Note 1: Requires running Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
Note 2: This document will use $ as the command prompt indicator and user for your username. Please use your correct username in place of user.
Note 3: Some single line commands are quite long and wrap in this document. Make sure they are entered into the terminal window as a single line command. You may need to copy to a local editor first.
1 - Open a terminal window and remotely log into your server. Navigate to your home directory.
cd /home/ user
2 - Create a directory called smoke.
mkdir smoke
3 - Change to the smoke directory.
cd smoke
4 - Get updates.
apt-get update
5 - Install packages
apt-get -y install wget nano screen jq
6 - Download files. Check for the latest versions here
wget https://github.com/smokenetwork/smoked/releases/download/v0.0.6/cli_wallet-0.0.6-x86_64-linux.tar.gz```
7 - Uncompress files.
```tar -xzf smoked_lm-0.0.6-x86_64-linux.tar.gz
tar -xzf cli_wallet-0.0.6-x86_64-linux.tar.gz```
8 - Remove compressed files.
``` rm *.gz ```
9 - Run ```Smoked``` to generate a config.ini file and then shut down node.
``` ./smoked ```
``` CTRL C ```
10 - Update config.ini with seed nodes.
``` nano witness_node_data_dir/config.ini ```
11 - Find shared-file-size = 1G and change :
```shared-file-size = 8G```
12 - Find #seed-node = and replace with:
```seed-node = 51.15.223.10:2001
seed-node = 51.15.120.228:2001
seed-node = 163.172.128.38:2001
seed-node = 51.15.95.123:2001```
13 - Find #rpc endpoint = , remove ```#``` and enter the value:
``` 127.0.0.1:8090 ```
14 - Create a detachable session and start the witness.
```screen -S smoked
cd /home/user/smoke
./smoked```
15 - Detach session but leave witness running by pressing control-A-D (mac) or Ctrl-A-D (windows).
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## Client wallet configuration
1 - Create a detachable session for wallet.
```screen -S wallet```
2 - Navigate to smoke directory.
```cd /home/ user /smoke```
3 - Start the wallet.
``` ./cli_wallet -s https://rpc.smoke.io ```
4 - Set wallet password. Use a unique secure password. **SAVE THESE IN A SAFE PLACE!**
new >>> ``` set_password "secure_password"```
5 - Unlock the wallet.
locked >>> ```unlock secure_password```
6 - Get your smoke.io keys. Note: You will need your smoke.io account name & password. All inputs in quotes.
unlocked >>> ```get_private_key_from_password "account name" "active" "original_key"```
7 - This will return 2 keys. The 1st is your Public Active Key and the 2nd is your Private Active Key.
8 - Import Private Active Key. The ‘ private_active_key ’ is the 2nd key received from the previous step. **No quotes!**
unlock >>> ```import_key private_active_key```
9 - Get brain keys1. (optional step but recommended)
unlock >>> ```suggest_brain_key```
10 - This will generate 3 keys. **SAVE THESE IN A SAFE PLACE!**
- brain_priv_key
- wif_priv_key
- pub_key
11 - Import ‘wif_priv_key’ into the wallet. **No quotes!**
unlock >>> ```import_key wif_priv_key```
12 - Detach session but leave wallet running by pressing control-A-D (mac) or Ctrl-A-D (windows).
13 - Update config.ini with ‘wif_priv_key’.
```nano /home/ user/ smoke/witness_node_data_dir/config.ini```
14 - Locate the ‘#witness =’ line
- Uncomment the line by removing the ‘#’ at the beginning. - Add smoke.io account name in quotes.
```witness = " account_name"```
15 - Locate the ‘#private-key =’ line
- Uncomment the line by removing the ‘#’ at the beginning.
- Add the ‘wif_priv_key’ or if you did not create brain key you will use the ‘private_active_key’ that was previously imported into the cli_wallet. **No quotes!**
```private-key = wif_priv_key```
16 - Save updates and exit by pressing Control-X (mac) or Ctrl-X (windows), then Y, then return (mac) or Enter (windows).
17 - Switch to witness session to invoke updates.
```screen -r smoked```
18 - Stop witness by pressing control-c (mac) or Ctrl-C (windows).
19 - Restart witness to pick up changes.
``` ./smoked ```
20 - Detach session but leave witness running by pressing control-A-D (mac) or Ctrl-A-D (windows).
21 - Switch to wallet session for witness update.
```screen -r wallet```
22 - Send update for witness, all inputs in quotes. The ‘ witness_url’ will be used for the link in the witness voting list. It can be left blank, but the url of your witness testimonial is often used. The ‘ pub_key’ is from the brain keys you saved in a safe place earlier or if you did not create brain keys you will use the Public Active Key returned in step 6 .
unlock >>> ```update_witness " account_name" " witness_url" " pub_key" {} true```
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Go to https://smoke.io/~witnesses and vote for yourself as a witness.
Make an announcement post and engage the community for voting support to make it into the top 21.
- If you need to shutdown your witness update with the null key ```SMK1111111111111111111111111111111114T1Anm``` before shutting down to avoid missing blocks.