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Title: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin/QuarkCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: gigawatt on August 30, 2013, 02:50:46 PM Hey guys! This guide is going to be a bit shorter than the other ones. I'm going to assume you know some of the basics of setting up a VPS node as outlined in my previous guides. You'll also be needing to set up a pool mining account.
Once you have an Ubuntu 64-bit VPS running, this should be a walk in the park. QUARKCOIN USERS: follow the instructions in this first post, then read the information in the second post for additional info. Setting up a Securecoin Pool Miner on VPS for Absolute Noobs Donations are appreciated! If you enjoyed the guide, feel free to sign up using one of the referral links or maybe even send a few coins my way! ;) BTC: 1E2egHUcLDAmcxcqZqpL18TPLx9Xj1akcV Ψ: AWHJbwoM67Ez12SHH4pH5DnJKPoMSdvLz2 SRC: sMCD2p55fkPD6s8EzDrL7vVp8EYqPkJ6mo Before You Begin
Getting Down to Business
Congratulations! You're now mining SecureCoins! If you'd like to maximize your mining potential, please see my mini-guide on How to Clone DigitalOcean Droplets (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=284831.msg3045081#msg3045081). Changelog
Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: gigawatt on August 30, 2013, 02:51:59 PM RESERVED
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Quark Mining Config (example): Code: SECURECOIN_WORKER="your_quarkcoin_address" Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: Aggrophobia on August 30, 2013, 02:58:29 PM i prefer adding -march=native to the CFlags
Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: gigawatt on August 30, 2013, 03:01:38 PM i prefer adding -march=native to the CFlags I do too. I left it out for maximum compatibility though. Some VPS services like DigitalOcean crap their britches when you include it though, so your mileage may vary. Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: eule on August 30, 2013, 03:09:52 PM How can digitalocean see which compiler flags you use? The miner uses 100% cpu anyways, no matter if compiled for native, sse2 or mmx.
Personally I don't use scripts, makes me feel powerless (and the author could include anything). OK for noobs I guess, but I'd prefer them learning the basics, which aren't that hard to get and basically the same for every coin. Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: gigawatt on August 30, 2013, 03:36:24 PM How can digitalocean see which compiler flags you use? The miner uses 100% cpu anyways, no matter if compiled for native, sse2 or mmx. Personally I don't use scripts, makes me feel powerless (and the author could include anything). OK for noobs I guess, but I'd prefer them learning the basics, which aren't that hard to get and basically the same for every coin. DigitalOcean doesn't see which flags, that's the job of the compiler. When you supply "-march=native", the compiler tries to determine which CPU architecture you have, then generates object code based on what instructions your CPU has available. I think the problem is with DigitalOcean and "-march=native" is how their virtualization works. It reports the CPU architecture as K5 (don't quote me) but then complains that there's no valid target architecture. Also, mining at 100% doesn't mean much, only your speeds do, so be sure to check your miner's output to see which works best for you. Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: aTriz on August 30, 2013, 03:44:02 PM Followed this step by step but after I copy the scrypt into Putty nothing happens (no script running)
Help me out giga! Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: Joerii on August 30, 2013, 03:44:37 PM I think you underestimate the noobishness of some of the readers of this thread. Namely ; me :D
Why us e a VPS ? I though a VPS was only a place to run connections through. Or does it also have CPU's that you can use to mine ? If so, how much does it cost to rent ? How profitable is it ? Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: techbytes on August 30, 2013, 03:49:38 PM Followed this step by step but after I copy the scrypt into Putty nothing happens (no script running) Help me out giga! Same here. My putty session is sitting at the ">" prompt. How do I know if it is running or not? Thanks. -tb- Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: gigawatt on August 30, 2013, 03:55:31 PM For those having issues with ">", try the script again.
I had a few lingering tab characters and I added a few newlines at the end for good measure. Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: RoboCoder on August 30, 2013, 04:10:43 PM Still having the problem.. being left at the > prompt
Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: gigawatt on August 30, 2013, 04:12:33 PM Still having the problem.. being left at the > prompt Try something for me real quick? Remove the first line, the one that starts "#!/bin/bash" and try again? Let me know if that works. I've updated the script and removed the "#!/bin/bash", so hopefully that fixes it. Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: RoboCoder on August 30, 2013, 04:25:02 PM Still having the problem.. being left at the > prompt Try something for me real quick? Remove the first line, the one that starts "#!/bin/bash" and try again? Let me know if that works. I've updated the script and removed the "#!/bin/bash", so hopefully that fixes it. No, still leaves me at the > prompt and a return just gives me another. Thanks for the help, i am a linux weakling - windows guy (oh no!) I am using digital ocean if that makes a difference. Also, when I paste i am at a: ~# prompt Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: techbytes on August 30, 2013, 04:35:23 PM Still having the problem.. being left at the > prompt Try something for me real quick? Remove the first line, the one that starts "#!/bin/bash" and try again? Let me know if that works. I've updated the script and removed the "#!/bin/bash", so hopefully that fixes it. No, still leaves me at the > prompt and a return just gives me another. Thanks for the help, i am a linux weakling - windows guy (oh no!) I am using digital ocean if that makes a difference. Also, when I paste i am at a: ~# prompt I ran the script again without the {} and now the script is running and doing its thing. -tb- Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: RoboCoder on August 30, 2013, 04:42:37 PM Still having the problem.. being left at the > prompt Try something for me real quick? Remove the first line, the one that starts "#!/bin/bash" and try again? Let me know if that works. I've updated the script and removed the "#!/bin/bash", so hopefully that fixes it. No, still leaves me at the > prompt and a return just gives me another. Thanks for the help, i am a linux weakling - windows guy (oh no!) I am using digital ocean if that makes a difference. Also, when I paste i am at a: ~# prompt I ran the script again without the {} and now the script is running and doing its thing. -tb- Just figured out the same thing! Thanks! Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: RoboCoder on August 30, 2013, 04:43:52 PM Whats the easiest way to monitor or verify mining is running?
Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: gigawatt on August 30, 2013, 04:50:14 PM Whats the easiest way to monitor or verify mining is running? If you want to verify CPU usage: Code: ps aux | grep -v grep | grep -i minerd If you want numbers: Code: ~/peek Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: RoboCoder on August 30, 2013, 04:52:30 PM Whats the easiest way to monitor or verify mining is running? If you want to verify CPU usage: Code: ps aux | grep -v grep | grep -i minerd If you want numbers: Code: ~/peek Says no such file or directory for peek. I don't think the script completely ran. Going to reboot and try again.. Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: gigawatt on August 30, 2013, 04:56:16 PM Whats the easiest way to monitor or verify mining is running? If you want to verify CPU usage: Code: ps aux | grep -v grep | grep -i minerd If you want numbers: Code: ~/peek Says no such file or directory for peek. I don't think the script completely ran. Going to reboot and try again.. Last time, I promise. I found the bug with the script, so it should work now, {}s and all. Turns out bash was gobbling the "run-miner" file section. I forgot that "!" has special meaning at the command line. Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: RoboCoder on August 30, 2013, 04:58:39 PM Whats the easiest way to monitor or verify mining is running? If you want to verify CPU usage: Code: ps aux | grep -v grep | grep -i minerd If you want numbers: Code: ~/peek Says no such file or directory for peek. I don't think the script completely ran. Going to reboot and try again.. Last time, I promise. I found the bug with the script, so it should work now, {}s and all. Turns out bash was gobbling the "run-miner" file section. Thanks! Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: gigawatt on August 30, 2013, 04:59:45 PM Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: techbytes on August 30, 2013, 05:05:26 PM Working now. Verified with ~/peek.
Thanks! -tb- Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: RoboCoder on August 30, 2013, 05:05:44 PM working for me as well.
Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: RoboCoder on August 30, 2013, 05:23:19 PM It is interesting that when i look at the digitalocean cpu graph, it shows what appears to be a limit to 63% of cpu usuage..
Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: gigawatt on August 30, 2013, 05:52:04 PM It is interesting that when i look at the digitalocean cpu graph, it shows what appears to be a limit to 63% of cpu usuage.. Depending on what graph you're looking at, it may be the moving average. *nix is really, really strange (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_%28computing%29#Unix-style_load_calculation) with things like that. I'd check the process listing with "ps fu" or "ps aux" and verify it's using 100% like it should be. Title: Cloning DigitalOcean Droplets to Maximize Mining Potential Post by: gigawatt on August 30, 2013, 08:01:39 PM Hate building your VPS nodes manually? Wish you could just copy paste them? You can!
(Note: this guide is for DigitalOcean only. Other providers like Linode also offer a cloning system, although a bit more complicated.) Step 1: Build a node using the latest version of the setup script. If you've built the node previously, you might want to rebuild it. Older versions didn't include a "run at startup" routine which is required for this guide to be useful. Step 2: Once you have your node configured, shut down the mining software gracefully. The command should be like ~/stop-something Step 3: Shut down your Droplet from the droplet screen. Only do this once you're sure you've completed step 2 correctly. Step 4: Once the node has shutdown, create a snapshot of the node in it's powered-off state. Give the snapshot a name (although it's not terribly important). Step 4.5: Your snapshot process should now start. It can take anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes, so be patient. Step 5: This step is optional. If you wish to clone your node to regions besides the one your parent node was in, you'll need to distribute the snapshot. It can take anywhere from 3 to 15 minutes to complete. Doing this allows you to make a snapshot in NewYork and clone it to SanFrancisco or Amsterdam. This can be good for diversifying your node locations. Step 6: Create a new Droplet and give it a name. Select the node type you'd like to build, then scroll all the way to the bottom. Don't click Create yet! Step 6.5: Select a region for your node. If you skipped Step 5, it must be the same region as "parent" node. Instead of selecting an operating system, click the "My Images" tab and select the image you created in Step 4. Step 7: Congratulations! You've cloned a node! As soon as it comes online, it should automatically begin mining. Please note that your new node has a different password! You'll need to check your email address to find out what it is. Feel free to change the password by logging in and running the passwd command. Note: You can only have so many Droplets running at one time. To see how many you can create, click the gear button at the bottom left. Be sure to check your Droplet limit regularly! The longer you're a customer, the more nodes you can have running at once. If you enjoyed this mini-guide, feel free to donate or use any of the VPS referral links from the main posts. BTC: 1E2egHUcLDAmcxcqZqpL18TPLx9Xj1akcV Ψ: AWHJbwoM67Ez12SHH4pH5DnJKPoMSdvLz2 SRC: sMCD2p55fkPD6s8EzDrL7vVp8EYqPkJ6mo Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: ivanlabrie on August 30, 2013, 10:32:24 PM Why the two core instance? Isn't the single core cheapest one more cost effective?
Haven't tried, just fired one of the single core ones and it worked like a charm. Expect some btc soon :D Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: Hydroponica on August 31, 2013, 12:13:05 PM I just tried this, and I get Downloading and building securecoin...
Cloning into 'quarkcoin-cpuminer'... error: The requested URL returned error: 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable while accessing http://github.com/uncle-bob/quarkcoin-cpuminer.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack fatal: HTTP request failed /root/build-securecoin: line 10: cd: /root/quarkcoin-cpuminer: No such file or directory /root/build-securecoin: line 11: ./autogen.sh: No such file or directory /root/build-securecoin: line 12: ./configure: No such file or directory make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. cp: cannot stat â./minerdâ: No such file or directory Starting securecoin miner update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/cron missing LSB information update-rc.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts> System start/stop links for /etc/init.d/cron already exist. ========================================================== All Done! securecoin pool miner should be up and running Run ~/start-securecoind to start securecoind and begin mining Run ~/stop-securecoind to stop securecoind and stop mining Run ~/build-securecoin to update and rebuild securecoind Run ~/peek to check on your mining status Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: gigawatt on August 31, 2013, 05:45:54 PM I just tried this, and I get Downloading and building securecoin... Cloning into 'quarkcoin-cpuminer'... error: The requested URL returned error: 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable while accessing http://github.com/uncle-bob/quarkcoin-cpuminer.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack fatal: HTTP request failed That would be github running into problems. They get hit with DDoS attacks fairly frequently. You have two options: rerun the script as a whole, or just rerun the rebuild and run scripts: ~/stop-securecoind; ~/build-securecoin; ~/start-securecoind Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin/QuarkCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: part1san on September 23, 2013, 08:39:25 AM https://i.imgur.com/PWtU1Ei.jpg (http://imgur.com/PWtU1Ei)
Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin/QuarkCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: Edacra on December 13, 2013, 10:07:43 AM I just bought a vps ubuntu 12.04 64bit and on this vps it seems it doesnt work
/root/build-securecoin: line 5: cd: /root/quarkcoin-cpuminer/src: No such file or directory make: *** No rule to make target `clean'. Stop. make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. cp: cannot stat `./minerd': No such file or directory Starting securecoin miner update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/cron missing LSB information update-rc.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts> System start/stop links for /etc/init.d/cron already exist. ========================================================== All Done! securecoin pool miner should be up and running Run ~/start-securecoind to start securecoind and begin mining Run ~/stop-securecoind to stop securecoind and stop mining Run ~/build-securecoin to update and rebuild securecoind Run ~/peek to check on your mining status root@xihn6obbrq:~# Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin/QuarkCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: roganbear on December 13, 2013, 11:38:41 PM Is anyone trying to create a droplet on Digital Ocean right now? I'm unable to.
On topic: I've got the script running great, thanks giga. 1 thread isn't a real performer but seriously, you can't knock the ROI. Couple questions about D.O... How do you increase your droplet quantity above 5? And.. does it matter if all droplets are reporting to your pool as the same worker? Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin/QuarkCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: roganbear on December 14, 2013, 03:38:20 AM In case anyone was looking to sign up and try to increase the cap of 5, Digital Ocean has a hard cap on cpuminers at the moment. Understandable but hopefully in the future it can be increased.
Quote Hello! Cryptocurrency mining is very CPU intensive, and due to the shared nature of our CPU allocations large-scale cryptocurrency mining will seriously affect the quality of service we can provide to the neighbouring servers on the same hypervisors as servers running cryptocurrency mining operations. So, while we do not specifically prohibit cryptocurrency mining, we do restrict accounts doing so to prevent large-scale operations from affecting our infrastructure. Therefore, at this time, we do not provide droplet limit increases to accounts currently engaging in this activity. This includes opening additional accounts for the purpose of mining. We apologize for this inconvenience, but we have to do our best to provide fair usage for all our users. Regards, Support Team DigitalOcean Title: Re: [SRC] Noobproof VPS SecureCoin/QuarkCoin All-In-One Pool Mining Script Post by: kazekiki on February 12, 2014, 08:20:12 AM just a noob question: can I connect 2 VPS to a same worker ? do they increase the speed of worker or when VPS1 connect and the VPS2 can't connect?
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