Build rai_node samples

Running node as a service

To manage node, use RPC commands or CLI

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Server, Debian 8 Jessie

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install git cmake g++ curl wget

Building static Boost

wget -O boost_1_63_0.tar.gz http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.63.0/boost_1_63_0.tar.gz/download
tar xzvf boost_1_63_0.tar.gz
cd boost_1_63_0
./bootstrap.sh
./b2 --prefix=../[boost] link=static install
cd ..

Building rai_node

git clone --recursive https://github.com/clemahieu/raiblocks.git rai_build
cd rai_build
cmake -DBOOST_ROOT=../[boost] -G "Unix Makefiles"
make rai_node
cp rai_node ../rai_node && cp librai_lib.so .. && cd .. && ./rai_node --diagnostics

Debian 9 Stretch, Ubuntu 17.04+

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
apt-get install git cmake g++ libboost-all-dev curl wget

Building rai_node

git clone --recursive https://github.com/clemahieu/raiblocks.git rai_build
cd rai_build
cmake -G "Unix Makefiles"
make rai_node
cp rai_node ../rai_node && cd .. && ./rai_node --diagnostics

CentOS 7

sudo yum check-update
sudo yum install git cmake gcc gcc-c++ libstdc++-static curl wget

Building static Boost

wget -O boost_1_63_0.tar.gz http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.63.0/boost_1_63_0.tar.gz/download
tar xzvf boost_1_63_0.tar.gz
cd boost_1_63_0
./bootstrap.sh
./b2 --prefix=../[boost] link=static install
cd ..

Building rai_node

git clone --recursive https://github.com/clemahieu/raiblocks.git rai_build
cd rai_build
cmake -DBOOST_ROOT=../[boost] -G "Unix Makefiles"
make rai_node
cp rai_node ../rai_node && cd .. && ./rai_node --diagnostics

Ubuntu 16.04 on Digital Ocean Droplet ($5/Month 512Mb Ram, 1 Core, 20Gb SSD)

Sign up at digitalocean.com

Create Droplet

Add swap space - https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-swap-space-on-ubuntu-16-04

sudo fallocate -l 2G /swapfile
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
sudo mkswap /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install g++
sudo apt-get install make
sudo apt install cmake

wget -O boost_1_63_0.tar.gz http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.63.0/boost_1_63_0.tar.gz/download
tar xzvf boost_1_63_0.tar.gz
cd boost_1_63_0
./bootstrap.sh
./b2 --prefix=../[boost] link=static install
cd ..

git clone https://github.com/clemahieu/raiblocks.git
cd raiblocks/

git submodule init
git submodule update

cmake -DBOOST_ROOT=../[boost] -G "Unix Makefiles"

make rai_node

./rai_node --daemon

check block count
./rai_node --debug_block_count