---
id: mining-zilminer
title: Running ZILMiner for Mining Rigs
keywords:
  - mining steps
  - driver setup for zilminer
  - mining rigs
  - zilminer
  - zilliqa
description: Running ZILMiner for Mining Rigs
---

---

## Hardware Requirements

The [**ZilMiner**](https://github.com/DurianStallSingapore/ZILMiner) software is officially supported on both Ubuntu and Windows OS.

Both **AMD** (with OpenCL) and **Nvidia** (with OpenCL or CUDA) GPUs are supported for the Zilliqa PoW process.

The **minimum** requirements for running **ZilMiners** are:

- x64 Operating system (Ubuntu or Windows)
- Dual-core processor or later
- 4GB DDR3 RAM or higher
- Any GPUs with at least 2 GB RAM

## GPU Driver Setup for ZilMiner

### OpenCL Driver Setup (for AMD/Nvidia GPUs)

If you wish to use OpenCL supported GPUs for PoW, please run the following to install the OpenCL developer package:

```shell
sudo apt install ocl-icd-opencl-dev
```

You may need to reboot your PC for the installation to take effect. After reboot, check if your drivers are installed properly with the following command:

```shell
clinfo
```

### CUDA Driver Setup (for Nvidia GPUs only)

If you wish to use CUDA supported GPU for PoW, please download and install CUDA package from the [**NVIDIA official webpage**](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads). You may need to reboot your PC for the installation to take effect.

## Mining Steps

1.  Install **ZilMiner** on your GPU rigs:

    - **For Windows OS:** [**DOWNLOAD THE LATEST RELEASE HERE**](https://github.com/DurianStallSingapore/ZILMiner/releases/)
    - **For Ubuntu OS:** [**DOWNLOAD THE LATEST RELEASE HERE**](https://github.com/DurianStallSingapore/ZILMiner/releases/)

2.  Setup your **ZilMiner** on your GPU rigs with the following command:

        ```shell
        zilminer -P zil://wallet_address.worker_name@zil_node_ip:get_work_port
        ```

!!! note

        You have to change the _wallet_address_, _worker_name_, _zil_node_ip_, and _get_work_port_ accordingly.


        - For `wallet_address` : You can input any arbitrary Zilliqa address. This is only used by the pool master for accounting purposes. If you are mining solo, you can ignore this parameter.
        - For `worker_name` : You can input any arbitrary worker name you desire.
        - For `zil_node_ip` : Please input the IP address of the CPU node running the Zilliqa Client.
        - For `get_work_port` : Please input the port used in `GETWORK_SERVER_PORT`. Default is `4202`.

## Stopping the Mining Process

To stop mining, you will need to kill your **ZilMiner** process on your GPU rigs.