Mining with Azure Batch

New version for new Monero Hard Fork on 10/18

Updated on 4/28/2018 with new PoW for Monero7 and XMR-Stak miner

 

Azure Batch and Pool VM

• Connect to http://portal.azure.com
• Create a new Batch Account (free) and associated Storage Account with pool allocation mode “Batch Service” so you don’t need Key Vault
• Open Batch Account and select Pools
• Add a new pool with the following settings
  • Image Type = Marketplace (Linux/Windows)
  • Publisher = Canonical
  • Offer = Ubuntu Server
  • Sku = 16.04-LTS
  • Node Size =
    • F16 – XMR Monero
    • NC6 – ETH Ethereum
  • Mode = Fixed
  • Low priority = 3
  • Resize timeout = 90 minutes
• Wait for resize operation if succeed or not as we are using Low Priority VM so it may fail if Azure has other higher priority VM
• Click on Nodes and review if VM is there
• Select the VM and verify Overview = Idle
• Click on Connect and add a new user with Administrator privilege

Monero CPU miner in Ubuntu F16 VM

• Create the following setup_xmr_f16_v1.sh file:

sudo apt-get --assume-yes update
sudo apt-get --assume-yes install libmicrohttpd-dev libssl-dev cmake build-essential libhwloc-dev screen git nano
git clone https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak-cpu.git
cd xmr-stak-cpu/
cmake .
make install
cd bin/
mv config.txt config.txt.ori
wget https://<your_storage_account>.blob.core.windows.net/miner/f16/config.txt
sudo sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=128
screen -dmS monero sudo ./xmr-stak

• Create the following cpu.txt file:

"cpu_threads_conf" :
[
 { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 0 },
 { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 1 },
 { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 2 },
 { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 3 },
 { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 4 },
 { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 5 },
 { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 6 },
 { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 7 },
 { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 8 },
 { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 9 },
 { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 10 },
 { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 11 },
 { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 12 },
 { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 13 },
 { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 14 },
 { "low_power_mode" : false, "no_prefetch" : true, "affine_to_cpu" : 15 },
],

• Create the following config.txt file:

"use_slow_memory" : "no_mlck",
"nicehash_nonce" : false,
"aes_override" : null,
"use_tls" : false,
"tls_secure_algo" : true,
"tls_fingerprint" : "",
"call_timeout" : 10,
"retry_time" : 10,
"giveup_limit" : 0,
"verbose_level" : 4,
"h_print_time" : 60,
"daemon_mode" : true,
"output_file" : "./xmr.log",
"httpd_port" : 51000,
"prefer_ipv4" : true,

• Create the following pools.txt file:

"pool_list" :
[
 {"pool_address" : "pool.minexmr.com:7777",
  "wallet_address" : "your_wallet",
  "rig_id" : "",
  "pool_password" : "x",
  "use_nicehash" : false,
  "use_tls" : false,
  "tls_fingerprint" : "",
   "pool_weight" : 1
 },
],
"currency" : "monero7",

Ethereum GPU miner in Ubuntu with NC6 VM

• Create the following setup_eth_nc6_v1.sh file based on Azure Driver Setup:

CUDA_REPO_PKG=cuda-repo-ubuntu1604_9.0.176-1_amd64.deb
wget -O /tmp/${CUDA_REPO_PKG} http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1604/x86_64/${CUDA_REPO_PKG}
sudo dpkg -i /tmp/${CUDA_REPO_PKG}
rm -f /tmp/${CUDA_REPO_PKG}
sudo apt-get --assume-yes update
sudo apt-get --assume-yes install cuda-drivers
sudo apt-get --assume-yes install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ethereum/ethereum
sudo apt-get --assume-yes update
sudo apt-get --assume-yes install ethereum ethminer
wget https://github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer/releases/download/v0.11.0/ethminer-0.11.0-Linux.tar.gz
tar -xf ethminer-0.11.0-Linux.tar.gz
cd bin
./ethminer --farm-recheck 200 -G -S us1.ethermine.org:4444 -FS us2.ethermine.org:4444 -O <wallet_id>.nc6

 

Upload files to Storage Account

• Install Azure Storage Explorer
• Connect to Azure subscription
• Select Azure Storage Account created for Azure Batch
• Browse to Blob Containers
• Right click on Blob containers -> Create a new container
• Right click on new container -> Set public level access
• Set “Public read access for blob only”
• Create 2 new folder f16 and nc6
• Upload the 3 files in correct folder as reported below:

https://<your_storage-account>.blob.core.windows.net/miner/f16/setup_xmr_f16_v4.sh
https://<your_storage-account>.blob.core.windows.net/miner/f16/config.txt
https://<your_storage-account>.blob.core.windows.net/miner/f16/pools.txt
https://<your_storage-account>.blob.core.windows.net/miner/f16/cpu.txt
https://<your_storage-account>.blob.core.windows.net/miner/nc6/setup_eth_nc6_v1.sh

• Remember to edit setup_xmr_f16_v4.sh and point to correct config.txt file location

Create a Start task for pool

• Select the pool
• Select Start Task
• Max retry = 0
• Command line = sudo ./setup_xmr_f16_v4.sh
• User identity = Pool autouser, Admin
• Wait for success = False
• Resource files
  • Blob source = https://<your_storage-account&gt;.blob.core.windows.net/miner/f16/setup_xmr_f16_v4.sh
  • File path = setup_xmr_f16_v4.sh
  • File mode = 777
• Environment settings = not configured

Monitor Linux resource

• Monitor xmr miner =

tail -s 5 -n 100 -f /mnt/batch/tasks/startup/wd/xmr-stak/build/bin/xmr.log
screen -r -S monero

• Other monitoring tools =

Review this post = https://inglele.wordpress.com/2017/05/19/ethereum-block-reward/

Troubleshooting

If script is failing to start, please review the log files in

cd /mnt/batch/tasks/startup
vi /mnt/batch/tasks/startup/stderr.txt
vi /mnt/batch/tasks/startup/stdout.txt

 

Source:

• https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak-cpu/edit/master/LINUXCOMPILE.md
• https://www.cryptocurrencyfreak.com/2017/08/22/monero-mining-xmr-stak-cpu-ubuntu-16-04/

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