▪️Masternode deploy on VPS ( no multinode )

Deploying a masternode on a virtual private server (VPS) involves several steps, including setting up the VPS, configuring the masternode, and verifying that it is running correctly

NOTE: This tutorial is just for those coins that still don't have multinode built in their code. Once they have it this tutorial will not come in handy and you should refer to Masternode Multinode easy to deploy instead.

NB: Each masternode needs a unique IP address, it is not possible to install 2 or more masternodes of the same coin on the same server.

If you want to make more masternodes of the same coin, you need different servers or IPV6 support.

To run a masternode with a VPS we must first install Putty if we use Windows.

So now let's go to the browser and type www.putty.org

(We will need Putty to connect to our VPS).

We are now on this page, so click on the link.

As in the following image

Once this is done we will find ourselves on the download page, and then we choose the download for our operating system (in this case Windows 64-bit x86) and proceed with the installation.

Now that we have Putty on our PC, we need a virtual private server (VPS).

To get our VPS we need to purchase it from a hosting provider.

In this guide, we are going to use Vultr.

So let's open our browser and type https://contabo.com/en/
We will need to create an account and use either our credit card or PayPal as a method of payment. Once we are done, will will have access to the control panel.

Now let's choose the "VPS" option under the 'New Order' section.

On the next page, we seletc the 'CLOUD VPS S' option

Next, we choose the server location, preferably one that is nearest to our geographical location. in this case, we chose London.

So we choose Server Type

64 bit OS
Ubuntu
18.04 x64

Once this is done, let's choose Server Size (which are the technical specifications of our VPS).

In our case, we are going to choose the option that costs $10/month and click on the "Deploy Now" button.

We need to wait for the server installation process to complete. As soon as it's ready, we click on our new server.

Now we will find ourselves on the Server Information page

At the bottom left, we find our credentials.

IP Address
Username
Password

We recommend that you save all the necessary data in a Notepad file because they will be used in the following steps.

Now let's go back and open our wallet (in this case Monk).

Once we have access to our wallet, we will need to create the collateral transaction by following the steps below:

We click on receive
We generate a new address
We need to modify its label (we have chosen MN1 and remember how we labeled it for later use)
We then copy the address

A Monk masternode currently requires 4000 Monk, which we need to send to ourselves, so:

Click on Send in the left menu
Paste the previously copied address
We input the exact amount for our masternode (in our case 4000)
We click send

We just created the collateral transaction!

After sending the coins to ourselves, we have to wait for 15 confirmations (about 15 minutes).

In the image below, we can see the transaction labeled MN1, payment to yourself.

Now let's go to the Debug console

We click settings
Debug
Console

In the debug console we have to type the following commands in the bar below

getmasternodeoutputs
createmasternodekey

The first command returns the details regarding our collateral transaction. Whereas the second command generates a masternode key.

Then we copy the result of the following commands. (save the information in a Notepad file).

Now we can open Putty (which we had previously downloaded).

And let's open the Notepad where we saved the server credentials.

We enter the IP address in the Host Name.
We click on open.

If this is the first time we connect to the server, click on accept as seen in the pictured

Now Putty will ask us for the username and password, let's go to the Notepad where we have saved the credentials and insert them.

log in as - root (press enter)
root@95.179.227.15's password: we enter the password

(while we type, nothing will appear. Do not worry it is normal and we press Enter).

We are now connected to our server (let's leave it open).

Let's go to decenomy GitHub, at this link https://github.com/decenomy/MONK to download the script to install the masternode (in our case Monk).

We click in the "contrib" folder.

Now we click on "masternodesetup" folder

Scrolling down the page we find these commands to insert on Putty.

After copying the first command on GitHub, let's go back to Putty and paste it and hit enter.

Now we do the same operation with the second command and hit enter.

The installation of the masternode will then start.

After a short time, we will be prompted to enter the masternode key that we generated and saved in a note file earlier.

Let's copy and paste it into Putty and press enter.

If everything goes well, we will see this message.

Remember that the port, in this case, is 32270 (we will need it in a later step).

You can see it at the top right in the next image.

While waiting for the wallet on the VPS to complete the synchronization, we can finish the configuration in our local wallet.

In our wallet, click on the masternode.conf icon.

The masternodes configuration file will open in which we must enter the necessary data that will be used to start the masternode.

We must enter the following data:

Name of the masternode (we had chosen MN1).
IP address and Server port (the IP address 95.179.227.15 which we got from the Vultr dashboard and copied to our notepad file. The port in this case is 32270 as we have seen earlier).
Masternode key 2oFd9sWqkDF8Um4LW3y3ys5gRLkUnkCHFUZkNtDG5uXsuZmqxyY (we saved a copy in a notepad file earlier in the tutorial).
Transaction hash 6edc186b904fd34045812ce75e42b342194a45a204b8da27a452cab9bf2fd367 (the long string of letters and numbers we saved earlier in the Notepad)
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