How to Install BTCPay Server on POP! OS Latest?

Introduction

BTCPay Server is an open-source, self-hosted, decentralized payment processor that allows merchants to accept bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies without any intermediaries. It offers a variety of features like easy onboarding, no fees, low transaction costs, and complete control over payments. In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to install BTCPay Server on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you need to ensure that you have:

• A VPS or dedicated server running POP! OS Latest.
• SSH access to your server as a sudo user.
• A domain name pointed to your server IP address.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

To run BTCPay Server, your server must have the following dependencies installed:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git curl dirmngr apt-transport-https lsb-release ca-certificates -y

Step 2: Install .NET Runtime

BTCPay Server uses .NET Runtime to compile and run its code. To install .NET, we need to add Microsoft's package signing key and repository. Run the following commands to do so:

wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/$(lsb_release -rs)/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb

Then, install the .NET Runtime by running the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y dotnet-runtime-5.0

Check if the installation was successful using the following command:

dotnet --version

Step 3: Clone BTCPay Server

Clone the BTCPay Server from the main GitHub repository using the following command:

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

Step 4: Install BTCPay Server

Navigate into the BTCPay Server directory by running the following command:

cd btcpayserver

Run the following command to install BTCPay Server and its dependencies:

./build.sh

This may take some time to complete.

Step 5: Configure BTCPay Server

After the installation, you need to configure BTCPay Server by running the following command:

./btcpay-setup.sh

This will open up an SSL/TLS wizard where you can choose to install a new SSL certificate or use an existing one.

After you have successfully installed the SSL certificate, the wizard will ask you to set up the BTCPay Server username and password. Set the desired login credentials and other required values as prompted.

To further configure your BTCPay Server, refer to its official documentation.

Step 6: Start BTCPay Server

After completing the configuration process, you can start the BTCPay Server using the following command:

./run.sh

You may access the server by opening up a web browser and navigating to https://<your-domain>/.

That's it! You have now successfully installed BTCPay Server on your POP! OS Latest server.