## Prerequisites

* Review the [Quickstart for GitHub Codespaces](https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/getting-started/quickstart) guide.
* Install the VSCode Desktop application.
* In [Editor preference](https://github.com/settings/codespaces) change your client to `Visual Studio Code` (Should not be `Visual Studio Code for the Web`)

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## Configure Dev Container

To configure the dev container, open the [Hiero Local Node repo](https://github.com/hashgraph/hedera-local-node) and click on `Code`->`Codespaces`->`...`-> `Configure dev container`.

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This will open the dev container configuration file where you can customize your configuration like the CPUs and memory.

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**Note**: If you make changes to your config file, commit and push your changes before running local node, to ensure the project starts with the right configuration.
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## Creating and Running Your Codespace

Open the [Hiero Local Node repo](https://github.com/hashgraph/hedera-local-node) and click on the `Code`->`Codespaces`->`...`-> `New with options...` button and choose the appropriate settings:

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Once your codespace is created, the template repository will be automatically cloned into it. Your codespace is all set up, and the local node is running!

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## Conclusion and Additional Resources

Congrats on successfully setting up your Codespace and running a Hiero Local Node!

**➡** [**Hiero Local Node Repository**](https://github.com/hashgraph/hedera-local-node#readme)

**➡** [**Quickstart for GitHub Codespaces**](https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/getting-started/quickstart)

**➡** [**Adding Dev Container Config to Repo**](https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/setting-up-your-project-for-codespaces/adding-a-dev-container-configuration)


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