How do I set up XMRig in a HiveOS flight sheet?

You can run XMRig in HiveOS by creating a Monero wallet entry, building a flight sheet with your pool settings, and applying that sheet to your worker. XMRig runs directly on your computer’s processor, not in a browser, so this setup is separate from browser mining.

1. Add your Monero wallet

In HiveOS, open your farm and go to Wallets → Add Wallet.

• Set Coin to XMR, the symbol for Monero.
• Paste your Monero receiving address into Address.
• Give it a name you will recognize, then save it.

Use an address from a wallet you control. Your receiving address is enough: HiveOS and your pool do not need your wallet’s seed phrase or private keys.

Next, choose a Monero mining pool. A pool combines miners’ work and shares payouts. Check its fees, minimum payout, and connection instructions before proceeding. For a small CPU, a high payout minimum can mean a long wait.

2. Build the flight sheet

Open Flight Sheets → Add Flight Sheet. A flight sheet is HiveOS’s saved set of instructions for what to mine, where to send the work, and which mining software to use.

Fill in:

• Coin: XMR.
• Wallet: Your saved Monero wallet.
• Pool: Your chosen pool, if listed.
• Miner: XMRig. Depending on your HiveOS version, it may appear as XMRig (new).

If your pool is listed, open its configuration and select the appropriate server and port. Prefer a nearby server.

If the pool is not listed, use Configure in miner, where available, and enter the connection details under Setup Miner Config. Interface labels can vary between HiveOS releases.

Give the flight sheet a clear name, such as Monero CPU, and save it.

3. Check XMRig’s connection settings

Before applying the sheet, review the miner configuration:

• Algorithm: Select rx/0 if requested. This is XMRig’s identifier for Monero’s RandomX mining algorithm.
• Pool address: Use the exact hostname and port supplied by your pool.
• Wallet or user: Use your Monero address, following the pool’s required format.
• Password: Use the pool’s specified value; many pools accept x.
• Worker name: Add a label for this machine if the pool supports it.
• TLS: Enable it only with the pool’s designated TLS port. TLS encrypts the connection.

When HiveOS fills these fields automatically, keep its generated wallet and worker placeholders unless the pool requires something different.

Make sure CPU mining is enabled. Start with XMRig’s automatic thread selection rather than forcing every processor thread. RandomX benefits from roughly 2 MB of L3 cache per mining thread; L3 cache is fast memory built into your processor.

4. Apply it and check the logs

Open your worker, select the flight sheet, and apply it. Then view the miner console or log.

Look for:

• A successful pool connection.
• A reported hashrate, meaning mining calculations per second.
• Accepted shares, meaning work the pool has credited.
• No repeated connection, authentication, or memory errors.

RandomX’s fast mode needs a roughly 2,080 MB dataset, plus additional memory for the miner and system. Check whether XMRig reports huge pages as enabled; these larger memory pages can improve performance.

Watch CPU temperatures and power use. Your pool dashboard may take several minutes to show activity.

The bottom line

Save your XMR wallet, configure XMRig with your pool’s exact settings, and apply the flight sheet. Confirm accepted shares before tuning performance, and check a live profitability calculator against your electricity costs.