Automated installation for RaspiBolt
The goal of this project is to enable you to get your own Bitcoin & Lightning full node up and running as quickly as possible. Key is a completely automated setup, ideally without touching the Linux command line at all. There are different key areas to achieve that.
The setup process needs to be as trustless as possible. It is therefore helpful to start with a well-known Linux distribution and automate the setup process using public scripts that are pulled from a easily verifiable source.
This solution is based on DietPi (Website, Github), which is completely open-source and available for wide range of single-board computers. It's very lightweight, features a heavily customizable automated setup and allows to execute a custom scripts after setup.
This is very much work in progress and does not work yet!
To try it out, follow these steps:
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Get the DietPi image for your hardware, eg. a Raspberry Pi 3
https://dietpi.com/#download -
Burn the image to a sdcard (16 GB is recommended)
https://dietpi.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9#p9 -
Download the file /dietpi.txt from this repo and copy it to the "boot" partition of your sdcard
https://github.com/Stadicus/raspibolt-setup/blob/master/dietpi.txt -
Connect your Pi to the internet using a network cable, a monitor (to watch the setup beauty), insert the sdcard and power your Pi up
Setup can take up to 10 minutes. At the moment, this is just a proof-of-concept, but we're getting there.
After the base system is set up, the node needs to be configured. This is another area to work on.
- Customization scripts on operating system-level
- Usage of a PiScreen to convey the current status & install / setup progress
- Web interface for setup and continuous management of hardware / Bitcoin / Lightning components
- Connectivity / TLS certificates for backend usage
- and more...
If you'd like to help, feel free to send me a DM on Twitter @Stadicus3000.