LunaNode

Set Up Your LunaNode Account

1. Create an account here.

2. Click “Deposit Credit” to pre-fill your account.

   • The best plan to chose is m.2 under "Memory Optimized".

3. Choose a payment method and the amount and click Add Credit button.

4. Add your phone number and Continue.

5. Verify your phone by entering the 4 digit PIN you received via SMS.

6. Wait for your invoice confirmation (you will receive a confirmation e-mail).

Creating the Virtual Machine

1. Click “Create VM” on the left-hand side menu.

2. Give your VM a name in the hostname field, for example – btcpay.

3. Click on the Memory optimized plans from the tabbed selection

4. Choose the m.2 plan.

5. Scroll down, and in the Image section, select the operating system for your machine – Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit.

6. Create virtual machine.

Add Additional Volume

1. Go to Volumes in the dashboard.

2. Select volume location from the dropdown menu, add name and write 80 in the size field.

3. Create volume.

Attach the Additional Volume

1. In Volumes, scroll down to the Volume List.

2. Find the volume you previosly created and click on to “Manage”.

3. When the volume opens, choose Attach to VM.

4. In the pop-up window, choose the virtual machine to which you want to attach the volume.

5. Attach volume to VM.

Enabling CPU Usage

We need to enable additional CPU usage so that our node can properly sync Bitcoin's blockchain. If you select a better plan than m.2, this might not be necessary.

1. Virtual Machines > Find your machine > Manage.

2. Click on the CPU from the tabbed menu.

3. From the first drop down menu Pay for CPU utilization – select YES.

4. Click Update.

Create the API Key

1. Go to the API section and create a new API.

2. Do not close that page and proceed to the next step.

Launch

1. Go to launchbtcpay.lunanode.com
2. Paste the API Key and API ID created in the previous section and continue.

3. Use your own domain or an automatically-generated one by LunaNode.

4. Customize the web-wizard settings according to your needs.

5. Click Launch VM.

6. Wait 6-7 minutes for Virtual Machine deployment.

If you've used a custom domain:

1. SSH into the VM using either the password generated by LunaNode or your private-public key pair.

2. Run the following commands:

$ sudo su -
$ export BTCPAY_HOST=your.cool.domain
$ export BTCPAY_PROTOCOL=https
$ export REVERSEPROXY_DEFAULT_HOST="$BTCPAY_HOST"
$ cd btcpayserver-docker
$ . btcpay-setup.sh -i
$ . btcpay-restart.sh -i

Visit the domain, create an account and log in.

Now you need to wait for the blockchain to sync fully. With CPU utilization enabled, with Bitcoin and LND, it will take 1-2 days.

The sync pop-up window will disappear when your node fully syncs.