Miner Tool Guide

Getting Started

This miner tool listens to the tasks come from Swan platform. It provides the following functions:

• Start arial2 download service for downloading tasks.
• Import deals once download completed.
• Synchronize deal status with Swan platform, so client will know the realtime status changes

Prerequisites

sudo apt install python3-pip
sudo apt install aria2

Config

For aria2.conf

• rpc-secret: default: my_aria2_secret. It will be used in the config.toml for rpc.

For config.toml

[main]

• api_url: Swan API address. For Swan production, it is "https://api.filswan.com"
• miner_fid: Your filecoin Miner ID
• expected_sealing_time: The time expected for sealing deals. Deals starting too soon will be rejected.
• import_interval: Importing interval between each deal.
• scan_interval: Time interval to scan all the ongoing deals and update status on Swan platform.
• api_key & access_token: Acquire from Filswan -> "My Profile"->"Developer Settings". You can also check the Guide

[aria2]

• aria2_download_dir: Directory where offline deal files will be downloaded for importing
• aria2_conf: Aria2 configuration file location
• aria2_host: Aria2 server address
• aria2_port: Aria2 server port
• aria2_secret: Must be the same value as rpc-secre in aria2.conf

Run Aria2 as System Service

sudo mkdir /etc/aria2
sudo chown $USER:$USER /etc/aria2/
touch /etc/aria2/aria2.session
git clone https://github.com/filswan/swan-miner
cd swan-miner
cp config/aria2.conf /etc/aria2/
sudo cp aria2c.service /etc/systemd/system/
# Change User and Group in the [Service] section of the aria2c.service file
sudo systemctl enable aria2c.service
sudo systemctl start aria2c.service

Start swan_miner

cd swan-miner
python3 swan_miner.py