CPU Miner Server

This project provides a pre-configured Vagrant environment to run a cryptocurrency miner using cpuminer-multi on a Debian virtual machine.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following software installed on your host machine:

• VirtualBox
• Vagrant

Configuration

You can customize the mining settings by editing the provision.sh file in the root directory. Open the file and locate the following variables at the top:

# Mining options
ALGORITHM=x17
MINING_POOL_URL=stratum+tcp://yiimp.eu:3777
REVENUE_WALLET_ADDRESS=D5qHR7NsMnxTk3UcMuuwB1AppmcqA2cCt2

• ALGORITHM: The mining algorithm to use (e.g., x17, scrypt, sha256d). Check cpuminer-multi documentation for supported algorithms.
• MINING_POOL_URL: The URL of your mining pool (e.g., stratum+tcp://pool.example.com:3333).
• REVENUE_WALLET_ADDRESS: Your cryptocurrency wallet address where rewards will be sent.

Installation and Usage

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <repository_url>
   cd <repository_name>

2. Start the Virtual Machine:

   Run the following command to download the base box (Debian), create the VM, and provision it with the miner:

   vagrant up

   Note: The first time you run this, it may take several minutes to download the VM image and compile the mining software.

3. Mining:

   Once the provisioning is complete and the VM is up, the miner will start automatically in the background (configured via /etc/rc.local).

Monitoring

To check if the miner is running or to monitor its performance:

1. Connect to the VM:

   vagrant ssh

2. Check the running process:

   You can verify the miner process is active by running:

   ps aux | grep cpuminer

   Or view system resource usage with top (or htop if installed):

   top

   Look for the cpuminer process in the list.

Stopping the Miner

To stop the virtual machine and the miner:

vagrant halt

To completely remove the virtual machine:

vagrant destroy