Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@nnamdei
Last active December 14, 2017 13:19
Show Gist options
  • Save nnamdei/377d290916ff5b9f34ea1d14694c193f to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save nnamdei/377d290916ff5b9f34ea1d14694c193f to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
minergate

For Azure setup, Click/Add a virtual machine

Add an Ubuntu Server 16.0.4 LTS

Create unique user details for server ())choose password instead of ssh keys) and leave default options on third page

Initiate Server setup and create an account at https://minergate.com/a/3ae744620d5174aeaebd046f

For windows, download Putty SSH client and on Linux, launch terminal and type sudo apt-get install putty

After installation, search for it and launch it.

To get i.p of the ubuntu server, go to the dashboard of Azure and click connect, a dialog box showing the i.p would be displayed at the end of the sentence. copy the i.p and past it in putty or open a fresh terminal and type ssh ..... as provided

On putty, provide user details as created during azure virtual machine setup and a successful prompt will be displayed

Type sudo apt-get update

On linux, the copy and paste function might be disabled so open a new terminal and run same 'ssh ....'

copy and paste this below to install minergate cli on your ubuntu server

Run this command to install MG-CLI: sudo apt-get update && wget https://minergate.com/download/deb-cli -O minergate-cli.deb && sudo dpkg -i minergate-cli.deb

to start miner (4 cores for BCN (ByteCoin)) use this command: sudo minergate-cli -user [email protected] -bcn 4

to start miner (4 cores for xmr (monero)) use this command: sudo minergate-cli -user [email protected] -xmr 4

to start mining multiple coins (2 cores for bytecoin & 2 cores for fantomcoin and dashcoin) sudo minergate-cli -user [email protected] -bcn 2 -fcn+dsh 2

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment