'Second server'- How do begin a demo of multichain in a single system

Question

Hi all,

I am just beginning to install and start to implement 'multichain', version 1.6. Currently I want to implemet a demo on my own single system. How can I use a seond server(as in the 'Getting started') web page. Can I use a virtual machine for my second server?

I thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Yes, you can use a virtual machine if you wish – just make sure you use the right IP address when trying to connect from one node to another (it's not always obvious with virtual networking). As an alternative, you can also use the datadir + port + rpcport runtime parameters to set up multiple nodes on the same system:

https://www.multichain.com/developers/runtime-parameters/

Answer 2

This post was very helpful to pass -datadir parameters,

https://www.multichain.com/qa/2817/how-to-run-datadir-in-multichain