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Preperation

  1. Get a VPS from a provider like DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, etc.
    • Recommended VPS size at least 1gb RAM
    • It must be Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial)
  2. Make sure you have a transaction of exactly 1000 POLIS in your desktop cold wallet.

VPS Setup

  1. Log into your VPS
  2. Copy/paste these commands into the VPS and hit enter: (One Box At A Time)
apt-get -y update

apt-get -y upgrade

apt-get -y install software-properties-common

apt-add-repository -y ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin

apt-get -y update

apt-get -y install \
    wget \
    git \
    unzip \
    libevent-dev \
    libboost-dev \
    libboost-chrono-dev \
    libboost-filesystem-dev \
    libboost-program-options-dev \
    libboost-system-dev \
    libboost-test-dev \
    libboost-thread-dev \
    libminiupnpc-dev \
    build-essential \
    libtool \
    autotools-dev \
    automake \
    pkg-config \
    libssl-dev \
    libevent-dev \
    bsdmainutils \
    libzmq3-dev \
    nano

apt-get -y update

apt-get -y upgrade

apt-get -y install libdb4.8-dev

apt-get -y install libdb4.8++-dev

wget https://github.com/polispay/polis/releases/download/v1.7.0/poliscore-1.7.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz

tar -xvf poliscore-1.7.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz

rm poliscore-1.7.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz

cp poliscore-1.7.0/bin/polis{d,-cli} /usr/local/bin/

rm -r poliscore-1.7.0

cd

mkdir -p .poliscore

nano .poliscore/polis.conf

Replace: externalip=VPS_IP_ADDRESS With your info!

rpcuser=randuser43897ty8943
rpcpassword=passhf95uiygr5308h08r3h0249fbgh7389h973
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
listen=1
server=1
daemon=1
logtimestamps=1
maxconnections=256
externalip=VPS_IP_ADDRESS
#masternode=1
addnode=167.172.143.204
addnode=206.189.79.85
addnode=167.172.45.36
addnode=167.71.246.3
addnode=178.128.16.154
addnode=68.183.201.109
addnode=143.110.145.33
addnode=95.111.237.31
addnode=161.97.112.31

CTRL X to save it. Y for yes, then ENTER.

polisd &

3.Use watch polis-cli getinfo to check and wait til it's synced (look for blocks number and compare with block explorer https://insight.polispay.org/ )

  1. Generate a BLS key and update the config file one lat time (you will need to add the "secret" key to the config file)
polis-cli bls generate

nano .poliscore/polis.conf
  1. Remove the '#' in front of masternode=1 and add the "secret" key from above to the file
masternode=1
masternodeblsprivkey=secret_key_here

CTRL X to save it. Y for yes, then ENTER.

  1. Restart the wallet and now the VPS is ready
polis-cli stop

polisd &

Cold Wallet Setup Part 2

  1. Register your MN - follow this video from the Polis team for help with the registration process https://www.polispayserver.com/page/video/4/
  2. Once you make the registration, wait for it to confirm on the transactions tab
  3. You should see your MN appear as 'Enabled' on the Masternodes tab with the 'My masternodes only' checked

Done!