# setting up the environment
    apt-get update
    apt-get upgrade
    apt-get install install git build-essential memcached libmemcached-dev mysql-client python-twisted python-mysqldb python-dev python-setuptools python-memcache python-simplejson python-setuptools postfix
    easy_install -U distribute

    # get stratum-mining source code and build (start in home)
    cd ~

    # get stratum-mining source
    git clone https://github.com/peconi/stratum-mining-maxcoin.git
    cd stratum-mining-maxcoin
    git submodule init
    git submodule update
    git submodule foreach git pull origin master
    cd externals/maxcoin-hash/
    python setup.py install

    cd ../python-sha3
    git clone https://github.com/peconi/python-sha3.git . ## <— note a . at the end
    python setup.py install

    cd ../stratum
    git clone https://github.com/peconi/stratum.git . ## <— note a . at the end
    python setup.py install

    cd ../../ # <— exit back to  stratum-mining-maxcoin path

    cp conf/config_sample.py conf/config.py

    # edit the config file and change some settings
    nano conf/config.py

        CENTRAL_WALLET = ‘<your wallet id>’
        COINDAEMON_TRUSTED_HOST = ’<your maxcoind host>’
        COINDAEMON_TRUSTED_PORT = 8669
        COINDAEMON_TRUSTED_USER = ‘maxcoinrpc’
        COINDAEMON_TRUSTED_PASSWORD = ‘<your rpc password>’

        COINDAEMON_ALGO = 'keccak'
        COINDAEMON_TX = 'no'

        HOSTNAME = '<or ip address of this host?'

        PASSWORD_SALT = ‘<password salt>’

        DB_MYSQL_HOST = '<your db host>'
        DB_MYSQL_DBNAME = 'pooldb'
        DB_MYSQL_USER = 'pooldb'
        DB_MYSQL_PASS = '<your db pass>'

        POOL_TARGET = 16

        SOLUTION_BLOCK_HASH = True

        # Recommended to set as well
        NOTIFY_EMAIL_TO = ''                    # Where to send Start/Found block notifications
        NOTIFY_EMAIL_TO_DEADMINER = ''          # Where to send dead miner notifications
        NOTIFY_EMAIL_FROM = 'root@localhost'    # Sender address
        NOTIFY_EMAIL_SERVER = 'localhost'       # E-Mail Sender
        NOTIFY_EMAIL_USERNAME = ''          # E-Mail server SMTP Logon
        NOTIFY_EMAIL_PASSWORD = ''
        NOTIFY_EMAIL_USETLS = False     # Change to true if not local server

    # install pylib
    easy_install pylibmc

    # edit python file
    nano /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/stratum-*-py2.7.egg/stratum/websocket_transport.py

    # replace: from autobahn.websocket import WebSocketServerProtocol, WebSocketServerFactory
    # with: from autobahn.twisted.websocket import WebSocketServerProtocol, WebSocketServerFactory
    # if found!

    TODO: fix this db thing
    # import this stratum DB structure
    # found at https://github.com/peconi/stratum-mining-litecoin/blob/master/sql/stratum_default_layout.sql
    mysql -h <db host> -upooldb pooldb < [sql file you got on the link above] -p

    # make sure you’re in stratum-mining-maxcoin folder and run the stratum
    twistd -ny launcher.tac # <— if debugging
    or
    twistd -y launcher.tac # <— if demonized (production)