LunaNode
Set Up Your LunaNode Account
Create an account here.
Click “Deposit Credit” to pre-fill your account.
The best plan to chose is m.2 under "Memory Optimized".
Choose a payment method and the amount and click
Add Credit
button.Add your phone number and
Continue
.Verify your phone by entering the 4 digit PIN you received via SMS.
Wait for your invoice confirmation (you will receive a confirmation e-mail).
Creating the Virtual Machine
Click “Create VM” on the left-hand side menu.
Give your VM a name in the
hostname
field, for example – btcpay.Click on the
Memory optimized
plans from the tabbed selectionChoose the
m.2
plan.Scroll down, and in the
Image
section, select the operating system for your machine – Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit.Create virtual machine.
Add Additional Volume
Go to
Volumes
in the dashboard.Select
volume location
from the dropdown menu, add name and write 80 in the size field.Create volume.
Attach the Additional Volume
In
Volumes
, scroll down to theVolume List
.Find the volume you previosly created and click on to “Manage”.
When the volume opens, choose
Attach to VM
.In the pop-up window, choose the virtual machine to which you want to attach the volume.
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.
Virtual Machines > Find your machine > Manage
.Click on the
CPU
from the tabbed menu.From the first drop down menu
Pay for CPU utilization
– selectYES
.Click
Update
.
Create the API Key
Go to the API section and create a new API.
Do not close that page and proceed to the next step.
Launch
Paste the API Key and API ID created in the previous section and continue.
Use your own domain or an automatically-generated one by LunaNode.
Customize the web-wizard settings according to your needs.
Click
Launch VM
.Wait 6-7 minutes for Virtual Machine deployment.
If you've used a custom domain:
SSH into the VM using either the password generated by LunaNode or your private-public key pair.
Run the following commands:
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.
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