diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/.env.dist b/deployment/bare_metal/.env.dist
index 9c9c7ac82..b19bd8855 100644
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/.env.dist
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/.env.dist
@@ -57,10 +57,15 @@ EMAIL_CODE_REQUEST_TIME=10
 WEBHOOK_ELOPAGE_SECRET=secret
 
 # Federation
-# if you set the value of FEDERATION_DHT_TOPIC, the DHT hyperswarm will start to announce and listen
-# on an hash created from this topic
+FEDERATION_DHT_CONFIG_VERSION=v2.2023-02-07
+# if you set the value of FEDERATION_DHT_TOPIC, the DHT hyperswarm will start to announce and listen on an hash created from this topic
 # FEDERATION_DHT_TOPIC=GRADIDO_HUB
 # FEDERATION_DHT_SEED=64ebcb0e3ad547848fef4197c6e2332f
+FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_URL=http://stage1.gradido.net
+# the api port is the baseport, which will be added with the api-version, e.g. 1_0 = 5010
+FEDERATION_COMMUNITY_API_PORT=5000
+
+
 
 # database
 DATABASE_CONFIG_VERSION=v1.2022-03-18
diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/install.sh b/deployment/bare_metal/install.sh
index 9e60bec08..284e40576 100755
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/install.sh
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/install.sh
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ envsubst "$(env | sed -e 's/=.*//' -e 's/^/\$/g')" < $PROJECT_ROOT/frontend/.env
 # Configure admin
 envsubst "$(env | sed -e 's/=.*//' -e 's/^/\$/g')" < $PROJECT_ROOT/admin/.env.template > $PROJECT_ROOT/admin/.env
 
+# Configure dht-node
+envsubst "$(env | sed -e 's/=.*//' -e 's/^/\$/g')" < $PROJECT_ROOT/dht-node/.env.template > $PROJECT_ROOT/dht-node/.env
+
 # create cronjob to delete yarn output in /tmp
 # crontab -e
 # hourly job: 0 * * * * find /tmp -name "yarn--*" -cmin +60 -exec rm -r {} \; > /dev/null
diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh b/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
index 95b89241f..14a616040 100755
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
@@ -93,10 +93,12 @@ cp -f $PROJECT_ROOT/database/.env $PROJECT_ROOT/database/.env.bak
 cp -f $PROJECT_ROOT/backend/.env $PROJECT_ROOT/backend/.env.bak
 cp -f $PROJECT_ROOT/frontend/.env $PROJECT_ROOT/frontend/.env.bak
 cp -f $PROJECT_ROOT/admin/.env $PROJECT_ROOT/admin/.env.bak
+cp -f $PROJECT_ROOT/dht-node/.env $PROJECT_ROOT/dht-node/.env.bak
 envsubst "$(env | sed -e 's/=.*//' -e 's/^/\$/g')" < $PROJECT_ROOT/database/.env.template > $PROJECT_ROOT/database/.env
 envsubst "$(env | sed -e 's/=.*//' -e 's/^/\$/g')" < $PROJECT_ROOT/backend/.env.template > $PROJECT_ROOT/backend/.env
 envsubst "$(env | sed -e 's/=.*//' -e 's/^/\$/g')" < $PROJECT_ROOT/frontend/.env.template > $PROJECT_ROOT/frontend/.env
 envsubst "$(env | sed -e 's/=.*//' -e 's/^/\$/g')" < $PROJECT_ROOT/admin/.env.template > $PROJECT_ROOT/admin/.env
+envsubst "$(env | sed -e 's/=.*//' -e 's/^/\$/g')" < $PROJECT_ROOT/dht-node/.env.template > $PROJECT_ROOT/dht-node/.env
 
 # Install & build database
 echo 'Updating database' >> $UPDATE_HTML
@@ -152,6 +154,19 @@ pm2 delete gradido-admin
 pm2 start --name gradido-admin "yarn --cwd $PROJECT_ROOT/admin start" -l $GRADIDO_LOG_PATH/pm2.admin.$TODAY.log --log-date-format 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSS'
 pm2 save
 
+# Install & build dht-node
+echo 'Updating dht-node' >> $UPDATE_HTML
+cd $PROJECT_ROOT/dht-node
+# TODO maybe handle this differently?
+unset NODE_ENV
+yarn install
+yarn build
+# TODO maybe handle this differently?
+export NODE_ENV=production
+pm2 delete gradido-dht-node
+pm2 start --name gradido-dht-node "yarn --cwd $PROJECT_ROOT/dht-node start" -l $GRADIDO_LOG_PATH/pm2.dht-node.$TODAY.log --log-date-format 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSS'
+pm2 save
+
 # let nginx showing gradido
 echo 'Configuring nginx to serve gradido again' >> $UPDATE_HTML
 ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/