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Running as a service

Peter Hendricks edited this page Jun 15, 2018 · 6 revisions
You can run creepMiner as as service in linux and Windows.

Microsoft Windows

Its recommended to use NSSM - the Non-Sucking Service Manager

  1. Download NSSM
  2. Extract and run nssm.exe install
  3. A small window will appear, now select the path of creepMiner.exe then enter creepMiner as the service name.
  4. Select install service

Note: You can check if creepMiner service is running on the Task Manager>Services and find the name creepMiner and check its status if it is Running or Stopped.

Linux distributions

This applies to Ubuntu, Mint and possibly Debian, using systemd.

  1. Copy bin & webUI to system sudo cp -r creepMiner public /usr/local/bin/
  2. Add a service sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/creepMiner.service
[Unit]
Description=creepMiner
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=USERNAME
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/creepMiner/run.sh
WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/bin/creepMiner
Restart=on-abort

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
  1. Manage the service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable creepMiner
sudo systemctl start creepMiner
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