Creating a Mining Pool

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Prepare Server
Create AWS Account
Create an account with Amazon AWS.
Setup an Instance
On the home page, click the services tab and then go to compute and click 'EC2'. Once you are there you will chose your region on the top of the page in the header section. Next click the 'Launch Instance' button at the center of the page and then select an AMI. For this tutorial I am using Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS.
Next you will need to choose an instance type. I am just going to use the t2.large for the tutorial.
You can then skip to step six and under the source tap select my IP.
Next press Review and Launch and then create a new key pair to be able to connect with your instance. Once the instance is live, you can connect to your instance using an SSH through Terminal, PuTTY or similar program.
SSH into the Instance
1.Download key pair that you created earlier
2.Make sure you are in the same directory as the key and allow permissions
chmod 600 <key-name>.pem
1.SSH into instance
ssh -i <key-name>.pem [email protected]<EC2-IP-Address>
Install Dependancies
sudo apt-get install aptitude
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install –with-recommends build-essential autotools-dev autoconf automake libcurl3 libcurl4-gnutls-dev git make cmake libssl-dev pkg-config libevent-dev libunbound-dev libminiupnpc-dev doxygen supervisor jq libboost-all-dev htop
sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev autoconf pkg-config libssl-dev
sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev git npm nodejs nodejs-legacy libminiupnpc-dev redis-server
add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo apt-get update
apt-get install libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.0/install.sh -o install_nvm.sh
bash install_nvm.sh
After npm is installed you will have to log out and then back into your instance and continue installing dependancies.
source ~/.profile
nvm install 0.10.48
nvm use 0.10.48
nvm alias default 0.10.48
nvm use default
Install Apache2 for hosting the front end.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2
Adjust firewall to allow Apache full.
sudo ufw allow 'Apache Full'
Install Qwertycoin
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/qwertycoin-org/qwertycoin
cd ./qwertycoin
mkdir ./build
cd ./build
cmake ..
cmake --build . --config Release
Start Daemon and Let It Sync
 cd build/src
tmux
./qwertycoind
Let the blockchain sync before continuing
To sync the blockchain faster follow this guide​
control b + d to exit tmux
Start Simple Wallet and Follow Steps to Generate a New Wallet Address
After you generated a new wallet exit it and run this:
tmux
./simplewallet --wallet-file <wallet_name> --password <wallet_password> --rpc-bind-port 8198
control b + d to exit tmux
Install Pool Software
Install Dependancies
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev libboost-all-dev
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/redis-server
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install redis-server
Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/dvandal/cryptonote-nodejs-pool.git pool
cd pool && npm update
Pool Configuration
Copy the config_examples/qwertycoin.json file to config.json
cp config_examples/qwertycoin.json config.json
Change the following variables: Line 2 - Pool host to your pools IP Address Line 30 - Your simplewallet address that you generated Line 138 - Set your API password Line 125-127 - (Optional) change pool fees
Copy website_example Files to html directory
sudo cp -rf js/ lang/ pages/ themes/ admin.html config.js index.html /var/www/html
Configuring website_example
Edit config.js to use your pool's specific configuration
Start the Mining Pool
cd && cd pool
node init.js
Your pool should now be visible at your server's IP address
You can visit your admin page by appending admin.html to your server IP address in your browsers search bar like so:
http://server-ip-address/admin.html
Your admin password is your API password you set earlier in config.json