OMotherHen's One-Click Script for easy node setup on a Linux VM! Support the backbone of your community!

WHAT YOU'LL BE USING

VMware Workstation 12.1.1 Player for Windows 64-bit operating systems
https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_workstation_player/12_0

Ubuntu 16.04 Server 64 Bit
http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/ubuntu-16.04-server-amd64.iso

A Windows 64-Bit Computer

CHAPTER ONE: SETUP A VM TO RUN THE MINING SOFTWARE

• Download and install VMWare Workstation Player
• Download Ubuntu 16.04 Server 64 Bit
• Open VMware Player
• Press Ctrl-N
• For Installer Disk Image File, browse to where you downloaded Ubuntu 16.04 and double click on that file.
• Click Next
• Fill out the resulting boxes, the Username and Password will be used to log into Ubuntu.
  
• Click next three times
• Press Customize Hardware
• Make sure you enter at least 2GB of ram for the VM
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• Click Close
• Click Finish
• VMwarePlayer will do its thing for setting up your VM enviroment..
• Whenever it prompts you to install VMware-tools, click OK
• If it prompts you to update keyboard interrupt values, click OK
• Wait until you're greeted with a login prompt
  

CHAPTER TWO: RUN THE SCRIPTS AND WATCH THE FIREWORKS HAPPEN

• Login with your previously setup Username/Password
• Brainlessly type (no copy paste!) in the commands below, you have better things to worry about!
• When prompted for a password, enter in the same password you used to login at first!

sudo apt-get -y install git
git clone https://github.com/omotherhen/firstTimeMiningInstall/
cd firstTimeMiningInstall
bash nodeScript.sh

• If the screen goes black, hit BACKSPACE. It's just a screensaver for command line!
• That's it! The script will do the rest of the work for you. You're done setting up your first Linux node in a VM!

NOTE

• Whenever you power down a VM, shutdown the steem software within it first by pressing CTRL-C and waiting for it to finish
• Then you can click 'X' on the VM window and shutdown
• Once you power the VM up again and want to startup the node, simply type in:
  cd ~/steem/programs/steemd && ./steemd

AND FINALLY.....