Steem witness node setup & installation tutorial

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Today's video I will walkthrough the setup and installation process of getting a Steem consensus witness node (MIRA enabled) up and running on an Ubuntu 18.04 server. I will be showing the full process of getting steemd running as well as broadcasting your intention to be a Steem witness.

Requested by @teamhumble and @apshamilton.

Plugins

# Basic
plugin = witness webserver p2p json_rpc database_api network_broadcast_api condenser_api block_api rc_api

# Account history
plugin = account_history_rocksdb account_history_api

# Reputation
plugin = reputation reputation_api

# Get accounts/witness
plugin = account_by_key account_by_key_api

# Internal market
plugin = market_history market_history_api

Open file limits

* soft     nproc          999999    
* hard     nproc          999999   
* soft     nofile         999999   
* hard     nofile         999999
root soft     nproc          999999    
root hard     nproc          999999   
root soft     nofile         999999   
root hard     nofile         999999

P2P seed nodes

p2p-seed-node = gtg.steem.house:2001                # @gtg (PL)
p2p-seed-node = lafonasteem.com:2001                # @lafona (FR)
p2p-seed-node = seed.roelandp.nl:2001               # @roelandp (FI)
p2p-seed-node = seed.esteem.ws:2001                 # @good-karma (FI)
p2p-seed-node = seed.thecryptodrive.com:2001        # @thecryptodrive (FI)
p2p-seed-node = seed.steemviz.com:2001              # @ausbitbank (SE)
p2p-seed-node = steem-seed.lukestokes.info:2001     # @lukestokes (SE)
p2p-seed-node = node.mahdiyari.info:2001            # @mahdiyari (FI)
p2p-seed-node = steemseed-fin.privex.io:2001        # @privex (FI)
p2p-seed-node = steemseed-se.privex.io:2001         # @privex (SE)
p2p-seed-node = seed.steemmonsters.com:2001         # @aggroed (SE)

block_log file download: https://s3.amazonaws.com/steemit-dev-blockchainstate/block_log-latest

Broadcasting your intention:

update_witness "techcoderx" "https://steemit.com/witness/@techcoderx/techcoderx-is-officially-now-a-steem-witness" "STM59SiM8tUYU9RhYfF8yXccFgkRukBfLqYy4GLmjnXuhw31TpCgo" {"account_creation_fee":"3.000 STEEM","maximum_block_size":65536,"sbd_interest_rate":0} true