Starting seed node

• Getting a VPS
• Adding nodes to config file
• Installing Forknote
• Saving the configuration file
• Starting in upstart

This guide will walk you through the process of starting a Forknote seed node on a Ubuntu 14.04 VPS.

Getting a VPS

Run forknoted on a VPS is the cheapest way to get your network started.
You can get a VPS at Digital Ocean or Vultr. The 5$ option is what most coins need.

Adding nodes to config file

Once you have your VPS, you can see its IP.

Add its IP to the seed nodes.

Installing Forknote

Once you connect to the VPS, create and log into user fork.

$ useradd -m fork
$ su fork
$ cd ~

Now you can download Forknote.

$ wget https://github.com/forknote/forknote/releases/download/1.0.11/forknote-linux.tar.

--2015-10-10 03:34:36--  https://github.com/forknote/forknote/releases/download/1.0.11/forknote-linux.tar.gz
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.252.32

Unarchive the downloaded file.

$ tar -zxvf forknote-linux.tar.gz

forknote-linux/
forknote-linux/configs/
forknote-linux/forknoted
forknote-linux/simplewallet
forknote-linux/walletd
...

Saving the configuration file

Log into the forknote directory

$ cd forknote-linux

Write your configuration file

$ cat >configs/fakecoin.conf

BYTECOIN_NETWORK=10101010-1010-1010-1010-101010101010
CRYPTONOTE_DISPLAY_DECIMAL_POINT=12
CRYPTONOTE_NAME=fakecoin
CRYPTONOTE_PUBLIC_ADDRESS_BASE58_PREFIX=86
GENESIS_COINBASE_TX_HEX=010a01ff0001ffffffffffff0f029b2e4c0271c0b42e7c53291a94d1c0cbff8883f8024f5142ee494ffbbd08807121013c086a48c15fb637a96991bc6d53caf77068b5ba6eeb3c82357228c49790584a
P2P_STAT_TRUSTED_PUB_KEY=

UPGRADE_HEIGHT_V2=1
UPGRADE_HEIGHT_V3=30
ZAWY_DIFFICULTY_BLOCK_INDEX=30

p2p-bind-port=8080
rpc-bind-port=8081

seed-node=45.32.238.88:13539

Starting in upstart

Log with root user and change the directory to /etc/init/.

$ cd /etc/init

Create the upstart config file.

$ cat >forknote-fakecoin-daemon.conf

description "fakecoin daemon"

start on runlevel [23]
stop on shutdown

exec sudo -u fork /home/fork/forknote-linux/forknoted --no-console --config-file /home/fork/forknote-linux/configs/fakecoin.conf

post-stop exec sleep 30

respawn
respawn limit 5 30

Start the service.

$ start forknote-fakecoin-daemon

You now have your seed node up and running. It will automatically restart if something goes wrong.

Stopping the service.

$ stop forknote-fakecoin-daemon