[Noob Friendly]Complete guide to set up a VPS for botting.

This will be my first USG, so please bare with me as I will update it when needed. I see many people asking about VPS's under the RuneScape Cheating section of the forms so making a guide.

NOTE: This was designed for Debian x86 5.0, this thread is still under construction.

This will be for Linux based VPS's. (I'd advise you to use Linux over Microsoft anyday) The first thing you need, obviously is the VPS. A cheap and reliable VPS hoster I use is www.burst.net, their prices are reasonable, they have amazing customer support, I highly recommend using them. It will take 24 - 48 hours to set you up on one of their servers as well, so please be patient.

PuTTY Download: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
TightVNC Download: http://www.tightvnc.com/download.php

Required programs/extras:
-The VPS
-PuTTY (Windows terminal)
-Tight VNC (VNC viewer)

Step one:
Go to your E-mail where the VPS hosting gives you the IP address of your VPS and copy it down on notepad and save it somewhere you will not forget. (recommended on a Flash Drive)

Step two:
Open up PuTTY's terminal which should look like this:



After opening PuTTY up, you can see at the top Host Name (or IP address) simply put the IP address of your VPS in the dialog box. As you see in the dialog box below in the picture it shows "Default Settings" and below that "MyVPS". The "MyVPS configuration is the configuration I saved to login my VPS with so for you only "Default Settings" will appear. To apply easy-access to login to your VPS through PuTTY simply type in "MyVPS" in the text dialog box above "Default Settings" and press save. This will save the settings for you so you won't have to go back and re-do this again. Double click MyVPS (or whatever you named it as) and a terminal will pop up.

Step three:
After loading the session under SSH (port 22, default) it should look like this:



Type in 'root' as the login and press enter. It will prompt for a password. In the E-mail your VPS gave you, you will see they gave a SSH/Root password. Type that in as the password. You should receive a screen like this:



Step four:
After you reach to this point, you are logged in your VPS through the terminal. You see a command line as shown in the picture above.

Now, we must install the needed programs for you to run Java and TightVNC to view your VPS's desktop.

In the terminal, type:

Code:

apt-get update

Now we need to get VNC onto your VPS so you can view it, type this:

Code:

apt-get install tightvncserver

If you are asked to install (Y/N) select Y as yes as you want to install VNC.

To install JDK (Java Development Kit used for iBot, RSbot, and so forth) type:

Code:

apt-cache search jdk

Results may vary due to your VPS. They may have restrictions, so simply contact me if you have any problems with installing Java.

You will receive a long list of Java related items, you should look for openjdk or sun-java-jdk. To make it simple, let's just use the sun-java-jdk command to make it a little simple. Type:

Code:

apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

This can take a few minutes to install, after installing I'd advise you to reboot your VPS through the control panel (If you use burst.net they provide you with vePortal as a control pannel, easy to turn off, on, and reboot by a click of a button)

After this, you need a GUI for Linux. If you know Linux well you understand that there's many GUI's as in Gnome, Fluxbox, and so forth. For this guide, we'll use KDE. To install KDE type:

Code:

apt-get install kde

You may install a different GUI, which I will explain later. Personally I use KDE and Gnome.

After installing the GUI, reboot your VPS so everything refreshes and to assure you that it loaded correctly. After the reboot, if you can login without a problem then everything is fine most likely unless it's a corrupted file in the root but the likelihood of that happening is slim. The only way that could really happen from my experience would be a problem on the servers side, and I've never had a problem.

Now, to enable Tight VNC so you can view your VPS. Type:

Code:

tightvncserver :1

You will be prompted for a password, this is to login to the VNC server to view your VPS (do not use your VPS password! Use a different password apposed from your VPS.)

After your password has been set, you will see in the terminal that there's been a file created for yourservername:1 which you can now connect to through Tight VNC.

Step five:
Using VNC Viewer. Seeing that you have VNC server setup on your VPS now, and you can now connect to it here's what you do. Open VNC Viewer that you installed earlier on your own computer. The dialog box should look like this:



Where I put 'yourVPSiphere' is where you'd enter your VPS IP to connect to. the :1 is what we used before as a slot to connect to through VNC viewer, so you'll be connecting to yourvpsip:1 to view your VPS desktop.

Press connect after typing in 'yourVPSiphere:1' and make sure you type in the actual IP not yourVPSiphere. After connecting, it will prompt you for a password. This password is the password you set when installing Tight VNC through the terminal. Type in the VNC password you set and you are now viewing your VPS screen.

Step six:
Setting up iBot.

After loggin into your VPS through your VNC viewer, you will see your Linux desktop, you need to go to Applications > Accessories > Terminal when you login to your VNC session to view your VPS. The terminal will appear. You are now about to install the iBot client. To do this type:

Code:

cd /root/Desktop

Code:

mkdir bot

Code:

wget impsoft.info/download.php -O bot.zip

Code:

unzip bot.zip -d bot

Code:

chmod +x -R bot

Now exit out of your terminal and go to your desktop. You will see a folder called 'bot' open that folder. Select the 'Install-mac-linux.sh' file and right click it, press 'open with text editor' and at the end of the file's strings, put 'run-linux.sh' and save the file, ex out of the text editor.

Now to install, run the 'Install-mac-linux.sh' file and it should come up with a Java dialog box to install iBot. Select the drop-down menu and select Linux GTK 32 bit, and press Install. Wait roughly five to ten seconds for it to fully install and you are almost done.

Right click the run-linux.sh with the text editor, you will see at the very top:

Code:

-Xmx1000m

Replace that with this and save.

Code:

-Xmx472m

This is to reduce ram use on your VPS so it will run smoothly without problems.

That is it for this tutorial. I will be updating this frequently as users ask questions. The reason behind not adding many pictures for installing the needed files/programs is mainly because it's too many command lines to capture and will result in 50+ pictures without a doubt, so didn't want to post so many pictures which can cause increased bandwidth use for users as well as possible lag. If you have any questions or concerns, please post or add my MSN and I will gladly help with any problems you have. Thanks!

Guide 1/5 for UE.​

 

I'm looking at their prices and I was wondering, how much memory should i purchase for 1-2 bots...2-3 bots...3-4 bots....? Greatly appreciated.

 

Depends on the service. 1-2 bots will run without lag with a 1.5ghz processor with 1gb of ram. If you want to run 3+ bots go with 1.5 - 2gigs of ram with a 1.5ghz processor. This is based on Linux. Linux uses virtually no memory to run it's operating system. The 2gb ram package is not much more, but it will get the job done. This is based on Burst.Net's packages, I have not dealt with other VPS hosters. Though make sure you have a Linux based operating system, less memory intensive and it's free. Just takes a few hours to set up. In my opinion, very much so worth it if you have botting/skilling services since it can run 24/7. If you have further questions, I will be gladly to answer them but please be more specific as in what are you going to bot, what bot your going to use, what plan you want to get, and so forth so I can assist you as much as I can. Thanks for the response.

 

Thanks you answered all I was wondering

 

Glad I could help. If you have additional questions please contact me through me through MSN or my e-mail (same as my MSN) and I'll respond within 24 hours if it's by email, MSN should be instant unless I'm busy.

 

Where did you go..

 

Noob question, but do the VPS' use their own internet connection or is it shared from the customers?

If you get what I mean >.<

 

The VPS uses their own bandwidth. You may turn off your machine and the VPS will still run as well as the bot. It does not use your own bandwidth =)

 

Thanks Chip, I'm thinking about ordering the 4Ghz package at 50$ a month and setting up a Skilling/Account shop but as good as your guide is, I feel i'd struggle a little bit. Mind adding my MSN and helping me out? I'd be glad to donate right after.

Thanks

And, how many bots would the 4Ghz 4GB Ram option run without lag?

 

That could run 4 - 8 bots depending on the bandwidth per month and the service you have. I will also set it up for you, see my thread here http://sythe.org/showthread.php?t=844617

Adding you on MSN.

 

I've added your MSN, in need of some help

 

Hey I got a noob question :embar:

Do I buy the $5 VPS if I want to run 1-2 bots on it?

&

Does it last a month then I gotta pay again right?

 

Nice guide Chippz0r, 10/10

 

If you have ssh access to your vps, WHY would you install vnc to manage it? That's a complete waste. Not to mention that since all your steps are done over the terminal, you can just keep using ssh instead of doing it over vnc. Not to mention that many vps providers don't even have gfx cards on their servers, so vnc won't even work.

 

VNC is used setting up the bot, the bot client needs to be sep up visually as they have GUI's this can not be done over terminal or SSH, this is why VNC is required.

Also, why would servers not have graphic cards? They need to be configured do they not? they need terminal access when first setting up the partitions and the VPS software do they not?

Do you even have access to a linux based VPS or ever messed with any type of server? of course they have graphics cards...it's not required that they are powerful as they are MOST likely built into the mother board..

Please visit:

dell.com
hp.com
ibm.com

and find me ONE server that does not include a on board video card...

Regards,
Vergil

P.S great guide, but what about the centos users? apt-get won't work.

 

Servers that are meant for VPS only do not have graphics cards. These servers are not set up the same way you would install a normal server, they are usually installed over the network with a bunch of servers at a time. Note, I am talking about linux vps only.

It is rare that you will find a vps that includes a graphics card. Unless you're using some super-easy-baby vps that expects you to install vnc, you will NOT find a graphics card. The whole point of ssh on a vps is to eliminate all gui interaction. >__>

And the term "server" as you are using it is very vague. Servers on dell, ibm, and hp are usually windows based, so a graphics card is a MUST. Servers meant just for hosting VPSs do not need them. You'll find that major webhosting companies do not include graphics cards on their webservers as well.

Yes, I have a vps of my own. I run many websites and ALL my work is done over ssh. I think it's only fair to say that I know what I'm talking about.

I didn't realize that the bot required a GUI to install. Kinda stupid, but eh whatever.

 

There is a different when speaking about VPS servers used for website development and deployment (this of course does not require any sort of VNC access in fact these servers do not even have GUI installed)

However bots required human interaction via mouse movements to be set up, thus a GUI and VNC is required.

VPS's Do have graphic cards:

Ever single server that you will see in a data center is made by a major manufacturer. They most of the time (when special ordered bulk) do not come with a windows operating system and most rack mounted servers are not for large corporation use (I mean used in a networking environment where they are used for things such as active directory or file server) but used for web hosting and web technologies, these servers in fact come with graphics cards.

While it is true that server installs are usually pushed down from a single server (the servers are ghosted most of the time) they still have graphics cards and do some do require GUI access.

Example:


as you can see the racks not all have monitors attached but there are usually KVM switches that are run and from there you can access the VGA output from each server

Once again a monitor connected to a KVM switch to have visual access to the servers (just not telnet access)

few specs of servers usually used in large data centers:

You can clearly see that it DOES in fact have a video card.

So as stated before, please find me a server that does not include a video card.

Regards,
Vergil

 

wtf long post

anyway

A graphics card is NOT necessary if you are running linux. EVERYTHING can be managed from command line. Even if your vps does have a graphics card, chances are you will not be given access to it. Meaning no vnc. Chippz0r just got lucky that his vps provider did. I've used many vps services in the past, and not ONE had a graphics card. How many vps services have you used that did? If you are a vps provider, graphics cards are useless. You might as well just buy a windows vps and use remote desktop to manage it.

 

Please understand that we are speaking about VPS's used to bot here only. You can not manage that via command line.

I know for a fact that burst.net does allow you to install VNC on their servers and here are a few others:

Host Gator:


hostv:


Liquidweb:


Those are the most well known VPS providers, as you can see they all allow you to install VNC which requires a GUI which does in fact require a video card....

Who is your provider? i suggest you can ask them if they allow it (which they will)

Regards,
Vergil

 

it was so not worth asking, lol. even then, vnc does not work on hostgator vps, just on their dedicated. hostv gave a vague answer, and liquidweb is just one of the few that does have video cards for their vps services.

and yeah, I realized later that you need a gui to install the bot used in this example.