[Guide] Steem Mining for FREE using Microsoft Azure by cloh76

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mining · @cloh76 · Jul 24 '16 (edited)

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[Guide] Steem Mining for FREE using Microsoft Azure

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<p>There are various posts about how to mine with various cloud services, but I did not see one explaining how to mine for FREE using a Free Trial Azure account.</p>
<p>I previously used this service to mine Quark and Doge way back when I first started mining Cryptocurrency. &nbsp;The good thing about Azure is you can create an account mine the entire duration of the trial period and then once the trial is over or consumed, create a new account and start all over.</p>
<p>This is my first attempt at writing a Guide and I will do my best to explain how I setup my trial account using information from various posts and through trial and error. &nbsp;&nbsp;For those with more experience with VM and cloud services, please comment if you know of more efficient ways to maximize the trial. &nbsp;This is just to get newbies like me started.</p>
<p><em>Heads up before you begin - You will need a credit card (used to verify your identity) - you </em><em><strong>wont </strong></em><em>be charged or auto-upgraded to a paying account at the end of the trial</em></p>
<p>First, you will need to create a Free Azure Trial account at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/ (I generally create new email accounts for each new Azure account)</p>
<p>Once you create your account and log in, you will be taken to your dashboard</p>
<p>https://i.imgsafe.org/27d1eb3abc.jpg</p>
<p>Select Virtual Machines on the left and click +Add on the window that comes up</p>
<p>https://i.imgsafe.org/27d20550c0.jpg</p>
<p>In Filter, Type Ubuntu and select Ubuntu 14.04 LTS</p>
<p>https://i.imgsafe.org/27d2bb35ba.jpg</p>
<p>https://i.imgsafe.org/27d208ee25.jpg</p>
<p>Click Create and fill in the Basic Information</p>
<p>https://i.imgsafe.org/27d289f2f8.jpg</p>
<p>Once you click <strong>Enter</strong>, it will bring you to the 2nd step to select the Server configuration. &nbsp;Since the trial is limited to $200 USD opted to setup 2 servers for a total of 6 cores (The A3 Basic and A2 Basic package)</p>
<p>By default, the options provided were over my trial budget. &nbsp;Just click <strong><<show all>></strong> and scroll to the bottom</p>
<p>></p>
<p>https://i.imgsafe.org/27d3221038.jpg</p>
<p>The A3 Basic and A2 Basic configs should nearly maximize your entire trial budget. &nbsp;Please note I setup two seperate Virtual Machines (1 for the A3 Basic config and 1 for the A2 Basic config)</p>
<p>Click OK all the way through and you should be taken back to your Dashboard where your Virtual Machine will be deployed</p>
<p>https://i.imgsafe.org/27d302635e.jpg</p>
<p>For the rest of the setup I followed the guides from @eliteturbo and @jooni22 below</p>
<p>https://steemit.com/steemhelp/@eliteturbo/mining-steem-on-aws-free-tier</p>
<p>https://steemit.com/mining/@jooni22/how-to-free-miming-steem-on-google-cloud-for-beginner</p>
<p><br></p>
<p>I used Putty to SSH into my newly created Virtual Machines to setup and configure my miners.</p>
<h2>Commands to Run (edited and consolidated some steps from both articles above to make it easier for newbie's like me)</h2>
<p><code>sudo apt-get update</code></p>
<p><code>sudo apt-get install git cmake g++ python-dev autotools-dev libicu-dev build-essential libbz2-dev libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libncurses5-dev doxygen libreadline-dev dh-autoreconf</code></p>
<p><code>sudo fallocate -l 4G /swapfile</code></p>
<p><code>sudo chmod 600 /swapfile</code></p>
<p><code>sudo mkswap /swapfile</code></p>
<p><code>sudo swapon /swapfile</code></p>
<p><code>wget -O boost_1_60_0.tar.gz http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.60.0/boost_1_60_0.tar.gz/download</code></p>
<p><code>tar xzvf boost_1_60_0.tar.gz</code></p>
<p><code>cd boost_1_60_0</code></p>
<p><code>./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr/local</code></p>
<p><code>sudo ./b2 install</code></p>
<p><code>cd</code></p>
<p><code>git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/secp256k1</code></p>
<p><code>cd secp256k1</code></p>
<p><code>./autogen.sh</code></p>
<p><code>./configure</code></p>
<p><code>make</code></p>
<p><code>./tests</code></p>
<p><code>cd</code></p>
<p><code>git clone https://github.com/steemit/steem</code></p>
<p><code>cd steem</code></p>
<p><code>git submodule update --init --recursive</code></p>
<p><code>cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_CONTENT_PATCHING=OFF -DLOW_MEMORY_NODE=ON</code></p>
<p><code>make</code></p>
<p><code>cd programs/steemd</code></p>
<p><code>./steemd --rpc-endpoint --seed-node="seed.steemed.net:2001" --seed-node="52.74.152.79:2001"</code></p>
<p>At this point I opened a new terminal window with Putty to configure my wallet. &nbsp;Once logged in on the new terminal window&nbsp;</p>
<p><code>cd steem/programs/cli_wallet</code></p>
<p><code>./cli_wallet</code></p>
<p><code>set_password "YOUR PASSWORD"</code></p>
<p><code>unlock "YOUR PASSWORD"</code></p>
<p><code>suggest_brain_key</code></p>
<pre><code>{<br>
"brain_priv_key": "FULK DEBUG EARTH IMAGINE BABBLE POPIFY PREFEED EMBIND FOREPAW KAHILI...",<br>
"wif_priv_key": "5JsPmgU1dfKu8SHWAWkBKw1XGz97Kwz4DLwgm2bSz99qtFqTAkp",<br>
"pub_key": "STM73jgNRFLTKSTaGWv8QfXzSopUZBsQGmrECWPvpnemjyAcBfzAc"<br>
}</code></pre>
<ul>
  <li>Never share the "wif_private_key"</li>
  <li>You will need your wif private key for the <strong>config.ini</strong> file in a minute.</li>
  <li>this is a good time to import <strong>YOUR</strong> key in your cli_wallet terminal window like this:</li>
</ul>
<p><code>import_key 5JsPmgU1dfKu8SHWAWkBKw1XGz97Kwz4DLwgm2bSz99qtFqTAkp</code></p>
<p><code>Exit cli_wallet by pressing ctrl+c and close the 2nd terminal window</code></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>This is a good time to pick your account/miner name. Remember, account names must be all lower case, less than 15 characters, and start with a letter. For instance, lets say you pick account name george1234 as your account name. Check if the account already exists by going to:</p>
<p><a href="https://steemit.com/@george1234">https://steemit.com/@george1234</a></p>
<p>If you get a page that says "Unknown Account" - then you are in luck and the account name is available to claim&nbsp;</p>
<p><br></p>
<p>Go back to your primary terminal window where hopefully it is finished syncing. &nbsp;Press ctrl+c and type:</p>
<p><code>nano steem/programs/steemd/witness_node_data_dir/config.ini</code> - to start editing your config.ini file&nbsp;</p>
<p>Change only the following information:</p>
<pre><code># P2P nodes to connect to on startup (may specify multiple times)<br>
seed-node = seed.steemed.net:2001 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
seed-node = seed.steemed.com:2001<br>
seed-node = 52.74.152.79:2001<br>
seed-node = 45.32.186.90:1779<br>
seed-node = 45.32.186.90:1781<br>
seed-node = 192.99.4.226:2001<br>
seed-node = 46.252.27.1:1337<br>
seed-node = 81.89.101.133:2001<br>
seed-node = 52.4.250.181:39705<br>
seed-node = 85.214.65.220:2001</code></pre>
<pre><code># name of witness controlled by this node (e.g. initwitness )<br>
witness = "YOUR STEEMIT ACCOUNT from above"</code></pre>
<pre><code># name of miner and its private key (e.g. ["account","WIF PRIVATE KEY"] )<br>
miner = ["YOUR STEEMIT ACCOUNT","wif_priv_key created previously"]</code></pre>
<pre><code># Number of threads to use for proof of work mining<br>
mining-threads = 4 &nbsp;</code></pre>
<p>Once done editing, Press <strong>ctrl+o </strong>and then press <strong>Enter </strong>to save</p>
<p>Type</p>
<p><code>./steemd --rpc-endpoint</code></p>
<p>It should start syncing and eventually when it is done, It will begin mining</p>
<p><br></p>
<p>Please comment if there is anything you recommend changing or updating. &nbsp;</p>
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@adneu · Jul 22 '16

What hash rate are you getting from the two machines?

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@cloh76 · Jul 22 '16

Ill give you an update once they are finished Synching

👍 adneu

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@adneu · Jul 22 '16

Looking forward to it. Thanks for sharing this guide before you started profiting from it yourself :)

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@discombobulated · Jul 22 '16

Azure has [usage limits](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/azure-subscription-service-limits/) - the free version looks like only 60mins / day.  Would be interesting to see how profitable this could be though.

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@cloh76 · Jul 22 '16

Free is free.  Ill update once the miner starts mining and begin utilizing the CPU cores to see what impact the usage limits have

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@cloh76 · Jul 23 '16 (edited)

$0.06

Update:  So far no impact from the limits.  The VMs have been running for Virtually 7 hours now without any downtime.

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@dr2073 · Aug 16 '16

Do mining in azure works fine?
I use my free azure budget from BizSpark but miner works already about 2 weeks at little less that 7K (after 0.13) but while all other computers with same setup find block just fine - azure don't yet find any blocks at all. I don't understand which can be wrong with it. Do anyone have some ideas?

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@nachocarballeda · May 21 '18

I tried this  in a minning pool with 2 virtualized pc Azure ubuntu 16.04 (one with 4-core and other 2-cores)  but i couldnt get a single 0.000000001 Monero (one of the easyest coin),  I think that the only way is to use a azure Pc with a great GPU (but his is not free).  150 HS is not enought. But thanks it was a great experience.  

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@tommyp7485 · Jul 22 '16

Nice Share! Will try this out some time :)

👍 cloh76

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@zly · Jul 24 '16

Interesting and informative post, thank you.

👍 outdoors

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@zuarzalfa · Jul 23 '16

Thanks for info

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