Guide / Tutorial on how to setup a BitSend Masternode on a Linux VPS.
Prerequisites:
- Ubuntu VPS from VULTR (cheapest VPS is enough)
- BitSend Wallet on local Computer
Definitions:
Controllers Wallet = Wallet on local Computer
Masternode Wallet = Wallet on remote VPS Server
BitSend Controllers Wallet Setup
First, open BitSend Wallet and go to “debug window”.
In this debug window, go to “Console” and type in “masternode genkey”. Save the output to a text file called “masternode.txt”.
Now create a new address called “Masternode1”
Then, go to tab “send” and send EXACTLY 25,000 BitSend to your Masternode1 address. Wait for 15 Confirmations.
Open the debug window again and type in “masternode outputs”. Save both values in the masternode.txt file.
Ubuntu VPS Setup
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Install Ubuntu 16.04 x64 OS onto it.
Connect to your Ubuntu VPS via SSH and update & upgrade the server first.
apt-get update apt-get upgrade
Now add a user and add him in the sudoers group so he has root access.
adduser bitsend adduser bitsend sudo
Now change to user “bitsend” and setup SSH keys for enhanced Security.
su bitsend sudo ssh-keygen -b 4096 cd .ssh sudo cat id_rsa.pub >> authorized_keys
Now save the private key “id_rsa” to your clients computer so you can authenticate to the server with the SSH Certificate. (You must convert id_rsa to a “.ppk file in order to use the privatekey with Putty)
Restart the SSH Server and test if the authentication with the private key works.
sudo service ssh restart
If it works, edit the SSH config file to disable password authentication & root login.
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Change following Values in the file.
PasswordAuthentication no UsePAM no PermitRootLogin no
BitSend Masternode Setup
First we must setup swap space, so we can compile bitsend even with low ram. If we don’t setup swap space and have low ram, the compiling process will probably fail.
RUN THIS AS ROOT USER!
fallocate -l 3G /swapfile chmod 600 /swapfile mkswap /swapfile swapon /swapfile echo -e "/swapfile none swap sw 0 0 \n" >> /etc/fstab
Now we install some dependencies.
From now on as bitsend User!
sudo apt-get install -y pkg-config sudo apt-get -y install build-essential autoconf automake libtool libboost-all-dev libgmp-dev libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev git sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev
Install BitSend onto the ubuntu vps server.
Run following Commands to install git, compile software & more
cd sudo git clone https://github.com/LIMXTEC/BitSend.git cd bitsend sudo chmod +x share/genbuild.sh sudo chmod +x autogen.sh sudo chmod 755 src/leveldb/build_detect_platform sudo ./autogen.sh sudo ./configure sudo make sudo make install
Now start the bitsendd daemon for first time and save “rpcuser & rpcpassword” into a text file.
cd ~/bitsend/src bitsendd -daemon
Edit the “bitsend.conf” file on the masternode vps server.
sudo nano ~/.bitsend/bitsend.conf
Paste this into it and adjust the values to your values. (masternodeprivkey is the value you got from “masternode genkey” in debug window)
rpcuser=anyuser rpcpassword=anypassword rpcallowip=127.0.0.1 staking=1 server=1 listen=1 daemon=1 logtimestamps=1 maxconnections=256 masternode=1 masternodeprivkey=xxxxxxxxxxxx
Now start the bitsendd daemon again
cd ~/bitsend/src bitsendd -daemon
Check info
bitsend-cli getinfo
If the output of the “getinfo” command seems good, go to the next Step.
Final Masternode Setup Step
Back on the local Computer, go to “%appdata%/bitsend/bitsend.conf” and add these 2 lines with your values. (You set rpcuser & rpcpassword on the vps)
rpcuser=YOURRPCUSERNAME rpcpassword=YOURRPCPASSWORD
Now go to “%appdata%/bitsend/masternode.conf” and add the following lines (with your values)
MN1 123.220.42.69:8886 93HaYBVUCYjEMeeH1Y4sBGLALQZE1Yc1K64xiqgX37tGBDQL8Xg 2bcd3c84c84f87eaa86e4e56834c92927a07f9e18718810b92e0d0324456a67c 0
MN1 = Masternode alias
123:220.42.69:8886 = IP address & port of remote ubuntu masternode vps
93HaYBVUCYjEMeeH1Y4sBGLALQZE1Yc1K64xiqgX37tGBDQL8Xg = output of “masternode genkey” command
2bcd3c84c84f87eaa86e4e56834c92927a07f9e18718810b92e0d0324456a67c = 1. value of output of “masternode outputs” command
0 = 2. value of output from “masternode outputs” command in debug window
Now reopen the BitSend Wallet, goto “Masternodes” Tab and click Start alias. Your remote Masternode should now be running!
I hope i could help you on how to setup a BitSend Masternode! 🙂
If questions, please comment below 🙂
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