Version

Date

Author

Description

1.2.4

2018

Azuuri

initiative

1.2.8

 Feb 22, 2019

illumin8

Update

Find a VPS Hosting Provider that best fits your

needs and budget. You can find a current list at:

https://smartcash.cc/smartnodes/

After selecting your VPS Provider, you’ll want to create an account with that provider. Be sure to save your username and password.

Next, you’ll “Create a Server”. Also referred to as

“Droplet” or “Instance” depending on the provider.

Be sure that the specifications of the server within

the plan you choose meets the minimum

requirements listed in the General Information

section above (b3).

- Server Type, select 64bit Ubuntu 20.04 or 18.04

- Server Size, select 2GB RAM minimum.

- Choose a name for the Server, ex: “SmartNode1”

- Select a datacenter region of your choice.

- No need for Additional Options.

Once the server is set up, your provider will send an

email with confirmation and/or details.

From the email or within your account online, go into the details section to find the IP Address of your newly created server.

After the installation is complete, open the wallet

and wait for it to sync. Please be patient, this can

take some time.

Create a new receiving address to receive the

recently bought 100,000 SmartCash.

Select: File -> Receiving addresses…

In the Pop-up Window, select: New

Give the address a name, ex: “SmartNode1”

and select: OK

You now need to send exactly 100,000 SMART

to this address.

IMPORTANT! Since only transactions with exactly

100,000 SMART will be accepted,

DO NOT Subtract Fee from Amount.

Leave the box Unchecked so the transaction fee

will be added to the amount.

Now navigate to the SmartNodes tab and click on:

1. Pick an Alias for your SmartNode, (e.g. SmartNode01).
2. Copy&paste the IP address from the VPS in the dedicated field.
3. The recently sent collateral transaction will be displayed along with the receiving address. If multiple collaterals are available, select the desired line for this SmartNode. This information will be added to smartnode.conf when applying.
4. A SmartNode GenKey is also created automatically; make sure to copy and save it somewhere as this key is used during the VPS configuration.
5.  Click on Apply to complete adding the SmartNode within the Desktop Node Client

Now, we need to connect to the newly created VPS

server to configure the SmartNode.

Vultr offers an integrated console for connecting, but it is NOT recommended, because it does not support copy/paste, and certain characters cannot be typed normally.

A suggested solution for Windows is PuTTY.

It can be downloaded at: https://www.putty.org/

Mac user can use the integrated Terminal App.

If using PuTTY, please be aware that Paste is done by a right-click, while command+v does it in the Mac Terminal. For both operating systems, the

Login via PuTTY:

Paste the IP address of the recently created

VPS in the Host Name (IP) field. Default port is 22, and

Connections type is SSH. Click Open to connect.

A console window will appear and ask for a user;

type: root and confirm with Enter.

Next the password is needed. Return to the VPS details and copy the password. Paste the copied password with a right-click in PuTTY and confirm with Enter. (PLEASE NOTE: For security reasons the

password will not be displayed, nor any characters, but

Login via Mac Terminal:

First copy the IP address of the recently created VPS, open the Terminal and type:

ssh  root@IPAddress

To setup a second or multiple SmartNodes, the process will be the same:

• Send Exactly 100,000 SmartCash to a NEW created receiving address (SmartNodes cannot share collateral addresses).

• Deploy a new VPS instance.

• Create a new SmartNode in the Desktop Node

Wallet

• Copy the new IP Address

• Log into your VPS and configure it.

• Wait until everything is synced and start the new Node through the Desktop Node Wallet with Start Missing.