The next howto os following, How to setup up mulitple nodes.
Step-by-step guide for starting multiple masternodes (3 masternodes in this example under windows)
The linux steps are fimilar.
Arenon Wallet running on your local computer with at least 50000 Arenon coins for every masternode
white static IP with open ports for masternodes
Arenon Coin Masternode port: 22937
1 - Choose the place where you will hold your masternodes dirs (you need 1Gb free space for every masternode)
2 - Create folder "ArenonMN1" there
3 - Copy file "Arenon-qt.exe" in folder "ArenonMN1"
4 - Create in folder "ArenonMN1" new folder "data"
5 - Copy file "blk0001.dat" and folder "txleveldb" in created folder "data"
6 - Rename "Arenon-qt.exe" to the "Arenon-mn1.exe"
7 - Press Win+R and type "cmd" and press Enter
8 - Now type there:
echo start Arenon-mn1.exe -datadir=./data > %homepath%/Desktop/startmn1.cmd
9 - Move file "startmn1.cmd" from Desktop to the "ArenonMN1" folder
10 - Repeat the process from step 2 for each masternode you want to created, with changing mn1 to mn2, mn3
11 - Run startmn1.cmd, startmn2.cmd and startmn3.cmd, wait for complete loading wallets and complete syncing with blockchain
12 - Now you can exit from each running masternode wallets
1 - Open your main wallet where you have your coins
2 - Go to Receive tab
3 - Press button "New address" and enter "Masternode 1" in Label (do not check "Stealth address")
4 - Press button "New address" and enter "Masternode 2" in Label (do not check "Stealth address")
5 - Press button "New address" and enter "Masternode 3" in Label (do not check "Stealth address")
4 - Send to all this address exactly 50000 Arenon by one transaction. This can be done by going to Send button and clicking on add recipient two times. And fill all 3 address on pay to and 50000 as amount.
5 - Wait for 1 confirmation of transaction and go to the Debug console
6 - Run command "masternode genkey" and write down generated key (this is your masternode private key)
7 - Run command "masternode outputs" and write down hexnumbers (this is your masternode tx) and digit after ":" (this is tx index)
You will get 3 output like
{ "60835a7d867d335434925c32f38902268e131e99a5821557d3e77f8ca3829fd8" : "0", "60835a7d867d335434925c32f38902268e131e99a5821557d3e77f8ca3829fd8" : "1", "60835a7d867d335434925c32f38902268e131e99a5821557d3e77f8ca3829fd8" : "2" }8 - Go to Masternodes tab and switch to the "My Masternodes"
9 - Press button "Create"
10 - Enter "Alias" - "MN1" (do not use spaces and special charatcers)
11 - Enter "Address" - "YOUREXTERNALIP:PORT" (your external white ip and port for masternode)
12 - Enter "Privkey" - masternode private key you generated with "masternode genkey"
13 - Enter "TxHash" - masternode tx from "masternode outputs" command
14 - Enter "Output Index" - tx index from "masternode outputs" command
15 - Now you can press "Ok"
16 - Repeat process from step 6 for MN2 and MN3. With renaming MN1 to MN2 and MN3 and changing port When you get to step 7 "masternode outputs" in second time you will see 2 lines with txhash and index. You must choose the First line with txhash for MN1 second for MN2 third for MN3.
17 - Press "Update" and you will see all three masternodes in list with status "Not in the masternode list. "Steps 8-15 creates masternode.conf. You can skip this steps and create it by yourself. It have format:
ALIAS IP:PORT PRIVKEY TXHASH OUTPUTINDEX One line - one masternode config
1 - Go to "ArenonMN1/data" folder
2 - Open "Arenon.conf" in Notepad
3 - Type there:
port=PORT masternode=1 masternodeaddr=IP:PORT masternodeprivkey=PRIVKEY
4 - Replace PORT with port for your Masternode 1, IP:PORT with your external white ip and the same port for you Masternode 1
5 - Replace PRIVKEY with masternode private key you generated with "masternode genkey" in controller wallet for Masternode 1
6 - Save it and repeat process for Masternode 2 and Masternode 3.
1 - Now you can restart all your masternodes by executing the file "startmn1.cmd", "startmn2.cmd" and "startmn3.cmd"
2 - Go to controller wallet, check that your coins in Masternode 1, 2 and 3 addresses have at least 15 confirmations.
3 - Go to Masternodes tab and switch to the "My Masternodes"
4 -Press "Start All"
Thats all. You have created 3 working masternodes. Don't be afraid to running PoS on controller wallet. It's do not damage your masternode transactions because all masternode coins will be excluded from PoS.