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# Create Delegated Staking Configuration

nodectl requires you to create a configuration file with the necessary parameters to properly enable delegated staking according to your preferences and requirements.

## **First time and future updates**[**​**](http://localhost:3000/validate/quick-start/delegated-staking#-future-updates)

Regardless of whether this is your first time configuring your node for delegation, you must **create or update the configuration file** to define the specific parameters you want to use when offering your node for delegation.

If you wish to change any delegated staking parameters in the future, you must **update the configuration file first** before submitting a request to apply those changes to your node’s delegated staking settings.

## Important

{% hint style="success" %}
Configuring delegated staking **does not automatically commit** your node to accept delegations.

The process involves **two steps**:

1. **Create or update the configuration** with your desired delegation parameters.
2. **Manually submit** the configuration to the Metagraph to activate delegated staking.
   {% endhint %}

## Create or Update Configuration

{% stepper %}
{% step %}

### Log into your node <a href="#enter-the-configurator" id="enter-the-configurator"></a>

{% endstep %}

{% step %}

### Enter the configurator <a href="#enter-the-configurator" id="enter-the-configurator"></a>

* `-e` edit mode
* `-cb` confirm backup *automatically*
* `-d` detailed mode

```
sudo nodectl configure -e -cb -d
```

{% endstep %}

{% step %}

### Enter delegated staking setup  <a href="#setup-delegated-staking" id="setup-delegated-staking"></a>

We will choose option <kbd>D</kbd>.

```
D) Setup/Update Delegated Staking
```

{% endstep %}

{% step %}

### Continue to the next section

[First Time Configuration](/run-a-node/validator-node-guides/delegated-staking/first-time-configuration.md)

[Modifying existing Configuration](/run-a-node/validator-node-guides/delegated-staking/modify-existing-configuration.md)
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

### [​](http://localhost:3000/validate/quick-start/delegated-staking#-setup-delegated-staking) <a href="#setup-delegated-staking" id="setup-delegated-staking"></a>


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