Slate Masternode Setup Guide (Ubuntu 16.04)

This guide will assist you in setting up a Slate Masternode on a Linux Server running Ubuntu 16.04. (Use at your own risk)

If you require further assistance contact the support team @ Discord

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Requirements

1. 350,000 SLX coins.
2. A VPS running Linux Ubuntu 16.04.
3. A Windows local wallet.
4. An SSH client such as Bitvise

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Contents

• Section A: Creating the VPS within Vultr.
• Section B: Downloading and installing Bitvise.
• Section C: Connecting to the VPS and installing the MN script via Bitvise.
• Section D: Preparing the local wallet.
• Section E: Connecting & Starting the masternode.

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Section A: Creating the VPS within Vultr

Step 1

• Register at Vultr

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Step 2

• After you have added funds to your account go here to create your Server

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Step 3

• Choose a server location (preferably somewhere close to you)

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Step 4

• Choose a server type: Ubuntu 16.04

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Step 5

• Choose a server size: $10/mo will be fine

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Step 6

• Set a Server Hostname & Label (name it whatever you want)

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Step 7

• Click "Deploy now"

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Section B: Downloading and installing BitVise.

Step 1

• Download Bitvise here

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Step 2

• Select the correct installer depending upon your operating system. Then follow the install instructions.

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Section C: Connecting to the VPS & Installing the MN script via Bitvise.

Step 1

• Go to products, select instances and click on your created server instance
• In the "Server Information (Masternode)" section copy your VPS IP (click on the "copy IP Address" icon where it says "IP Address")

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Step 2

• Open the Bitvise application and fill in the "Hostname" box with the IP of your VPS.

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Step 3

• Copy the root password from the VULTR server page.

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Step 4

• Type "root" as the login/username and click the check mark box to "store encrypted password in profile"

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Step 5

• Paste the password into the Bitvise terminal by right clicking (it will not show the password so just press enter)

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Step 6

• Once you have clicked open it will open a security alert (click yes).

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Step 7

• Paste the code below into the Bitvise terminal then press enter (it will just go to a new line)

wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/slatecurrency/slate-mn-setup/master/slate_install.sh

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Step 8

• Paste the code below into the Bitvise terminal then press enter

bash slate_install.sh

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Step 9

• Sit back and wait for the install (this will take 10-20 mins)

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Step 10

• When prompted to enter your GEN key - press enter

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Step 11

• You will now see all of the relevant information for your server.
• Keep this terminal open as we will need the info for the wallet setup.

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Section D: Preparing the Local wallet

Step 1

• Download and install the Slate wallet here

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Step 2

• Send EXACTLY 350,000 SLX to yourserlf by
• Creating a receive address within your wallet using the "Receive" option.
• Click the "Send" option within your wallet, paste the receive address you created earlier in the "Pay to:" section.
• For "Amount:" put 350,000
• Click "Send"

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Step 3

• Create a text document to temporarily store information that you will need.

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step 4

• Go to the console within the wallet

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Step 5

• Type the command below and press enter

masternode outputs

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Step 6

• Copy the long key marked as "txhash" (this is your transaction ID) and the number marked as "outputdix" (this is your output index)
• Paste these into the text document you created earlier as you will need them in the next step.

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Section E: Connecting & Starting the masternode

Step 1

• Go to the tools tab within the wallet and click open "masternode configuration file"

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Step 2

• Fill in the form.
• For Alias type something like "MN01" don't use spaces
• The Address is the IP and port of your server (this will be in the Bitvise terminal that you still have open).
• The PrivKey is your masternode private key (This is also in the Bitvise terminal that you have open marked as MASTERNODE GENKEY).
• The TxHash is the transaction ID/long key that you copied to the text file in Step 6 Section B.
• The Output Index is the number (Example: 0,1 etc) that you copied to your text file in Step 6 Section B.

Click "File Save"

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Step 3

• Close out of the wallet and reopen Wallet *Click on the Masternodes tab "My masternodes"
• Click start all in the masternodes tab

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step 4

• Check the status of your masternode within the VPS by using the command below:

slate-cli masternode status

*You should see status 4

If you do, congratulations! You have now setup a masternode. If you do not, please contact support and they will assist you.

OR you will see

"code:-1" "Masternode not found in the list of available masternodes. Current status: Node just started, not yet activated" which is OK, please wait till status is changed to "Active"

You can also check the status of your masternode by using the "Debug Console" in tools inside your Slate wallet and issuing a command "masternode status"

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