Note to self on how to get xmr-stak working on startup on ubuntu 17.10.
prerequisite: build xmr-stack-cpu
create service folder and copy files from bin folder to it
sudo mkdir /usr/local/xmr
sudo cp * /usr/local/xmr/.
cd /usr/local/xmr/
create start script in /usr/local/xmr
sudo nano server.sh
#!/bin/bash
PID=""
function get_pid {
PID=`pidof xmr-stak-cpu`
}
function stop {
get_pid
if [ -z $PID ]; then
echo "server is not running."
exit 1
else
echo -n "Stopping server.."
kill -9 $PID
sleep 1
echo ".. Done."
fi
}
function start {
get_pid
if [ -z $PID ]; then
echo "Starting server.."
sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=128
./xmr-stak-cpu &
get_pid
echo "Done. PID=$PID"
else
echo "server is already running, PID=$PID"
fi
}
function restart {
echo "Restarting server.."
get_pid
if [ -z $PID ]; then
start
else
stop
sleep 5
start
fi
}
function status {
get_pid
if [ -z $PID ]; then
echo "Server is not running."
exit 1
else
echo "Server is running, PID=$PID"
fi
}
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
restart
;;
status)
status
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
esac
set permission and make executable
sudo chmod 744 start.sh
prepare service
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/xmr-stak.service
[Unit]
After=network.target
[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/xmr/
Type=forking
ExecStart=/bin/bash server.sh start
Restart=always
User=root
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
set premission for service
sudo chmod 644 /etc/systemd/system/xmr-stak.service
reload systemctl
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable xmr-stak.service
