btc-rpc-explorer/docs/Server-Setup.md

Setup of https://bitcoinexplorer.org on Ubuntu 20.04

Update and install packages

apt update
apt upgrade
apt install git nginx gcc g++ make python3-certbot-nginx

Install NVM from https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.1/install.sh | bash
nvm ls-remote

# install latest node from output of ls-remote above, e.g.:
nvm install 22.11.0 

npm install -g pm2

Misc setup

# add user for btc-related stuff
adduser bitcoin # leave everything blank if you want

# gen self-signed cert
openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/ssl/private/selfsigned.key -out /etc/ssl/certs/selfsigned.crt

# get nginx config
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/janoside/btc-rpc-explorer/master/docs/explorer.btc21.org.conf
mv explorer.btc21.org.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/bitcoinexplorer.org

Get source, npm install

cd /home/bitcoin
git clone https://github.com/janoside/btc-rpc-explorer.git
cd /home/bitcoin/btc-rpc-explorer
npm install

# startup via pm2
pm2 start bin/www --name "btc"

# get letsencrypt cert
certbot --nginx -d bitcoinexplorer.org

Tor setup

apt install tor

Edit /etc/tor/torrc

1. Uncomment ControlPort 9051
2. Uncomment CookieAuthentication 1
3. If applicable, add Torv3 Hidden service credentials to /var/lib/tor/btcexp...onion
   • chmod 700 for directory, owned by the same "tor" user as other files in that dir
   • chmod 600 for the files in the "btcexp...onion" dir)
4. Add HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/btcexp...onion/
5. Add HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:3000

Tor startup

service tor start

# verify tor startup
ps -ef | grep tor

# verify tor listening on 9050 (proxy) and 9051 (control port)
netstat -nlp | grep 905