Witness Gamer kozgamer
Today is the opening of a new project that I've been planning for more than 1 year, personally I couldn't do it before because of the little information that was difficult in the past to find about how to set up a node and in Hive that happened a year and a half ago to be my blockchain network one of my favorites =^^= it was obvious I would start here. 馃槣 馃槉
Over time more and more people have talked about what tokens are, their role, the job they play in the network among other things, as well as providing information on how to do it.
You can set up your node at home but you will need knowledge and infrastructure (space, computer equipment, stable internet, electricity) among others, remembering that they must be on 24/7, not recommended in countries where energy is expensive.
Rent a dedicated server 馃槑 馃槉 that they give you everything ready as in
@privex where we save everything said before and we only worry about configuring the node from our home, we will only worry about the payment :b
** Hoy se apertura un nuevo proyecto que vengo hace mas de 1 a帽o planeando, en lo personal no lo pude hacer antes por la poca informaci贸n que fue dif铆cil en el pasado encontrar sobre como armar un nodo y en Hive que paso hace a帽o y medio a ser mi red blockchain una de mis favoritas =^^= era obvio empezar铆a por aqu铆. 馃槣 馃槉
** Con el tiempo cada vez mas personas han hablado sobre que son los testigos, su rol, el trabajo que desempe帽an en la red entre otras cosas, adem谩s de brindar informaci贸n de como realizarlo.
Puedes armar tu nodo en casa pero necesitaras conocimientos y la infraestructura (espacio, equipos de computaci贸n, internet estable, electricidad) entre otros, recordando que deben estar encendidos 24/7, no recomendable en pa铆ses donde la energ铆a es costosa.
Rentar un Servidor dedicado 馃槑 馃槉 que te entregan todo listo como en
When you go to https://pay.privex.io/ and go to the Hive node in a Box section you will see that they provide you with everything you need to start your node since everything comes pre-installed, and you only need to apply some user settings (node keys, user, etc etc).
I chose this company for 2 reasons:
- It allows payments with crypto, helping more to the essence of decentralization and give greater use in the world to the blockchain, plus many witnesses already use the service which makes it very reliable to my point of view..
- Avoid using fiat money as in my country it is difficult to move from fiat to crypto without the bank looking at you or charging you a lot of expenses, making the procedures costly, using Hive HBD among other cryptocurrencies helps me to make payments faster and cheaper.
I chose the 50$ monthly package for being a balance between economical and moderate in relation: ram memory, storage space and internet, as I am just starting I found this product perfect.
If you already use Keychain or Metamask you will see that the payment is super simple, we only have to enter an email (where they send us the data of the server that we rent) and sign the transaction for the value of the product in my case 50$.
Al ingresar en https://pay.privex.io/ al ir a la secci贸n de Hive node in a Box veras que te brindan todo lo necesario para arrancar tu nodo ya que viene todo pre-instalado, y solo se debe aplicar algunas configuraciones de usuario, (claves del nodo, usuario, etc etc)
Eleg铆 esta empresa por 2 motivos:
Permite los pagos con crypto, ayudando mas a la esencia de descentralizaci贸n y dar mayor uso en el mundo a la blockchain, adem谩s que muchos testigos ya usan el servicio lo que lo hace muy confiable a mi punto de visto..
Evita use dinero fiat ya que en mi pa铆s es dif铆cil pasar de fiat a crypto sin que el banco te mire o te cobren muchos gastos, haciendo costoso los tramites, al usar Hive HBD entre otras criptomonedas me ayuda a realizar los pagos de manera mas r谩pida y mas econ贸mica.
Eleg铆 el paquete de 50$ mensuales por ser un balance entre econ贸mico y moderado en relaci贸n: memoria ram, espacio de almacenamiento e internet, como estoy empezando me pareci贸 perfecto este producto.
Si ya usas Keychain o Metamask veras que el pago es super sencillo, solo debemos ingresar un correo (donde nos env铆an los datos del servidor que alquilamos) y firmar la transacci贸n por el valor del producto en mi caso 50$
Everything easy was already done, the hard part started here, and not because it was easy, but because I had no knowledge of what I had to do, so it got complicated, but with basic knowledge you will see that it is not difficult at all =^^=.
After the payment in a couple of hours or minutes depending on the staff, you will receive an email with the data of what you purchased, the features, and the username and password that we will use to enter our server.
Although they recommend you to use Putty you can use the tool that you like and for this in linux and windows there are options, but I did not know what they were referring to I had to go to investigate.
I spent some time looking at guides but nobody said the basics, which are tools to write code, like the one that brings windows by default when using CMD, the system console xD! for those who have basic knowledge of programming was obvious and how to use it, but for those who do not, it is obvious is new stuff here I lost a lot of time xD for something so simple...
Todo lo mas f谩cil ya estaba hecho lo dificil empezo aca, y no ! No por que lo fuera sino por que no tenia conocimiento alguno de lo que tenia que hacer, por lo tanto se complico, pero con conocimientos b谩sicos veras que no es nada dif铆cil =^^=
Luego del pago en un par de horas o minutos depende del personal, te llegara un correo con los datos de lo que adquiriste, las caracter铆sticas, y el usuario y contrase帽a que usaremos para entrar a nuestro servidor.
Aunque te recomiendan usar Putty puedes usar la herramienta que te guste y para esto en linux y windows hay opciones, pero no sabia a que se refer铆an me toco ir a investigar.
Pase un tiempo mirando gu铆as pero nadie dec铆a lo b谩sico, que son herramientas para escribir c贸digo, al igual que la que trae windows por defecto al usar CMD, la consola del sistema xD! para quien tiene conocimientos b谩sicos de programaci贸n era obvio y como se usa, pero para quien no , es obvio es materia nueva aqu铆 perd铆 mucho tiempo xD por algo tan sencillo...
When trying to use PuTTy it happened that I didn't know how to use it again, I went to yt to spend another time to understand what it was and how to try to use it for my node....
Here happened many things that I caused what made everything slow, besides going to my dashboard in Privex I saw options to reinstall my node (bad idea if you don't know what you are doing) I didn't know that every time you do it the user credentials and password changed.
So when I understood how the console works I went to put my credentials but I did not access and I said what happened I put so many times that the system blocked me (I did not know this happened).
As I started the node again I was using an old username and password so I could not enter, and the system blocked my ip for security, I discovered this when I asked for help in technical support xD!
After all this it took hours, since I was looking for info, to solve, and once I saw new msj in my mail, I entered the current credentials, and now I could see the same home board as in the guides I found in Hive on this issue.
Al intentar usar PuTTy paso que no supe usar de nuevo, fui a yt a pasar otro rato para entender que era y como intentar usarlo para mi nodo..
Aqu铆 paso muchas cosas que yo cause lo que hizo fuera lento todo, adem谩s de ir a mi tablero en Privex vi opciones para re instalar mi nodo (mala idea si no sabes que haces) yo no sabia que cada vez que lo hac铆as las credenciales de usuario y contrase帽a cambiaban.
Por lo cual al ya entender como funciona la consola fui a poner mis credenciales pero no acced铆a y dije que pasa puse tantas veces que el sistema me bloque (no sabia esto pasaba).
Como re inicie el nodo estaba usando un usuario y clave antiguos por lo cual no pod铆a entrar, y el sistema por seguridad bloqueo mi ip, esto lo descubr铆 al pedir ayuda en soporte t茅cnico xD!
Luego de todo esto pasaron horas, desde que buscaba info, hasta solucionar, ya una vez visto nuevos msj en mi correo, ingrese las credenciales actuales, y ahora si pude ver el mismo tablero de inicio como en las gu铆as que encontr茅 en Hive sobre este tema.
Something happened here that I also didn't know at the time, it turns out that when you enter the menu it tells you the steps to follow:
- Log in as super administrator, just using the "su" command
- Configure the node first, and then start it (I did it the other way around)
3.Start the node - Check with another command that is working.
I skip all this since this is not a tutorial since my experience was zero in everything, but in the guides that I will recommend at the end you will see all this more explained and with the mistakes I made, it will be easier for the next ones who venture into this experience..
Another detail is within the console in the guides they ask to use the command: data/witness_node_data_dir/config.ini. with which you access to enter your password for your witness node and private key, but at the beginning of the command line it has by default # which we must eliminate this "#" symbol so that the witness is recognized, I learned this with the help of support xD!
After several mistakes and learning I was able to finish setting up the node, this initially took me hours due to everything written before, but since I already had some knowledge, I reinstalled and started from scratch, and it didn't take me more than 1 hour to put everything together. in order.
The delay is obvious between reading, understanding what I was doing, and asking support for help. It took me that long to finish everything, but once you have the complete information it becomes very easy.
I understand that it is now synchronizing and that until it finishes I will not be able to mine any blocks, therefore it should take between 1-3 days, but I think my node is already operational, I will still ask support or if you know about the subject and can help me to verify it would be excellent =^^=
** I want to thank :
@michelmake
@rishi556
@manuphotos
@gtgAnd to the many users who have been creating guides on how to install, either from home or from a dedicated server, how to configure a witness node in Hive.
Aqu铆 paso algo que tampoco supe en su momento, resulta que al ingresar al men煤 te dice los pasos a seguir:
- Entrar como superadministrador, solo usando el comando "su"
- Configurar primero el nodo, y luego arrancarlo (yo lo hice al rev茅s)
3.Arrancar el nodo - Revisar con otro comando que este funcionando.
Salto todo esto ya que esto no es un tutorial ya que mi experiencia era nula en todo, pero en las gu铆as que recomendare al final veras todo esto mas explicado y con los fallos que comet铆, lo har谩n mas sencillo los pr贸ximos que se aventuren a esta experiencia..
Otro detalle es dentro de la consola en las gu铆as piden usar el comando: data/witness_node_data_dir/config.ini. con el cual accedes para poner tu contrase帽a de tu nodo testigo y clave privada, pero al inicio de la linea de comando tiene por defecto # lo cual debemos eliminar este s铆mbolo "#" para que reconozca el testigo, esto lo aprend铆 con la ayuda de soporte xD!
Luego de varios errores y aprendizaje pude terminar de armar el nodo, esto al inicio me tomo horas ya por todo lo escrito antes, pero al ya tener algunos conocimientos, volv铆 a reinstalar y empezar de cero, y no me tomo mas de 1h poner todo en orden.
La demora es obvia entre leer, comprender que hacia, pedir ayuda a soporte, me llevo ese tiempo terminar todo, pero una vez ya tienes la inf completa se hace muy f谩cil.
Tengo entendido que ahora se esta sincronizando y que mientras no termine no podre minar ning煤n bloque, por lo tanto entre 1-3 d铆as deber铆a tomar, pero creo ya esta mi nodo operativo, igual preguntare a soporte o si sabes del tema y me puedes ayudar a verificarlo seria excelente =^^=
** Quiero agradecer a :
Y a los muchos usuarios que han ido creando gu铆as de como poder instalar ya sea desde su hogar o desde un servidor dedicado la forma de configurar un nodo testigo en Hive.
Palabras Finales
Mi nodo se llama kozgamer y si todo esta correcto deber铆a estar operativo en unos d铆as horas :b
Esto fue todo lo que experimente al realizar este proyecto, y lo que falta.
Pronto traer茅 nuevas actualizaciones y espero en el futuro muchas mas personas se animen a conocer del tema, y animarse a crear su propio testigo para Hive