Can You Provide More Information On Contabo's RunOnFlux Node Image?

Can you provide more information on Contabo's RunOnFlux Node image?

Contabo's RunOnFlux Node image is based on the RunOnFlux multitool (https://github.com/RunOnFlux/fluxnode-multitool).


The image contains all the necessary dependencies to start your flux node setup.

You can use the command below to switch to the flux user.


su flux 

How do I start the Flux Node config?

You can run the following command:

cd /home/flux && ./multitoolbox.sh

Choose Option 2 Install Fluxnode for start (Docker is already installed)


Follow the steps, this will require your Flux Node details.


Other useful commands after installation:

? Pm2 Flux info => status: online, uptime: 8m restarts 0 unstable restarts 0

Commands to manage flux daemon:

Start Flux daemon: sudo systemctl start zelcash
Stop Flux daemon: sudo systemctl stop zelcash
Help list: flux-cli help


Commands to manage benchmark:
Get info: fluxbench-cli getinfo
Check benchmark: fluxbench-cli getbenchmarks
Restart benchmark: fluxbench-cli restartnodebenchmarks
Stop benchmark: fluxbench-cli stop
Start benchmark: sudo systemctl restart zelcash

Commands to manage flux:
Summary info: pm2 info flux
Logs in real time: pm2 logs flux
Stop Flux: pm2 stop flux

Start Flux: pm2 start flux


Commands to manage watchdog:
Stop watchdog: pm2 stop watchdog
Start watchdog: pm2 start watchdog --watch

Restart watchdog: pm2 reload watchdog --watch
Error logs: ~/watchdog/watchdog_error.log
Logs in real time: pm2 logs watchdog

Also to note after installation check 'pm2 list' if it does not work, type 'source /home/flux/.bashrc'

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