BlockFabric Instructions: Set Up, Restart, or Destroy a Node

It’s Easier Than Ever to Get Your Nodes Online with BlockFabric!

Getting your nodes up and running is now faster and more streamlined with BlockFabric.

IMPORTANT: BlockFabric is a third-party partner and operates independently from Connect.
For questions or support related to BlockFabric, please reach out directly to their team at support@blockfabric.host.

🔐 Accessing BlockFabric

• Go to your BlockFabric account.
  👉 Log in at: https://app.blockfabric.host
  👉 Or select Node Setup and then Get Started after logging into your BlockBot account at https://web.connectunited.com. 

•  Don’t have an account yet?
  👉 Create one at: https://app.blockfabric.host/register 

Note: If you set up your account and received a BlockBot Mini, your BlockFabric username and password will be the same as your Connect account username and password. In order to sign in to your BlockFabric account and add a payment method, view the below video:

🔑 Your BlockFabric Account

To get started on BlockFabric:

• Complete the form to create a new account or select Login if you already have one.

Note: BlockFabric is not included in Connect Auto Link.
If this is your first time visiting BlockFabric, you will need to create a separate account.

If you received a BlockBot Mini while creating your account, your BlockFabric username and password will be the same as your Connect account username and password.

• Next, select the Start Hosting button. 

How to Add Your Nodes to BlockFabric

1. Select Your Node Brand
   From the Node Network dropdown, choose the brand of node you are hosting.
   If you don’t see your brand listed, scroll through the dropdown list for more options.

2. Enter the Quantity of Nodes
   Add the number of Smart Nodes or Lite Nodes you currently own for that brand.
   If you own nodes across multiple brands, you’ll need to repeat this process for each brand separately.

   For Example: If you own 3 WIN Smart Nodes and 2 Element Smart Nodes, start by adding the WIN nodes. Then return and repeat the process for the Element nodes.

3. Choose a Billing Option
   Select either Monthly or Yearly billing.

4. Proceed to Checkout
   Verify the information and click Proceed to Checkout to continue.

Complete Your Payment

5. Enter Your Payment Information
   Fill in your payment details as prompted.

6. Confirm Your Payment
   Click the Confirm Payment button to complete your transaction.

   If you're adding nodes for additional brands later, you won’t need to re-enter your payment information. All future hosting fees will use the payment method saved to your account.

Deploy Your Node

7. Enter Your Brand Account Credentials
   Input the email and password associated with the brand of node you are hosting.

   ForExample:

   • When hosting a WIN node, enter the Connect account email and password used to login for your BlockBot account (web.connectunited.com).

   • For hosting a Galvan node, enter your Galvan account credentials.

8. Click Deploy
   Once your credentials are entered, click the Deploy button to complete the setup.

View and Manage Your Nodes

9. Check Your Deployments
   After deployment, your nodes will appear on the Deployments page.

10. Add More Nodes
    To add additional hostings for any brand, click the Add Instances button and repeat the setup process.

🎉 Congratulations — Your Nodes Are Online!

Your nodes have been successfully deployed.

It may take up to one hour for newly deployed nodes to appear as 'Online' in your BlockBot account in the My Nodes section or within the node brand’s dashboard.

How to Restart or Destroy an Instance in Blockfabric

🛠 Troubleshooting Offline Nodes on BlockFabric

Occasionally, a node hosted through BlockFabric may show as offline in your BlockBot My Nodes section or brand dashboard. This is typically easy to resolve by restarting the affected instance.

⚠️ On rare occasions, you may need to destroy and re-create the instance if restarting does not resolve the issue.

🔁 Restarting an Instance

1. Log into your BlockFabric account
   👉 https://app.blockfabric.host/login

2. Locate the Offline Node

   All nodes hosted will be listed in your account dashboard. It is best restart all nodes from the same brand if one falls offline. For example: if one WIN node is offline, restart all WIN nodes.

3. Restart the Instance

   • Click the three dots (⋮) next to the affected node

   • Select Restart

Step 1:
An Actions box will pop up. Click the Restart Hosting option.

Step 2:
You’ll be prompted to enter the brand login credentials.

For Example: If you are restarting a WIN Node instance, enter the email and password you use to sign in at web.connectunited.com.

Click the Submit button.

Step 3:
Great! Your node is now back online.

It can take up to one hour for nodes to show as online in your Connect account after creating or restarting an instance.

🗑️ How to Destroy an Instance:

If you no longer wish to host a node with BlockFabric, if your node expires, or if restarting the instance does not bring your node back online, you may need to destroy the instance and create a new one.

1. Click the three dots (⋮) to the right of the affected node.

2. Select the Destroy Node option from the menu.

3. A warning message will appear. Click the Destroy Node button to confirm and proceed.

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You will see a confirmation message, along with a notice about any applicable refund.

Congratulations! You have successfully destroyed an instance in BlockFabric.

For further help with your BlockFabric account, please reach out to their support team at support@blockfabric.host.

You do not have to host your nodes through BlockFabric.   You can also choose to self-host or host through a different VPS provider such as Vultr.