Build your own Monerodo

Build your own Monerodo.

Note!

When making passwords for your wallet files (pool and mininodo),

please use simple passwords (no special characters). I have to fix

some things to make special characters function properly with the

scripts

To build your own is easy.

Step 0: Check home network

Multiple versions of the Monerodo OS are available. One has a

fixed ip address so the address mynode.link can be used to access

the server from your home network.

So, if you click here (http://192.168.1.1) and it opens your home

network admin page, then you can use the fixed IP version. If you

are not familiar with this admin page, you should become familiar.

You may need to enter this interface to forward port 18080 to your

monerodo device. While in here, figure out if you have a firewall up

and running. You should always run a firewall.

Step 1: Buy an old PC, or use one you have

laying around

The key thing is to figure out whether the PC you are buying is 64

bit. A majority of computers sold after 2009 are 64 bit, so you

shouldn't run into a problem. Here is a google shopping result for

desktops under 50$. (https://www.google.com/search?q=optiplex+GX+520&oq=optiplex+GX+520&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.393j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#tbm=shop&q=dell%20desktop&tbs=vw%3Al%2Cmr%3A1%2Ccat%3A325%2Cpdtr0%3A728588%7C875245%%3A%2Cppr_max%3A50) Here is a good ebay search list of

computers that are probably 64 bit. (http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_mPrRngCbx=1&_udlo&_udhi=50&_nkw=computer&_dcat=179&rt=nc&Processor%2520Type=AMD%2520Athlon%252064%7CIntel%2520Core%25202%You might want to get a larger desktop, so you can put a video

card in there to boost your mining power!

Step 2: Download the Monerodo ISO File

DOWNLOAD Monerodo V3R1 - Dynamic IP - nVidia mining support

(https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bzy8gLDd8bTnVWlmclZKTUE4QTg)

md5: cae9d76ff86505ad96114ab5e0316499

Step 3: Download a USB boot disk maker

You can also use (https://rufus.akeo.ie)Rufus

The webpage for the full info is here

(http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/), or you can go to the direct download link here

(http://www.pendrivelinux.com/downloads/Universal-USB-Installer/Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.6.3.exe)

Step 4: Load the Monerodo ISO (step 2)

onto a USB drive

Your USB pen drive / thumb drive needs to be blank. Everything will

be overwritten

Step 5: Install the Monerodo OS onto your

cheap computer

Put the thumb drive into a USB drive and bootup the computer. You

will need to press a button during boot to make the computer boot

from the USB drive (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+boot+from+USB+drive). Sometimes this happens

automatically, sometimes it doesn't. Usually it is F1 or F2 or F10 or

F12 or the "delete" button. This will load you into the computers

bios or boot menu, where you can modify the boot order to make

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the USB drive first. You can easily google instructions for this.

Once booted into the installer, proceed as it mentions. NOTE: most

of the settings will not affect the function of the Monerodo.

Recommended install settings:

DO NOT ENCRYPT THE DRIVE.

Format / erase drive and install Custom

It will ask you to provide a user name and new password. Just put

something here, you'll end up using user: bob and pass:

vB3R9mDC

Step 6: Shutdown the computer after

installation

The Monerodo is meant to be run headless - everything you need

to do can be done remotely, from any other computer on your

network. You can also leave the monitor plugged in, and the

Lubuntu linux GUI will come up

Step 7: Turn your Monerodo on

Let it boot. If your headless, just give it 1 minute.

Step 8: Access the Monerodo

If you are using a monitor on the Monerodo, then just use the

screen and keyboard like its a computer! Just click on the icon on

the desktop that says "access Monerodo OS" and you are in!

Easy, but less capable interface: On your other computer, goto h

(http://terminal.mynode.link)ome.mynode.link

(http://home.mynode.link) in a web browser.

This will take you to a welcome screen for your Monerodo. Then,

click on terminal.mynode.link (http://terminal.mynode.link) . The

user is bob and the pass is vB3R9mDC

If you want to use the ajenti interface, the user is root and the

password is admin.

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coming). download putty (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk

/~sgtatham/putty/download.html). Once you have putty running,

enter 192.168.1.199 into the Host Name (or IP address) 􀀖eld at the

top, then click "open" at the bottom. On the new screen that pops

up, enter bob for the user name and the password is vB3R9mDC

Step 9: Interact with the Monerodo OS

The monerodo OS should start using either terminal.mynode.link

or putty - its just a menu. Because this is your first time, it will ask

for various settings to be changed. You can change the login

password immediately upon starting the Monerodo OS.

Once you have things setup, turn on Monero Core!!!

Its buried in a device management submenu, and in item 0 "Things

to do first".

If this is your first time running the daemon, it can take 1 hour to 1

day to synchronize with the network, depending on your hardware

and network conditions. Please be patient. I would not activate any

other features of the Monerodo OS until the node is synchronized.

To check the status of your node, you can use the status option in

the device management menu.

After Core is synchronized, activation all the other cool stuff!!

A lot of the web terminal stuff will give you https errors - its

warning you that your connection is not secure... but thats

nonsense in this case. Your server is in your house, you know

exactly what you are connecting to. If you don't believe me, you can

unplug your cable (or phone line) from your modem and still

connect to your server ( just use the ip addresses and ports

instead of the terminal.mynode.link, for instance).

ALWAYS REMEMBER: FORWARD PORT 18080 ON YOUR ROUTERS!

(http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+forward+ports+on+your+router)

CHECK TO SEE IF 18080 IS OPEN (http://www.canyouseeme.org/)

If you run into trouble, message on #monero or in bitcointalk.

Everything the monerodo does is standard linux stuff. Most people

should be able to help you.

NOTE: If you run the pool server, I've programmed it to

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automatically send 0.5% to Monero Core development, 0.5% to

Monerodo development (which I will also distribute to other open

source stuff, like the respin team etc), and 1% to the pool server

operator (thats YOU!). You can theoretically open the ports on your

router to let your friends join your private pool if you wanted. Feel

free to hack these donations out of your server. I encourage it.

DISCLAIMER: The security of the Monerodo has not been vetted by

anyone. The only security that exists is that its Linux based, there

is a firewall, and fail2ban is active. The most important thing you

can do to secure your Monerodo OS is to use very strong

passwords. You could also disable SSH password access and use

keys to login. You can do this using putty.