PlotNG - plotting utility for Chia.Net

This utility consisted of server backend and UI which manages the chia plot creation.
It uses the chia command line interface to start the plot.
It will schedule new plots when a plot finishes as specified by the configuration file. The server backend does a cycle every minute and check if the configuration file has been changed, if it detects that it has been changed then it reloads the configuration file. Once a valid configuration file has been loaded then it will start one new plot per cycle.

Installation

Please download the latest release Pre-built binaries available for 64-bits Linux, Windows and MacOS (I've only tested Linux version, although other users confirmed it is working on Windows and MacOS)

Advance Installation from Source Code

go get github.com/maded2/plotng
cd plotng
go install plotng/cmd/plotng

Running Server (runs on the plotter)

plotng -config <json config file> -port <plotter port number, default: 8484>

Please note: chia enviornment should be activated before starting plotng

Running Monitoring UI (run anyway)

The UI can run on any host and point back to the server using the host and port parameter

plotng -ui -host <plotter host name or IP> -port <plotter port number, default: 8484>

Configuration File (JSON format)

{
    "Fingerprint": "",
    "FarmerPublicKey": "",
    "PoolPublicKey": "",
    "Threads": 0,
    "Buffers": 0,
    "NumberOfParallelPlots": 0,
    "TempDirectory": ["/media/eddie/tmp1", "/media/eddie/tmp2", "/media/eddie/tmp3"],
    "TargetDirectory": ["/media/eddie/target1", "/media/eddie/target2"],
    "StaggeringDelay": 5,
    "ShowPlotLog": false,
    "DiskSpaceCheck": false,
    "DelaysBetweenPlot": 0,
    "MaxActivePlotPerTarget": 0
}

Settings

Fingerprint : fingerprint passed to the chia command line tool (you can either use the fingerprint if the private has been installed on the plotter or use the following farmer/pool public key instead)
FarmerPublicKey : Farmer Public Key passed to the chia command line tool
PoolPublicKey : Pool Public Key passed to the chia command line tool
Threads : number of threads use by the chia command line tool. If the value is zero or missing then chia will use the default
Buffers : number of buffers use by the chia command line tool. If the value is zero or missing then chia will use the default
DisableBitField : With BitField your plotting almost always gets faster. Set true if your CPU designed before 2010.
NumberOfParallelPlots : number of parallel plots to create. Set to zero for orderly shutdown
TempDirectory : list of plot directories / drives. The server process will choose the next directory path on the list and wraps to the beginning when it reaches the end.
TargetDirectory : list destination directories / drives. The server process will choose the next directory path on the list and wraps to the beginning when it reaches the end.
StaggeringDelay : when the TargetDirectory wraps to the beginning, it will delays the next plot create by the specified minutes.
ShowPlotLog : shows the last 10 lines of the plot logs in the server log output.
DiskSpaceCheck : check if destination directories have enough disk space to hold a new plot (only tested on Linux, may not work on MacOS / Windows)
DelaysBetweenPlot : Delays in mins between starting a new plot (minimum is 1 min)
MaxActivePlotPerTarget : Maximum active plots per target directory (default: 0 - no limit)

Please note PlotNG now skips any destination directory which have less than 105GB is space, if you set DiskSpaceCheck to true.