🌱 About

I would like to share my knowledge about getting started with chia NFT plotting on ubuntu server (21.04).

⚠️ Disclaimer

This repository will help a novice Linux user quickly getting started with chia plotting on Ubuntu Server 21.04. Since i am just learning github - there will be hard codes parameters which you need to change to match your environment.

👌 Step by step guide

• ⬇️ You need a fresh Ubuntu Server 21.04 installation with the SSH feature enabled. The following links will guide you through the download process, installation and on how to create a bootable USB stick: https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/install-ubuntu-server#1-overview https://releases.ubuntu.com/21.04/ubuntu-21.04-desktop-amd64.iso

• ♿ Once the Ubuntu Server is up and running, go to your development machine and connect to your new Ubuntu Server through SSH. For example:

  ssh your_user_name@your_servers_local_ip_address

• 🏛️ To configure a local static ip address, please follow this link: https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-configure-static-ip-address-on-ubuntu-20-04/

• 😀 Now we are one step closer to start plotting on our server

• 📁 Create a folder called chia in your home directory

  cd ~
  mkdir chia && cd chia

• 🔄 Install a neat tool called progress, which will monitor system processes like cp mv rsync etc

  sudo apt install progress

  📶 For example, to view file transfers in real time we execute

  progress -w

• 💽 ⛏️ MadMax chia plotter needs to be installed within the directory chia directory we created earlier (~/chia). Issue the commands below to install the MadMax chia plotter

  sudo apt install -y libsodium-dev cmake g++ git build-essential
  # Checkout the source and install
  git clone https://github.com/madMAx43v3r/chia-plotter.git 
  cd chia-plotter
  
  git submodule update --init
  ./make_devel.sh
  ./build/chia_plot --help`
  
  # Code is copied from https://github.com/madMAx43v3r/chia-plotter

• ⏰ A few moments later

• 🪄 Now it's time to download my magical program

  wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/manprinsen/chia-plotting-on-ubuntu-server/main/program.py && sudo chmod 777 program.py

• ✋ Before we run the program, we need to enter the a correct Pool Key and Farmer Key within the program. The variables poolKey and farmerKey will be found in the beginning of the file

  sudo nano program.py
  # ==> below is example output from the file
  #!/usr/bin/env python3
  ...
  poolKey = "enter your own key"
  farmerKey = "enter your own key"
  ...

  To save the changes simply execute the following key combination ctrl + x followed by y (to save) and hit enter

• 🚀 To run the program, simply issue the following command

  ./program.py

  You will be greeted with the following screen

   --------------------------------------------
  |                                            |
  |   W E L C O M E  T O  M Y  P R O G R A M   |
  |                                            |
  |   Select one of the following options:     |
  |                                            |
  |   [ 1 ]   - Mount Drive                    |
  |   [ 2 ]   - Mount Ram Drive                |
  |   [ 3 ]   - Unmount Drive                  |
  |   [ 4 ]   - Delete All File In Drive       |
  |   [ 5 ]   - Turn Off System Swap           |
  |   [ 6 ]   - Turn On High Performance       |
  |   [ 7 ]   - Open Screen Session            |
  |   [ 8 ]   - List Disk Infomation           |
  |   [ 9 ]   - Start MadMax Plotter           |
  |   [ 10 ]  - Start Plot Mover               |
  |   [ 11 ]  - View Move Processes            |
  |   [ q ]   - Quit Program                   |
  |                                            |
  |                                            |
  |                                            |
  |                                            |
   --------------------------------------------

• 🙏 I dont know it it's just be, but I have a hard time remembering a bunch of shell commands. So the main purpose of this program is the handle this for you.

  From now on you will only need to SELECT which task you want run, which, from my perspective, makes Ubuntu Server USER FRIENDLY!!

• 🏳️ I appreciate any feedback, especially feedback from Linux guru's