STEPS TO INSTALL THE MASTERNODE ON A RACKNERD LINUX VPS:

1.  Purchase a Racknerds VPS – I use them for all my $PRE and $GALA nodes and have had great success with them over the years.
   1. Go to https://intenseinvestor.com/deals and click on the 4GB / 3 core VPS server model.
   2. You will be taken to the Racknerds website.  Proceed with purchasing the VPS.
   3. Make sure you click the Ubuntu 22.04 version but I think it will also work on the 20.04 version.
   4. Cost of the VPS will be around $3.50 / year which is very cheap with great performance.
2. Download / Install PUTTY – Linux interface client software
   1.  Download PUTTY here: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html
3. Open PUTTY – This is how we will access the VPS we just bought
   1. Racknerds should have sent you a IP address / password for the VPS you just bought.
   2. Type in the IP address into Putty then click continue.
   3. This will get you into the VPS server and you will see the black command line interface pop up.
   4. Type in ROOT for the username.
   5. Copy the password from the Racknerds email.  Copy paste it at the command line where the cursor is at.  You wont see anything but it has definitely been pasted.
4.   Now its time to run the commands to install Docker on your new Linux VPS.
   1.  To install docker run this code:
      1. sudo apt update
         sudo apt install docker.io
         sudo systemctl start docker
         sudo systemctl enable docker
   2.  Check if docker was installed correctly run this code:
      1. docker –version
         sudo docker run hello-world 
   3. Now its time to install the Playa3ull Games Masternode Docker Image:
      1. Run this code to pull the image:
         1. docker pull ghcr.io/playa3ull/node
      2.  Now run the image with this code:
         1. docker run ghcr.io/playa3ull/node

      3. You will be prompted to login by authenticating your account via the dApp, which upon signing will automatically login the Master Node CLI to your account. (If you have a hard time selecting the link for the dApp then just copy the whole text into Notepad then select the link out of the text.  Copy and paste it into your favorite browser.)

         Once authenticated, you will be logged in and connected to the network!

         Keep the software logged in and running in order to be eligible for rewards.

5. That should do it !