Mining Quark with Cloud Hosting in 10 Minutes
Using virtual hosting to mine Quark is very simple and easy to do. Below is a quick guide on how to setup a Ubuntu server droplet on web host Digital Ocean ...
We'll be using CoinMine to mine
so if you don't have an account/worker at a pool, create an account by following the steps below: (Otherwise go to Step 4)
Step 1 - Create an Account
Click sign up at CoinMine and fill in the details, remember your PIN as you will need it to withdraw your Quark.
Step 2 - Edit Account
Next click 'edit account' and fill in your Quark Address, donation percentage, payout threshold, and enter your PIN to save. If you don't have a wallet, go here and download the Wallet.
Step 3 - Create Worker
Next click 'my worker' create a worker name and password. The naming is irrelevant, you will just need to use it when you connect your miner to the pool in the last step. Click 'add new worker' when done.
Step 4 - Sign up at Digital Ocean
Next you need to sign up at Digital Ocean. Create your account and setup your billing by depositing at least $25.
Step 5 - Create Your Droplet
Click on 'create droplet' and begin by naming your host.
Step 6 - Select Size, Location, and Image
Next select the size of your droplet, for this demo we will just choose the $5/month option. Note: since Quark is a CPU coin, the more CPU's you have the faster you will mine. For the Location, choose the location nearest you, and for the image, select Ubuntu 13.10 x64
Step 7 - Locate the IP Address
Finally, under your account click settings and copy/paste the IP address which you will need to use later to connect to your dedicated server host that you setup. This completes the Digital Ocean setup.
Step 8 - Download Putty (For Windows)
(Go to Step 10 for Mac) Now we need to download PuTTy, a free software, to connect to our freshly created droplet (Linux server). Download Putty Here. Run the program, (ignore any warnings). Input your IP address in the Hostname and click 'Open'
Step 9 - Login to Server (For Windows)
You should see a terminal screen like below. Login as root and the password should be in your email that Digital Ocean sent you when you created your droplet.
Congratulations! You are now logged into your virtual server on the cloud. Go to Step 11
Step 10 - Open Terminal (For Mac)
For Mac users, open a Terminal in Applications under Utilities and login to your server by typing the following, change the IP Address to the one in Step 7:
ssh root@IP Address
Your password is the one emailed to you from Digital Ocean.
Step 11 - Setup Miner and Mine!
Now we need to just enter a handful of commands in the Linux command line, setup our miner and start mining! Just copy and paste the following and hit enter:
cd /usr/local
apt-get upgrade
Next reboot the machine to make sure everything is up to date and log back in.
sudo reboot
Install the tools need to build the miner (all one line).
apt-get install make gcc m4 automake libevent-dev zlibc zlib1g-dev libjansson-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev git
Next run the following commands one-by-one, and watch for errors. Note the CFLAGS="O3" is an "O" not a Zero.
cd /usr/local/
git clone git://github.com/uncle-bob/quarkcoin-cpuminer.git
cd quarkcoin-cpuminer
./autogen.sh
./configure CFLAGS="-O3"
make
Step 12 - Start Mining
Your miner should now be built and ready to go. To connect you need to go back to your pool and get your command line config. For Mine-Pool it looks like this. Just change your weblogin.worker and worker password to the ones you setup in Step 3. The great thing about this, is that you can use this setup for any coin that you wish to mine! Comes in handy for new coin launches.
./minerd -a quark -o stratum+tcp://mine-pool.net:3350 -u Weblogin.Worker -p Worker password
You should see something like below if you are mining correctly:
Congratulations you are now mining!
If this tutorial helped you, tips are always appreciated!
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