# Error when setting up a Validator node

**URL:** <https://forum.canton.network/t/error-when-setting-up-a-validator-node/7886>\
**Category:** Outreach\
**Tags:** from DA support, canton-network\
**Created:** [April 17, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/error-when-setting-up-a-validator-node/7886 "2025-04-17T11:20:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Lucas\_Allirol](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.canton.network/lucas_allirol/32/7173_2.png) [@Lucas\_Allirol](https://forum.canton.network/u/Lucas_Allirol)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/error-when-setting-up-a-validator-node/7886/1 "2025-04-17T11:20:46Z")

</div>

- **Problem**  
You are trying to [set up a devEnv validator node](https://docs.dev.sync.global/validator_operator/validator_compose.html) but you get an error saying validator is unhealthy. There could be lot of reason for that, here are some common issue you can face.

- **Analysis:**  
First thing you want is to check the logs to know exactly what is the error.  
If you are using docker-compose you can use `docker logs splice-validator-validator-1 > ./validatorLog.log` to extract the logs into a file then identify the error message.

- **Solution:**

Hopefully this will help you setting up a validator node on the Canton Network.  
If you don’t know where to start please refer to the [official GSF documentation](https://sync.global/docs/)