STIPEND Support

Vultr.com Ubuntu VPSStaking Wallet Set-Up guideFor staking to be e�ective, you need very high uptime.Serious stakers should consider using wallet on a VPSmachine. This guide was created for less-experiencedusers. It’s a one-click solution!

1. Register with Vultr.com

4. Log in to your VPS desktop

2. Create startup script

3. Deploy new server

4. Troubleshooting - knows issues

Go to http://www.vultr.com, create account and makesmall payment in Billing section - $10 PayPal transferwill do just fine.

https://github.com/pedro77pl/Stipend-VPS-wallet/blob/master/setup_wallet.sh

Navigate to Startup Scripts section on the main page.

Press “Add Startup Script” button. Type the script name,it can by anything you want. Leave script type as “Boot”.

Now delete the example script, and replace it with contentof this file:

https://github.com/Stipend-Developer/stipend-vps-setup

Press “Add Script”. Make sure the rectangle changed color to blue.

Press the big blue plus button on the right side of Vultr portal.

Now select prefered server location. Most nodes are locatedin USA, but it’s yours to decide.

Server type: Ubuntu 16.04 x64

Server size: 20GB SSD - only $2.50/mo. Wallet has been testedto work with 512MB ram, but you can choose $5/mo verison ifyou like. It’s also possible to change plan later.

Startup script: select the script you created in Section 2.

Press “Deploy Now”

Your VPS is being configured now. You can open the consoleand check progress. The View Console is found in your serverdetails menu.

After few minutes script will finish and console will greet youwith login window. Select “Other” from the pull down menu.

Now login typing “root” as your username and yourretype your password found at Server Information page.

After first login, the password window won’t show again andyou will boot straight to desktop.

Now just run the stipend-qt.

Congratulations! You have your fully working Stipend walletrunning in VPS.

Your VPS is being configured now. You can open the consoleand check progress. The View Console is found in your serverdetails menu.

After few minutes script will finish and console will greet youwith login window. Select “Other” from the pull down menu.

Now login typing “root” as your username and yourretype your password found at Server Information page.

After first login, the password window won’t show again andyou will boot straight to desktop.

Now just run the stipend-qt.

Congratulations! You have your fully working Stipend walletrunning in VPS.

I followed your guide, but nothing is happening

This is the most common problem. Make sure you selected the installscript while adding new VPS instance. The field with script name must change color to blue.

Login screen won’t accept my password

Vultr web console has problems with keybard layouts other than generic US. Use Putty (or other SSH terminal) to connect to yourVPS, login then use passwd command to change password.Make sure it contains conly letters and numbers, no special characters. Now you should be able to login.