# Custom Setup

{% hint style="info" %}
This is the advanced option. Please only use this is you are already familiar with Docker.
{% endhint %}

If you are not using Dappnode or Avado machines and want to run the Obol clients directly using this repo:

{% embed url="<https://github.com/ObolNetwork/charon-distributed-validator-node>" %}

You will need to set some env variables specifically for the Etherfi charon instance.\
To send metrics to Obol set

```
PROM_REMOTE_WRITE_TOKEN=
```

to the value you receive from Obol or the Etherfi team.

To propose correctly, set:

```
BUILDER_API_ENABLED=true
BUILDER_SELECTION=builderalways
```


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