Fixed backgrounding for XMRigCCServer on Windows

Cleanup of default config files
Extendend Readme.md

README.md

@@ -16,39 +16,30 @@ The modified version can also handle commands like "update config", "start/stop
 XMRig is high performance Monero (XMR) / Aeon CPU miner, with the official full Windows support.
 Originally based on cpuminer-multi with heavy optimizations/rewrites and removing a lot of legacy code, since version 1.0.0 complete rewritten from scratch on C++.
 
-* This is the CPU-mining version, there is also a [NVIDIA GPU version](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig-nvidia).
-* [Roadmap](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/106) for next releases.
-
-<img src="http://i.imgur.com/OKZRVDh.png" width="619" >
-
 #### Table of contents
-* [Features](#additional-features-of-xmrigcc)
+* [Features](#features-of-xmrigcc)
 * [Download](#download)
 * [Usage](#usage)
 * [Algorithm variations](#algorithm-variations)
-* [Build](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Bendr0id/xmrigCC/master/howto_and_notes.txt)
+* [Build on Debian/Ubuntu](https://github.com/Bendr0id/xmrigCC/wiki/Build-Debian%5CUbuntu)
 * [Common Issues](#common-issues)
 * [Other information](#other-information)
 * [Donations](#donations)
 * [Contacts](#contacts)
+* [Wiki](https://github.com/Bendr0id/xmrigCC/wiki/)
 
-## Additional features of xmrigCC
+## Features of xmrigCC
 * Command and control server
 * CC Dashboard with:
     * statistics of all connected miners
     * remote control miners (start/stop/restart/shutdown)
     * remote configuration changes of miners
 * Daemon around the miner to restart and apply config changes
-* AND all features of the latest xmrig
-
-## Features of xmrig
 * High performance.
 * Official Windows support.
 * Small Windows executable, without dependencies.
-* x86/x64 support.
 * Support for backup (failover) mining server.
 * keepalived support.
-* Command line options compatible with cpuminer.
 * CryptoNight-Lite support for AEON.
 * Smart automatic [CPU configuration](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/wiki/Threads).
 * Nicehash support
@@ -65,7 +56,7 @@ Originally based on cpuminer-multi with heavy optimizations/rewrites and removin
 xmrigCCServer --cc-port=3344 --cc-user=admin --cc-pass=pass --cc-access-token=SECRET_TOKEN_TO_ACCESS_CC_SERVER
 ```
 
-### Options xmrigDaemon
+### Options xmrigCCServer
 ```
         --cc-user=USERNAME                CC Server admin user
         --cc-pass=PASSWORD                CC Server admin pass
@@ -83,17 +74,14 @@ xmrigCCServer --cc-port=3344 --cc-user=admin --cc-pass=pass --cc-access-token=SE
 
 ```
 
+Also you can use configuration via config file, default **[config_cc.json](https://github.com/Bendr0id/xmrigCC/wiki/Config-XMRigCCServer)**. You can load multiple config files and combine it with command line options.
+
+
 ### Basic example xmrigDaemon
 ```
 xmrigDaemon -o pool.minemonero.pro:5555 -u YOUR_WALLET -p x -k --cc-url=IP_OF_CC_SERVER:PORT --cc-access-token=SECRET_TOKEN_TO_ACCESS_CC_SERVER --cc-worker-id=OPTIONAL_WORKER_NAME
 ```
 
-### Failover xmrigDaemon
-```
-xmrigDaemon -o pool.minemonero.pro:5555 -u YOUR_WALLET1 -p x -k -o pool.supportxmr.com:5555 -u YOUR_WALLET2 -p x -k --cc-url=IP_OF_CC_SERVER:PORT --cc-access-token=SECRET_TOKEN_TO_ACCESS_CC_SERVER --cc-worker-id=OPTIONAL_WORKER_NAME
-```
-For failover you can add multiple pools, maximum count not limited.
-
 ### Options xmrigDaemon
 ```
   -a, --algo=ALGO                       cryptonight (default) or cryptonight-lite
@@ -131,7 +119,7 @@ For failover you can add multiple pools, maximum count not limited.
 
 ```
 
-Also you can use configuration via config file, default **config.json**. You can load multiple config files and combine it with command line options.
+Also you can use configuration via config file, default **[config.json](https://github.com/Bendr0id/xmrigCC/wiki/Config-XMRigMiner)**. You can load multiple config files and combine it with command line options.
 
 ## Algorithm variations
 Since version 0.8.0.
@@ -141,10 +129,25 @@ Since version 0.8.0.
 * `--av=4` Lower power mode (double hash) of `3`.
 
 ## Common Issues
-### HUGE PAGES unavailable
+### Windows only: DLL error on starting
+* Make sure that you installed latest Visual C++ Redistributable für Visual Studio 2015. Can be downloaded here: [microsoft.com](https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx?id=48145)
+
+### Linux only: Background mode
+* The `--background` option will only work properly for the XMRigServer. But there is a simple workaround for the XMRigDaemon process. Just append an `&amp;` to the command and it will run smoothly in the background.
+
+    `./xmrigDaemon --config=my_config_cc.json &amp;`
+
+
+### HUGE PAGES unavailable (Windows)
 * Run XMRig as Administrator.
 * Since version 0.8.0 XMRig automatically enable SeLockMemoryPrivilege for current user, but reboot or sign out still required. [Manual instruction](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ms190730.aspx).
 
+### HUGE PAGES unavailable (Linux)
+* Before starting XMRigDaemon set huge pages
+
+    `sudo sudo sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=256`
+
+
 ## Other information
 * No HTTP support, only stratum protocol support.
 * No TLS support.
@@ -165,7 +168,7 @@ Please note performance is highly dependent on system load. The numbers above ar
 
 ## Donations
 * Default donation 5% (5 minutes in 100 minutes) can be reduced to 1% via command line option `--donate-level`. 
-* The donations will be automatically splitted (50/50) on my pool between xmrig and me.
+* The donations will be automatically splitted (50/50) on my pool to xmrig's and my wallet.
 
 ##### BenDroid (xmrigCC):
 XMR:  `46FkYo7x6LqYjLQo4Jd84UTGBybW7tsWqJaQVLPhbUSK19ajSTMY9T2Sa2LH6CfWhSingjvQARtfeM4Feekpp2yFR1wsFNT`

howto_and_notes.txt

@@ -1,78 +1,3 @@
-installation:
-
-sudo apt-get install git build-essential cmake libuv1-dev libmicrohttpd-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev
-
-(or any other libcurl)
-
-git clone https://github.com/Bendr0id/xmrigCC.git
-cd xmrigCC
-mkdir build
-cd build
-cmake ..
-make
-
-
-config cc server: 
-
-    sample is in src folder (config_cc.json):
-
-{
-    "background": false,                            // true to run the cc-server in the background (no console)
-    "colors": true,                                 // false to disable colored output
-    "log-file": null,                               // log all output to a file
-    "syslog": false,                                // use system log for output messages
-    "cc-server": {
-        "port": 3344,                               // port the CC Server will listens on
-        "access-token": null,                       // access token for CC Clients (should be set!!!)
-        "user": "admin",                            // admin user for access CC Dashboard
-        "pass": "pass",                             // admin pass for access CC Dashboard
-        "client-config-folder" : null,              // folder which contains the client-config files (null=current)
-        "custom-dashboard" : "index.html"           // dashboard html file
-    }
-}
-
-
-config cc client (miner):
-    
-    sample is in src folder (config.json):
-
-{
-    "algo": "cryptonight-light",
-    "av": 0,
-    "background": false,
-    "colors": true,
-    "cpu-affinity": null,
-    "cpu-priority": null,
-    "donate-level": 0,
-    "log-file": null,
-    "max-cpu-usage": 75,
-    "print-time": 60,
-    "retries": 5,
-    "retry-pause": 5,
-    "safe": false,
-    "syslog": false,
-    "threads": null,
-    "pools": [
-        {
-            "url": "pool.aeonmining.pro:3333", // your pool here
-            "user": "Wmtm4S2cQ8uEBBAVjvbiaVAPv2d6gA1mAUmBmjna4VF7VixLxLRUYag5cvsym3WnuzdJ9zvhQ3Xwa8gWxPDPRfcQ3AUkYra3W", // your wallet here
-            "pass": "donate",
-            "keepalive": true,
-            "nicehash": false
-        }
-    ],
-    "api": {
-        "port": 3339,                          // port for the miner API https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/wiki/API
-        "access-token": null,                  // access token for API
-        "worker-id": null                      // custom worker-id for API
-    },
-    "cc-client": {
-        "url": "localhost:3344",               // url of the CC Server (ip:port)
-        "access-token": null,                  // access token for CC Server (has to be the same in config_cc.json)
-        "worker-id": null                      // custom worker-id for CC Server (otherwise hostname is used)
-    }
-}
-    
 
 config to deploy / notes: 
     

src/cc/CCServer.cpp

@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@
 #include "Options.h"
 #include "Summary.h"
 
+#if _WIN32
+    #include <winsock2.h>
+    #include <windows.h>
+#else
+#   include "unistd.h"
+#endif
+
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG_H
 #   include "log/SysLog.h"
 #endif
@@ -90,6 +97,10 @@ int CCServer::start()
     uv_signal_start(&m_signal, CCServer::onSignal, SIGTERM);
     uv_signal_start(&m_signal, CCServer::onSignal, SIGINT);
 
+    if (m_options->background()) {
+        moveToBackground();
+    }
+
     Summary::print();
 
     Service::start();
@@ -151,3 +162,37 @@ void CCServer::onSignal(uv_signal_t* handle, int signum)
     uv_signal_stop(handle);
     m_self->stop();
 }
+
+void CCServer::moveToBackground()
+{
+#ifdef WIN32
+    HWND hcon = GetConsoleWindow();
+    if (hcon) {
+        ShowWindow(hcon, SW_HIDE);
+    } else {
+        HANDLE h = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+        CloseHandle(h);
+        FreeConsole();
+    }
+#else
+    int i = fork();
+    if (i < 0) {
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    if (i > 0) {
+        exit(0);
+    }
+
+    i = setsid();
+
+    if (i < 0) {
+        LOG_ERR("setsid() failed (errno = %d)", errno);
+    }
+
+    i = chdir("/");
+    if (i < 0) {
+        LOG_ERR("chdir() failed (errno = %d)", errno);
+    }
+#endif
+}

src/cc/CCServer.h

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ protected:
 
 private:
   void stop();
+  void moveToBackground();
 
   static void onSignal(uv_signal_t* handle, int signum);
 
@@ -58,7 +59,6 @@ private:
   Httpd* m_httpd;
   Options* m_options;
   uv_signal_t m_signal;
-
 };
 
 

src/config.json

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "threads": null,        // number of miner threads
     "pools": [
         {
-            "url": "pool.minemonero.pro:5555", // URL of mining server
+            "url": "",                         // URL of mining server
             "user": "",                        // username for mining server
             "pass": "x",                       // password for mining server
             "keepalive": true,                 // send keepalived for prevent timeout (need pool support)

src/default_config.json

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "threads": null,        // number of miner threads
     "pools": [
         {
-            "url": "pool.minemonero.pro:5555", // URL of mining server
+            "url": "",                         // URL of mining server
             "user": "",                        // username for mining server
             "pass": "x",                       // password for mining server
             "keepalive": true,                 // send keepalived for prevent timeout (need pool support)

src/donate.h

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright 2014-2016 Wolf9466    <https://github.com/OhGodAPet>
  * Copyright 2016      Jay D Dee   <jayddee246@gmail.com>
  * Copyright 2016-2017 XMRig       <support@xmrig.com>
+ * Copyright 2017-     BenDr0id    <ben@graef.in>
  *
  *
  *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -34,8 +35,14 @@
  * Switching is instant, and only happens after a successful connection, so you never loose any hashes.
  *
  * If you plan on changing this setting to 0 please consider making a one off donation to my wallet:
+ * XMR:  46FkYo7x6LqYjLQo4Jd84UTGBybW7tsWqJaQVLPhbUSK19ajSTMY9T2Sa2LH6CfWhSingjvQARtfeM4Feekpp2yFR1wsFNT
+ * BTC:  128qLZCaGdoWhBTfaS7rytpbvG4mNTyAQm
+ * AEON: Wmtm4S2cQ8uEBBAVjvbiaVAPv2d6gA1mAUmBmjna4VF7VixLxLRUYag5cvsym3WnuzdJ9zvhQ3Xwa8gWxPDPRfcQ3AUkYra3W
+ *
+ * XMRig's wallet:
  * XMR: 48edfHu7V9Z84YzzMa6fUueoELZ9ZRXq9VetWzYGzKt52XU5xvqgzYnDK9URnRoJMk1j8nLwEVsaSWJ4fhdUyZijBGUicoD
  * BTC: 1P7ujsXeX7GxQwHNnJsRMgAdNkFZmNVqJT
+ *
  */
 constexpr const int kDonateLevel = 5;
 

src/version.h

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright 2014-2016 Wolf9466    <https://github.com/OhGodAPet>
  * Copyright 2016      Jay D Dee   <jayddee246@gmail.com>
  * Copyright 2016-2017 XMRig       <support@xmrig.com>
+ * Copyright 2017-     BenDr0id    <ben@graef.in>
  *
  *
  *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -28,16 +29,17 @@
 #define APP_ID        "xmrigCC"
 #define APP_NAME      "XMRigCC"
 #define APP_DESC      "XMRigCC Command'n'Control Server"
-#define APP_VERSION   "1.0.0"
+#define APP_VERSION   "1.0.4"
+#define APP_COPYRIGHT "Copyright (C) 2017- BenDr0id"
 # else
 #define APP_ID        "xmrigCC"
 #define APP_NAME      "XMRigCC"
 #define APP_DESC      "XMRigCC CPU miner"
-#define APP_VERSION   "2.4.1"
+#define APP_VERSION   "2.4.2"
+#define APP_COPYRIGHT "Copyright (C) 2017- BenDr0id"
 #endif
-#define APP_DOMAIN    "xmrig.com"
+#define APP_DOMAIN    ""
-#define APP_SITE      "www.xmrig.com"
+#define APP_SITE      "https://github.com/Bendr0id/xmrigCC"
-#define APP_COPYRIGHT "Copyright (C) 2016-2017 xmrig.com"
 #define APP_KIND      "cpu"
 
 #define APP_VER_MAJOR  2

src/xmrigCC.cpp

@@ -27,6 +27,5 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     CCServer ccServer(argc, argv);
-
     return ccServer.start();
 }