🛠️Getting set up

Step1: Get a private RPC

Make sure you find a private RPC, public ones won't work for this bot.

Step 2: Get a Linux machine

The bot runs on linux, so you need to either rent one or use your own. The recommended hardware is 4 core/32GB RAM at least.

To be able to run the bot smoothly, recommend running with Ubuntu 22. WSL on windows is known to have issue and not working well with the bot.

Step 3: Download and unzip

Download

First ssh into your Linux machine, then download the zip file for the latest release.

The latest release can be found here: Releases

Create a new folder for the bot

mkdir bot
cd bot

Install wget

sudo apt update
sudo apt install wget

Download using wget. Note you should replace the link with the one in the latest release:

wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/solanamevbot/files/solana-mev-bot-0.1.8.zip

Install unzip

sudo apt update
sudo apt install unzip

Unzip the file(replace the file name with the one you downloaded)

unzip solana-mev-bot-0.1.8.zip

Upgrade to the latest version

./upgrade.sh

Check if everything is unzipped correctly

ls

You should see at least the following files after running ls

base-mint.json.example

download

kill-jup.sh

bot

intermedium-mints.json.example

run.sh

debug.sh

jupiter-swap-api

Step 4: Config and Run

Setup

You need to make a few changes to the config files before running the bot

First, copy .env.example file and name it .env

cp .env.example .env

Edit your .env file. You can use either vim or nano

nano .env

When using nano, at the bottom of the window, there is a list of the most basic command shortcuts to use with the nano editor.

All commands are prefixed with either ^ or M characters. The caret symbol (^) represents the Ctrl key. For example, the ^X commands mean to press the Ctrl and X keys at the same time. The letter M represents the Alt key.

You should now see the it looks like this:

PRIVATE_KEY=
SEND_RPC_URLS=
RPC_URL=
BIRDEYE_API_KEY=

JUPITER_URL=http://0.0.0.0:18080
INTERMEDIUM_MINT_COUNT_FROM_BIRDEYE=5
USE_DIRECT_ROUTE_ONLY=false
ENABLE_JITO=true
ENABLE_SPAM=false
JITO_TIP_BP=5000
PROCESS_DELAY=1000
ENABLE_SIMULATION=false

Fill in the first 3 options, you can set RPC_URL and SEND_RPC_URLS= to the same value

And follow the instruction here to apply for a BIRDEYE_API_KEY

Example of a filled file

PRIVATE_KEY=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
SEND_RPC_URLS=https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com
RPC_URL=https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com
BIRDEYE_API_KEY=ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST

JUPITER_URL=http://0.0.0.0:18080
INTERMEDIUM_MINT_COUNT_FROM_BIRDEYE=5
USE_DIRECT_ROUTE_ONLY=false
ENABLE_JITO=true
ENABLE_SPAM=false
JITO_TIP_BP=5000
PROCESS_DELAY=1000
ENABLE_SIMULATION=false

Don't use a public RPC_URL here, at least find a free private rpc like helius

To save with nano, click Ctrl and X, then press Y, then press ENTER

Now we need to also setup base-mint.json

First copy the example file and rename it

cp base-mint.json.example base-mint.json

The file looks like this, which means you will try to trade with two different trade size. 0.1 SOL and 0.05 SOL. (Unit here is in lamport. 1 SOL = 1,000,000,000 lamports)

{
  "So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112": {
    "tradeSize": [100000000, 50000000],
    "minProfit": 50000
  }
}

You can leave the file as is if you don't want to modify the size. Make sure your wallet has at least 0.15 SOL with the default setup, 0.1 SOL to cover trade and extra 0.05 SOL for the fees.

Last step, give permissions to the bot to run

chmod +x *

Now you are all set to run!

To run the bot, simply do the following:

./run.sh

Then you should see the bot setup everything and start running!

You can find a more detailed configuration guide in Bot configuration and Performance tuning.

Join the Discord to learn how to optimize your setup with other users!

Step 5: Run bot in background

When you ssh into a remote machine and run the bot, once you close the terminal, the bot will stop running. This section shows you how to run it even when your terminal is closed.

Create a screen session, called bot

screen -S bot

Now you are in a screen session. To verify, run

screen -ls

You should see something like the following:

There are screens on:
        1059895.bot (05/23/24 03:11:34) (Attached)

Attached means you are now in this screen session.

Now you can run the bot as shown above, which will run the bot inside the bot session, and it won't stop running even if you close the terminal!

./run.sh

Once you close your terminal and reconnect, run the following to open the previous created session.

screen -r bot

To fully close it, run

screen -X -S bot quit

Make sure you don't have 2 sessions both running the bot together, or the bot will fail to run.

To exit a screen session while you are attached, press ctrl+a, then d

Step 6: Join Discord

Join our discord to learn how to boost your profit!

https://discord.gg/solanamevbot