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Installing SmartCash on Windows VPS

Install wallet as normal. The configuration file is a list of setting=value pairs, one per line, with optional comments starting with the # character.

The configuration file is not automatically created; you can create it using your favorite plain-text editor. By default, smartcash-qt will look for a file named smartcash.conf in the smartcash data directory, but both the data directory and the configuration file path may be changed using the -datadir and -conf command-line arguments.

Platform Path to data folder Typical path to configuration file
Windows %APPDATA%

(Vista-10) C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\SmartCash\smartcash.conf

(2000-XP) C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\SmartCash\smartcash.conf

Copy and paste the following text to get started, then replace the variables specific to your configuration as follows:

#----
rpcuser=XXXXXXXXXXXXX
rpcpassword=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
port=9678
#----
listen=1
server=1
daemon=1
maxconnections=64
#----
smartnode=1
smartnodeprivkey=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
externalip=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
#----

Replace the fields marked with XXXXXXX as follows:

  • rpcuser: enter any string of numbers or letters, no special characters allowed
  • rpcpassword: enter any string of numbers or letters, no special characters allowed
  • smartnodeprivkey: this is the legacy smartnode private key you generated in the previous step
  • externalip: this is the IP address of your VPS

The result should look something like this:

../_images/setup-manual-conf.png

Entering smartnode genkey data in smartcash.conf