BTCPay Server is an open-source bitcoin payment processor that allows merchants to securely accept bitcoin payments. In this tutorial, we'll be installing BTCPay Server on Manjaro, a popular Linux-based operating system.
The first step is to ensure that your system has all the required dependencies to run BTCPay Server. You can install them by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S git curl gettext
The next step is to clone the BTCPay Server repository from Github. You can do this by running the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver.git
BTCPay Server runs on Docker, so you'll need to install Docker and Docker Compose on your machine. You can do this by running the following commands:
sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S docker docker-compose
You'll also need to start the Docker service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start docker
Next, you need to create a configuration file for BTCPay Server. You can do this by navigating to the "BTCPayServer" directory that was created when you cloned the repository and running the following command:
cp .env.example .env
This will create a new file called ".env" that you can use to configure your BTCPay Server installation.
Now that you have all the required dependencies installed and the configuration file set up, you can build and run BTCPay Server. You can do this by running the following command in the terminal:
./btcpay-setup.sh -i
This will build and start your BTCPay Server instance. The "-i" flag tells the script to install the required dependencies.
Once BTCPay Server has been built and started, you can access it by visiting http://127.0.0.1:49392 in your web browser. The first time you visit this URL, you will be prompted to create an account and set up your store.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed BTCPay Server on Manjaro. You can now use it to securely accept bitcoin payments from your customers.
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