Playbook for RVN mining on AWS EC2 spot instances. Highly uneconomical.
Shortcut:
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tensorturtle/spot-mining/main/rvn_script.sh -o rvn_script.sh
sudo chmod +x rvn_script.sh
Then run
./rvn_script.sh
- We use nanoseconds as a proxy for random numbers (accessing /dev/urandom causes problems when run as systemd service)
- The system as configured can be an EC2 AMI, and spot instances launched from it will automatically be configured.
We use Ohio: us-east-2 region.
Go to AWS Console -> EC2 -> Spot Requests -> Request Spot Instances
AMI: Deep Learning OSS Nvidia driver AMI GPU PyTorch 2.1.0 (Ubuntu 20.04)
In Target capacity, tick Maintain target capacity and Interruption behavior: Stop
In Instance type requirements tick Manually select instance types. Delete pre-existing ones and add g5.xlarge.
Install NBMiner: https://github.com/NebuTech/NBMiner
Download NBMiner_42.3_Linux.tgz:
wget https://dl.nbminer.com/NBMiner_42.3_Linux.tgz
tar -xvf NBMiner_42.3_Linux.tgz
cd NBMiner_Linux
Copy nbminer executable to a PATH location:
sudo cp nbminer /usr/bin
Edit start_rvn.sh with your pool URL and wallet ID. Also, remove the ./ in front of nbminer since we put it on PATH already.
Also, add #!/bin/bash at the top.
vim start_rvn.sh
It should now look something like:
#!/bin/bash
nbminer -a kawpow -o stratum+tcp://asia-rvn.2miners.com:6060 -u RPB59KtYQbfFVVV5hkFHYSSctypbSLRhtd.aws-seoul-rvn-spot-p2-1
To persist this program, create a systemd service.
sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/nbminer.service
And copy-paste:
[Unit]
Description=NBMiner RVN
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/NBMiner_Linux/start_rvn.sh
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Make sure this starts on boot
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable nbminer.service
sudo systemctl start nbminer.service
Monitor the process:
sudo journalctl --follow -u nbminer.service
cd ~
wget https://github.com/Lolliedieb/lolMiner-releases/releases/download/1.84/lolMiner_v1.84_Lin64.tar.gz
tar -xvf lolMiner_v1.84_Lin64.tar.gz
mv 1.84 lolMiner
cd lolMiner
sudo cp lolMiner /usr/bin
Create a mine_nexa_2miners.sh:
vim mine_nexa_2miners.sh
It should look something like:
#!/bin/bash
lolMiner --algo NEXA --pool nexa.2miners.com:5050 --user nexa:nqtsq5g5vld08wyr26uxhqml9jczc2x2ldgf0kn4vhpj5mam.aws-seoul-p3
Give it execution privilege:
sudo chmod +x mine_nexa_2miners.sh
To persist this program, create a systemd service.
sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/lolminer.service
And copy-paste:
[Unit]
Description=lolMiner Nexa
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/lolMiner/mine_nexa_2miners.sh
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Make sure this starts on boot
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable lolminer.service
sudo systemctl start lolminer.service
Monitor the process:
sudo journalctl --follow -u lolminer.service
The above configuration ensures that even if this spot instance is interrupted, it should start mining again once it automatically comes back.
However, the IP address may change.