27 Oct 2021 | Updated 1 Nov 2021 [guides]

8-buffalo posts short guide for automated XMRig boot using tmux

8-buffalo1 has posted a short guide2 on how to set up XMRig3 miner to automatically start on boot in the background using tmux4:

This is not the only way to do this and may not even be the easiest way. I am by no means a Linux expert. I believe this will work on any Debian based Linux including raspberry pi but I have only tried it on Mint.

Altervative ways to accomplish the same task suggested2 by the community include setting up a systemd service and using crontabs:

I think a systemd service would be better here, but nice post

I just use crontabs (native to most Linux distros) but nice guide


  1. https://libredd.it/user/8-buffalo 

  2. https://libredd.it/r/MoneroMining/comments/qgml74/guide_for_automated_xmrig_on_boot_with_tmux/  2

  3. http://github.com/xmrig/xmrig 

  4. https://linux.die.net/man/1/tmux