> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://phalanetwork.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Step 2: Compile and Run dstack-vmm

> Compile and run dstack-vmm

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  <h3 className="text-lg font-semibold mb-4">Build and Configuration</h3>

  ```bash theme={null}
  cd dstack
  cargo build --release -p dstack-vmm -p supervisor
  mkdir -p vmm-data
  cp target/release/dstack-vmm vmm-data/
  cp target/release/supervisor vmm-data/
  cd vmm-data/
  ```

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    <h4 className="font-medium mb-2">Create vmm.toml configuration:</h4>
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  ```bash theme={null}
  # create vmm.toml. Edit the config as needed.
  cat <<EOF > vmm.toml
  address = "unix:./vmm.sock"
  reuse = true
  image_path = "./images"
  run_path = "./run/vm"

  [cvm]
  kms_urls = ["https://kms.test2.dstack.phala.network:9201"]
  gateway_urls = []
  cid_start = 30000
  cid_pool_size = 1000

  [cvm.port_mapping]
  enabled = true
  address = "127.0.0.1"
  range = [
      { protocol = "tcp", from = 1, to = 20000 },
      { protocol = "udp", from = 1, to = 20000 },
  ]

  [host_api]
  port = 9300
  EOF
  ```

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    <h4 className="font-medium mb-2">Download Guest OS images:</h4>
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  ```bash theme={null}
  # Download Guest OS images
  DSTACK_VERSION=0.5.2
  wget "https://github.com/Dstack-TEE/meta-dstack/releases/download/v${DSTACK_VERSION}/dstack-${DSTACK_VERSION}.tar.gz"
  mkdir -p images/
  tar -xvf dstack-${DSTACK_VERSION}.tar.gz -C images/
  rm -f dstack-${DSTACK_VERSION}.tar.gz

  # run dstack-vmm
  ./dstack-vmm -c vmm.toml
  ```
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