Hosting BTCPayServer in Linux server

Minimum requirements:

1. RAM : 2GB
2. Storage : 10 - 80 GB
3. Docker 
4. Domain (should point to the correct IP address)

Steps:

1. Check if git is installed or not in your Linux server since we need git to install BTCPayServer repository.

2. You can install git with following commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install git

1. Now, install docker in your linux server with following commands (if you haven’t already installed it with)

sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca certificates curl software-properties-common

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add

sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu bionic stable”

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt install docker-ce

(For specific version : sudo apt-get install docker-ce=<version>)

You can check version with command : docker –version

1. After successfully installation of git and docker , follow steps mentioned below

a. Create a folder for BTCPay

mkdir BTCPayServer

cd BTCPayServer

b. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver-docker

cd btcpayserver-docker

c.  Run btcpay-setup.sh with the right parameters. You can always modify these parameters and re-run the installation process with last command (. ./btcpay-setup.sh -i)

export BTCPAY_HOST="btcpay.example.com"

**export NBITCOIN_NETWORK="testnet"  //**You can use testnet also here.

export BTCPAYGEN_CRYPTO1="btc"

export BTCPAYGEN_ADDITIONAL_FRAGMENTS="opt-save-storage-s"

export BTCPAYGEN_REVERSEPROXY="nginx"

export BTCPAYGEN_LIGHTNING="clightning"

export BTCPAY_ENABLE_SSH=true

. ./btcpay-setup.sh -i

Note: this installation may take 10-15 minutes depending on the performance of your linux server.

Note:

export BTCPAYGEN_ADDITIONAL_FRAGMENTS="opt-save-storage-s"

(!) this line could cause the server to be synching indefinitely. Removing it and reinstalling the server ( just deleting the folder btcpayserver-docker and re-cloning and restarting the server helped to resolve the synching issue. Then this parameter can be added again to ensure that the server is using reasonable amount of memory.

1. After running above commands, you can go to your browser and hit the domain you provided as BTCPAY_HOST (for eg: btcpay.example.com). Then you will see webpage of your own btcpayserver. Here, you can create your account and do other required steps.

For testing, i have created one account with (email: [email protected] and password: Elintegro@btcpayserver). Recovery phrase for wallet of this account with store Elintegro-Test1 is given below.

How to switch btc-network from testnet to mainnet ?

=> To switch testnet to mainnet , you have to follow these steps:

1. Go to your server (by entering your credentials )

ssh [email protected]

Enter your password (you know this ::)) 

1. Enter this command and go to BTCPayServer:

cd BTCPayServer

1. Go to btcpayserver-docker by entering this command

cd btcpayserver-docker

1. Now enter this command and restart btcpayserver

export NBITCOIN_NETWORK="mainnet"

. ./btcpay-setup.sh -i

Note: After finishing up , you can just go to the browser and enter your site (host).

To stop btcpayserver, enter this command:

. ./btcpay-down.sh

To start again:

. ./btcpay-up.sh