Guide / Tutorial on how to setup a Social Send Masternode on a Linux VPS.
Prerequisites:
- Ubuntu VPS from VULTR (cheapest VPS is enough)
- SEND Wallet on local Computer
Definitions:
Controllers Wallet = Wallet on local Computer
Masternode Wallet = Wallet on remote VPS Server
SEND Controllers Wallet Setup
First, open SEND 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 6,250 SEND 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
If you don’t have a VPS already, get the 1GB Ram VPS from Vultr: Rent VPS
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 send adduser send sudo
Now change to user “send” and setup SSH keys for enhanced Security.
su send 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
SEND Masternode Setup
First we must setup swap space, so we can compile send 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 SEND 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 SEND onto the ubuntu vps server.
Run following Commands to install git, compile software & more
cd sudo git clone https://github.com/SocialSend/SocialSend.git cd SocialSend 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 sendd daemon for first time and save “rpcuser & rpcpassword” into a text file.
cd ~/SocialSend/src sendd -daemon
Edit the “send.conf” file on the masternode vps server.
sudo nano ~/.send/send.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 sendd daemon again
cd ~/SocialSend/src sendd -daemon
Check info
send-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%/SEND/send.conf” and add these 2 lines with your values. (You set rpcuser & rpcpassword on the vps)
rpcuser=YOURRPCUSERNAME rpcpassword=YOURRPCPASSWORD
Now go to “%appdata%/SEND/masternode.conf” and add the following lines (with your values)
MN1 123.220.42.69:50050 93HaYBVUCYjEMeeH1Y4sBGLALQZE1Yc1K64xiqgX37tGBDQL8Xg 2bcd3c84c84f87eaa86e4e56834c92927a07f9e18718810b92e0d0324456a67c 0
MN1 = Masternode alias
123:220.42.69:50050= 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 SEND Wallet, goto “Masternodes” and click Start alias. Your remote Masternode should now be running!
I hope i could help you on how to setup a SEND Masternode! 🙂
If questions, please comment below 🙂
SEND TIP Jar: SNJaWiCxtT2Xg23VrcHqr8HZ3rytrbPmQw
thanks it works perfect::: send you a small tip lol
Thanks! 🙂
Thanks. Where to buy SEND?
Can you do a tutorial for FORCE please?
Will look into it 🙂 I guess I can post a tutorial for that soon, yes 😀
Thanks for the tutorial! I tried it and it didn’t work here for me:
sudo ssh-keygen -b 4096
-> this worked. I got an output with fingerprint and randomart image in the console
cd .ssh
-> can’t find the directory, it says: “No such file or directory”. I tried the following then which worked: “cd /etc/ssh”
sudo cat id_rsa.pub >> authorized_keys -> It seems I’m not authorized to do this. It says: “authorized_keys: Permission denied
My console skills are quite… “rusty”… let’s say 😉 Could you help me how to proceed from here, what is the problem?
Thanks and cheers!
the same for me: sudo cat id_rsa.pub >> “authorized_keys: Permission denied
you should really disable swap after compile!!! swap+ssd = hdd crash in the making!
Thank you for this tutorial 🙂 But can you help me with this step please ? :
“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)”
I am not able to understand how to achieve this on the VPS and the putty being on my computer 🙁
did you check that? i same too
Can you send a tutorial for Windows VPS?
Same request
Please make a tutorial for Windows VPS for Social SEND
hey, could you specify the geinfo part, what am i looking for in those stats? just started my masternode 12h ago and am not seeing any connections or recieving any payments from it.
Is it possible to set up a SEND masternode on just Windows 10 with no linux?
how did I get it to send the payouts to a specific wallet address?
Thanks for the tutorial. It worked great!.
Now, how can I get two nodes running at the same time?
Can I use the same wallet?
Do I have to set up different servers, can I use the same one?
Thx alot for helping me do my 1st masternode
it really worked
Please make a tutorial for Windows VPS for Social SEND
@felix re: cd .ssh
-> can’t find the directory, it says: “No such file or directory”. I tried the following then which worked: “cd /etc/ssh”
you’re getting this error because you’ve specified a file name when you generated the new ssh keys. when it asks you for a file name, just hit enter, and the default .ssh folder will be created.
Does the SEND wallet has to be also installed on Linux?
It all went well, until make came up with this error 🙁
g++: internal compiler error: Killed (program cc1plus)
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See for instructions.
Makefile:3867: recipe for target ‘libbitcoin_server_a-init.o’ failed
make[2]: *** [libbitcoin_server_a-init.o] Error 4
make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/home/testuser/SocialSend/src’
Makefile:7034: recipe for target ‘all-recursive’ failed
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/home/testuser/SocialSend/src’
Makefile:595: recipe for target ‘all-recursive’ failed
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
And after ‘make install’ I got this:
Making install in src
make[1]: Entering directory ‘/home/testuser/SocialSend/src’
make[2]: Entering directory ‘/home/testuser/SocialSend/src’
CXX libbitcoin_server_a-init.o
virtual memory exhausted: Cannot allocate memory
Makefile:3867: recipe for target ‘libbitcoin_server_a-init.o’ failed
make[2]: *** [libbitcoin_server_a-init.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/home/testuser/SocialSend/src’
^[[BMakefile:7034: recipe for target ‘install-recursive’ failed
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/home/testuser/SocialSend/src’
Makefile:595: recipe for target ‘install-recursive’ failed
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
What should I do?
I activate the Masternode but it´s only ENABLED just for few hours. I enabled twice again but always Disabled then. Do you know why that could be possible..? Thanks.