How to set up ec2 t1.micro Ubuntu for Masternode part 3/3

chaeplin · Apr 13, 2014

* Use this guide only for EC2 instance with Security-Group
* Using this guide on non-EC2 instances is very dangerous ( Especially iptables )

* This guide is valid for RC3(local/remote setup)
* local is home linux cold wallet holding 1K DRK
* remote is server with empty wallet

I. Part 1/3 EC2 Setup
https://darkcointalk.org/threads/how-to-set-up-ec2-t1-micro-ubuntu-for-masternode-part-1-3.240/

II. Part 2/3 AMI Setup
https://darkcointalk.org/threads/how-to-set-up-ec2-t1-micro-ubuntu-for-masternode-part-2-3.241/
https://darkcointalk.org/threads/how-to-set-up-ec2-t1-micro-ubuntu-for-masternode-part-2-3-2.1754/

III. Part 3/3 Masternode update
https://darkcointalk.org/threads/how-to-set-up-ec2-t1-micro-ubuntu-for-masternode-part-3-3.262/

[Update dakcoind]

1. login ec2, check pwd and cd .darkcoin/

[email protected]:~$ pwd
/home/ubuntu
[email protected]:~$ cd ~/.darkcoin/
[email protected]:~/.darkcoin$ ls
blocks chainstate darkcoin.conf darkcoind darkcoind.pid database db.log debug.log peers.dat wallet.dat
[email protected]:~/.darkcoin$ ls -la /usr/bin/darkcoind
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Apr 10 20:13 /usr/bin/darkcoind -> /home/ubuntu/.darkcoin/darkcoind

Code:

pwd
cd ~/.darkcoin/
pwd
ls -la
ls -la /usr/bin/darkcoind

2. download darkcoind
Visit https://www.darkcoin.io/getstarted.html
Download latest vesrion of Masternode(Currentely RC version)
Or visit https://github.com/darkcoinproject/darkcoin-binaries/tree/master/rc

cd ~/.darkcoin
wget https://github.com/darkcoinproject/darkcoin-binaries/raw/master/rc/darkcoin-0.10.11.6-linux.tar.gz
tar xfvz darkcoin-0.10.11.6-linux.tar.gz
cp darkcoin-0.10.11.6-linux/bin/64/darkcoind darkcoind.1

Code:

cd ~/.darkcoin
wget https://github.com/darkcoinproject/darkcoin-binaries/raw/master/rc/darkcoin-0.10.11.6-linux.tar.gz
tar xfvz darkcoin-0.10.11.6-linux.tar.gz
cp darkcoin-0.10.11.6-linux/bin/64/darkcoind darkcoind.1

3. check downloaded file and test it's ok

[email protected]:~/.darkcoin$ ls -la darkcoind.1
[email protected]:~/.darkcoin$ chmod 755 darkcoind.1
[email protected]:~/.darkcoin$ ./darkcoind.1 --help
DarkCoin version v0.10.3.4-18-g0f787e5-beta

Code:

ls -la  darkcoind.1
chmod 755 darkcoind.1
./darkcoind.1 --help

4. stop darkcoind

[email protected]:~/.darkcoin$ darkcoind stop
DarkCoin server stopping

Code:

darkcoind stop

5. replace

[email protected]:~/.darkcoin$ mv darkcoind darkcoind.old
[email protected]:~/.darkcoin$ mv darkcoind.1 darkcoind

Code:

mv darkcoind darkcoind.old
mv darkcoind.1 darkcoind

6. start darkcoind

[email protected]:~/.darkcoin$ darkcoind
[email protected]:~/.darkcoin$ DarkCoin server starting

Code:

darkcoind

7. check running

[email protected]:~/.darkcoin$ tail -f debug.log

Code:

darkcoind getbalance
darkcoind getinfo
tail -f debug.log

zuperdoge · Apr 13, 2014

Thanks for putting this together! Your instructions were spot on. I'm struggling with sending the 1k DRK to the new wallet (says it is too much to send at once), but everything else is working flawlessly.

TanteStefana · Apr 22, 2014

zuperdoge said:
Thanks for putting this together! Your instructions were spot on. I'm struggling with sending the 1k DRK to the new wallet (says it is too much to send at once), but everything else is working flawlessly.

This is a really late reply, but in case someone else has this problem, it's probably only because you forgot to uncheck the darksend checkmark on the right side of the wallet. At this time, we can only send amounts under 10 coins

vertoe · May 2, 2014

I cant start my masternode at all.

Code:

$ ./darkcoind masternode start "$x"
error: {"code":-1,"message":"masternode list|count|current> passphrase\n"}

This always throws an error. Using latest code from github.
($x holds my password).

TanteStefana · May 4, 2014

You probably found out already, but there was an error and misunderstanding. The open source code just allows for payments to MasterNodes, and nothing more, no DarkSend functionality is included

fernando · May 11, 2014

I'm done! Chaeplin, thanks for putting this together and for being supportive all the time. No way I could have done this on my own.

Although I believe everything is working fine now (the masternode count page has one in my location/isp that wasn't there before), is there a way to check the IP addresses of working masternodes to be sure that mine is there? EDIT: I just figured this out:

Code:

darkcoind masternode list

It returns a list of all working masternodes with IP address... and my baby is there!!

stint · May 12, 2014

Hi
I'm in the process of setting up an EC-2 masternode. Great tutorial by the way. So far I've got the instance up and running and can log into it from my OS/X command line in terminal. I'm giong to read over the security docs later.

Just one thing - I already set up an instance a couple of days ago, but when I logged into my EC2 account today it was gone. Is there some level of 'activation' below which instances are wiped after a certain amount of time or something ?

Thanks for any tips.

yidakee · May 12, 2014

Do not, I repeat, DO NOT use Mac OS terminal... I got crap loads of errors that didnt make sense, commands not flying etc, installed vm unbuntu and it went through like a dream. Somehting to do with unicode I think
About EC2, they are listed by region, maybe you're in the wrong region?
EDIT: just had a thought... maybe there is a "putty" for OSx?

jcarl987 · May 12, 2014

yidakee said:
Do not, I repeat, DO NOT use Mac OS terminal... I got crap loads of errors that didnt make sense, commands not flying etc, installed vm unbuntu and it went through like a dream. Somehting to do with unicode I think
About EC2, they are listed by region, maybe you're in the wrong region?
EDIT: just had a thought... maybe there is a "putty" for OSx?

Strange, I had no problems at all using the standard terminal in OS X to set up my EC2 instance.

yidakee · May 12, 2014

me neither, until I went to compile RC1 !!

fernando · May 13, 2014

A reminder. When finishing, please clean up the terminal history to avoid leaving your password out there:

Code:

cd ~/
ln -sf /dev/null .bash_history

Then close session, login again and press up arrow to check that there is nothing there. There is another method to avoid your password getting into the console history in the fist place, but I couldn't make it work and this one is easy, so I haven't looked more into it.

TanteStefana · May 13, 2014

nice thing about using a remote wallet, is that you don't have to enter your passphrase in the remote wallet. You do it all in the local wallet, and it's easy to keep control of that on your local machine

fernando · May 13, 2014

TanteStefana said:
nice thing about using a remote wallet, is that you don't have to enter your passphrase in the remote wallet. You do it all in the local wallet, and it's easy to keep control of that on your local machine

I thought about going the remote wallet way, but I saw in a few places doubts about it working or not and I decided against. Eventually I'll do that anyway because it feels much better to have it in cold storage.

ozziecoin · May 26, 2014

vertoe said:
I cant start my masternode at all.

Code:

$ ./darkcoind masternode start "$x" error: {"code":-1,"message":"masternode list|count|current> passphrase\n"}

This always throws an error. Using latest code from github.
($x holds my password).

Any replies to this?

vertoe · May 26, 2014

ozziecoin said:
Any replies to this?

yes, you need the RC version (binaries 10.x) not the open source version (9.x)

ozziecoin · May 28, 2014

vertoe said:
yes, you need the RC version (binaries 10.x) not the open source version (9.x)

Thanks. Worked it out.

Bizmonger · Jun 8, 2014

Question: (tx hash)
What is "tx hash" and why do most masternodes have them and some do not?
I observed that my masternode is one of the few master nodes listed that do not have a value for "tx hash":
http://drk.poolhash.org/darksend.html

chaeplin · Jun 8, 2014

Bizmonger said:
Question: (tx hash)
What is "tx hash" and why do most masternodes have them and some do not?
I observed that my masternode is one of the few master nodes listed that do not have a value for "tx hash":
http://drk.poolhash.org/darksend.html

That's 100 DRK tx. It's not yet updated automatically.
In testnet it's auto. http://tdrk.poolhash.org/blocks/masterlist.txt.

I will update it again.

Bizmonger · Jun 8, 2014

chaeplin said:
That's 100 DRK tx. It's not yet updated automatically.
In testnet it's auto. http://tdrk.poolhash.org/blocks/masterlist.txt.

I will update it again.

Is there anything I need to do?

chaeplin · Jun 8, 2014

Bizmonger said:
Is there anything I need to do?

Nope. You can ignore it. harmless.

tungfa · Jun 12, 2014

Hey Chaeplin
does this work now with RC3 coming ???
(cold wallet)

Bizmonger · Jun 16, 2014

@chaeplin
Can you add a section at the end of part 3 of the guide that lets a master node owner realize that here node is active and working?
Hence, I am not confident that my master node is configured correctly, running healthy, and is ready for the launch date.

Carrot · Jun 18, 2014

After I do this [email protected]:~/.darkcoin$ ./darkcoind.1 --help I get v0.10.10.1 beta . Am I doing the download from the incorrect site?
When I did this wget http://www.darkcoin.io/downloads/rc/darkcoind
shouldn't I have gotten the correct version?

vertoe · Jun 19, 2014

Carrot said:
After I do this [email protected]:~/.darkcoin$ ./darkcoind.1 --help I get v0.10.10.1 beta . Am I doing the download from the incorrect site?
When I did this wget http://www.darkcoin.io/downloads/rc/darkcoind
shouldn't I have gotten the correct version?

10.10.1 is super perfect! This is the latest!

Carrot · Jun 19, 2014

YES !!!!! THANK YOU !!!!!

Audio · Jul 13, 2014

Chaeplin, thanks for the guide.

Hi everyone, a quick question...
I've followed the instructions to update to 11.06.
I've wgetted 11.06, unzipped it & when i darkcoind --help it confirms that it's 11.06.
When I mv darkcoind.1 to darkcoind & start darkcoind, I am back to 11.05. I've done this twice now, what I am doing wrong ?

flare · Jul 13, 2014

Audio said:
Chaeplin, thanks for the guide.

Hi everyone, a quick question...
I've followed the instructions to update to 11.06.
I've wgetted 11.06, unzipped it & when i darkcoind --help it confirms that it's 11.06.
When I mv darkcoind.1 to darkcoind & start darkcoind, I am back to 11.05. I've done this twice now, what I am doing wrong ?

try

./darkcoind --help

If this is working, there is another copy of this file in your path, which you can locate with

which darkcoind

Either delete that file, or update it :what:

Audio · Jul 13, 2014

flare said:
try

If this is working, there is another copy of this file in your path, which you can locate with

Either delete that file, or update it :what:

Thanks so much, that worked ! If I run the darkcoind that is in my usr/bin, instead of in the directory with the conf file, would that cause the MN to not function correctly ? or would it not make a difference? thanks again

flare · Jul 13, 2014

Audio said:
Thanks so much, that worked ! If I run the darkcoind that is in my usr/bin, instead of in the directory with the conf file, would that cause the MN to not function correctly ? or would it not make a difference? thanks again

No differerence - regardless what darkcoind is started, by default it's using the darkcoin.conf in

Code:

~/.darkcoin/darkcoin.conf

if not specified otherwise.

10.11.6 contained no changes from 10.11.5 regarding MN functionality.

grex · Aug 13, 2014

I had to restart the local wallet as masternode as well, otherwise my mn wasn't listed. Maybe you should add this to the op.

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