So the #Lightning node migration concluded. Well, almost - it's a bit like when you're building a house. You never get finished. But critical and some good-to-have things are done.
Here I am sharing some details and approaches I have taken, so you can lean on if you want
Here I am sharing some details and approaches I have taken, so you can lean on if you want
https://twitter.com/HandsdownI/status/1489913954512121859
Objective: Moving off my 8GB RaspiPi running with @getumbrel to better hardware and barebone node with Bitcoin and Lightning compiled myself.
If you really want to understand what's going on, need to get your hands dirty
If you really want to understand what's going on, need to get your hands dirty
Hardware Specs:
Intel NUC Barebone NUC11TNHi5 Tiger Canyon i5 NUC Kit Tall
2 x 250gb NVM
- 250GB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 PCIe 4.0 3D-NAND TLC
- soon complemented with another B-bay 250GB SSD
- 1TB Crucial MX500 2.5" (6.4cm) SATA 6Gb/s 3D-NAND TLC
- 16GB (1x 16GB) Crucial DDR4-3200
Intel NUC Barebone NUC11TNHi5 Tiger Canyon i5 NUC Kit Tall
2 x 250gb NVM
- 250GB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 PCIe 4.0 3D-NAND TLC
- soon complemented with another B-bay 250GB SSD
- 1TB Crucial MX500 2.5" (6.4cm) SATA 6Gb/s 3D-NAND TLC
- 16GB (1x 16GB) Crucial DDR4-3200
OS
Debian 11 Bullseye amd64 architecture is for both Intel and AMD 64 bit CPUs
Installed on SSD with LVM to easily move sizes b/w partitions. Partition 90% to root, so #Bitcoin Blockchain has enough space, and /homes get most of the rest
Debian 11 Bullseye amd64 architecture is for both Intel and AMD 64 bit CPUs
Installed on SSD with LVM to easily move sizes b/w partitions. Partition 90% to root, so #Bitcoin Blockchain has enough space, and /homes get most of the rest
Filesystem
LVM for easier resizing the partitions
Big SSD for Bitcoin Blockchain
NVM for LND and other stuff, potentially replicated later on. NVMEs have the benefit of being hellfast. Hope to improve graph analytics, routing and channel.db compacting
45drives.com/community/arti…
LVM for easier resizing the partitions
Big SSD for Bitcoin Blockchain
NVM for LND and other stuff, potentially replicated later on. NVMEs have the benefit of being hellfast. Hope to improve graph analytics, routing and channel.db compacting
45drives.com/community/arti…
With another SSD, I hope to get Raid 1 for desaster recover for the NVM. Drawback, it'll slow it down to the slowest of the 2 components. Dig in deeper here
Linux Raid: linuxbabe.com/linux-server/l…
ZFS: howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-t… & linuxhint.com/install-zfs-de…
Linux Raid: linuxbabe.com/linux-server/l…
ZFS: howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-t… & linuxhint.com/install-zfs-de…
Parkinglot, what I have not looked into yet:
- intel vmd controller, RAID Option coming with the Intel processing architecture. Not familiar enough, need to spend more time
- raspibolt.org/privacy.html#s…. Don't need SSH remote, since I like things tight and secure, only LAN access
- intel vmd controller, RAID Option coming with the Intel processing architecture. Not familiar enough, need to spend more time
- raspibolt.org/privacy.html#s…. Don't need SSH remote, since I like things tight and secure, only LAN access
Guides to follow install instructions. Especially focus on separate users for main services: Bitcoin, LND, Mempool, Thunderhub, BOS, all have their own user, home and tight permissioning. Keep things clean
github.com/alexbosworth/r…
raspibolt.org
medium.com/@stadicus/perf…
github.com/alexbosworth/r…
raspibolt.org
medium.com/@stadicus/perf…
For compiling LND / Bitcoin, I've followed @alexbosworth guides github.com/alexbosworth/r… since raspibolt is not for NUC, but for Raspi ARM Linux (tgz). If you have another node already, grab the Blockchain via rsync or bitcoin-cli --add-node to speed things up
@alexbosworth Aliases
Being comfy with the command-line is key. Here are some helpers to sustain good operational overview
#
alias dfh='df -hal | grep G | head -10'
alias gitcommit='git commit -S -m'
alias tmuxr='tmux attach-session -t rebalancer'
alias pythonx='source venv/bin/activate'
Being comfy with the command-line is key. Here are some helpers to sustain good operational overview
#
alias dfh='df -hal | grep G | head -10'
alias gitcommit='git commit -S -m'
alias tmuxr='tmux attach-session -t rebalancer'
alias pythonx='source venv/bin/activate'
#Monitoring
alias temp='watch sensors'
alias llog='sudo journalctl -f -u lnd'
alias blog='sudo journalctl -f -u bitcoin'
alias listchannels='lndmanage listchannels rebalance'
alias listchannelsub='lndmanage listchannels rebalance --unbalancedness'
alias temp='watch sensors'
alias llog='sudo journalctl -f -u lnd'
alias blog='sudo journalctl -f -u bitcoin'
alias listchannels='lndmanage listchannels rebalance'
alias listchannelsub='lndmanage listchannels rebalance --unbalancedness'
My NUC is in a 19" Rack System with active cooling. However, NUCs especially with Intel on Turbo Mode (Bios) can get noisy. Keep an eye on your system temperature via command-line:
Debug / Aliases
alias temperature ostechnix.com/view-cpu-tempe…
Debug / Aliases
alias temperature ostechnix.com/view-cpu-tempe…
UPS
You want your node to keep running in case of power interrupts, cause your channel.db is fragile. I got the
Eaton Ellipse ECO 650 USB connected to another raspi acting as NUT server melgrubb.com/2016/12/11/rph…
☝️So the NUC just had to be added as a client
You want your node to keep running in case of power interrupts, cause your channel.db is fragile. I got the
Eaton Ellipse ECO 650 USB connected to another raspi acting as NUT server melgrubb.com/2016/12/11/rph…
☝️So the NUC just had to be added as a client
Web
Blockexplorer instead of Mempool, couldn't figure out how to configure mempool to use bitcoin/.cookie for authentication, preferred over setting an rpc-user into bitcoin.conf. raspibolt.org/btcrpcexplorer…
Blockexplorer instead of Mempool, couldn't figure out how to configure mempool to use bitcoin/.cookie for authentication, preferred over setting an rpc-user into bitcoin.conf. raspibolt.org/btcrpcexplorer…
Thunderhub docs.thunderhub.io/installation/
LNDG as manual install github.com/cryptosharks13… via manage.py. ToDo: nginx webserver
LNbits for tipping, multi-wallet account management
github.com/lnbits/lnbits-… via reverse-proxy and duckdns.org subdomain
LNDG as manual install github.com/cryptosharks13… via manage.py. ToDo: nginx webserver
LNbits for tipping, multi-wallet account management
github.com/lnbits/lnbits-… via reverse-proxy and duckdns.org subdomain
LNDhub help.bluewallet.io/en/articles/28…
BTC-Pay only low in priority, since I'm not a merchant, but like digging into it to help merchants who want to get onto lightning
BTC-Pay only low in priority, since I'm not a merchant, but like digging into it to help merchants who want to get onto lightning
CLI
BOS - for balanced and multi-open channels, swaps and TG Bot connection raspibolt.org/bonus/lightnin…. Connected to TG via torrify to hide my clearnet IP from TG.
charge-lnd with custom macaroon as cron-job hourly github.com/accumulator/ch…
BOS - for balanced and multi-open channels, swaps and TG Bot connection raspibolt.org/bonus/lightnin…. Connected to TG via torrify to hide my clearnet IP from TG.
charge-lnd with custom macaroon as cron-job hourly github.com/accumulator/ch…
github.com/blckbx/mybosbo… for lndrevenue summary and connection details.
github.com/bitromortac/ln… to get deeper analysis on channel flows, identify channels which are barely routing (listchannels hygiene) and other data insights
github.com/edouardparis/l… like top, but for LN
github.com/bitromortac/ln… to get deeper analysis on channel flows, identify channels which are barely routing (listchannels hygiene) and other data insights
github.com/edouardparis/l… like top, but for LN
Apps
LNMarkets - pulled most sats, but might migrate with the existing UID, need to get LN-URL running, still throws errors.
LNBits moved existing SQL-lite db, updated NGINX confs and router port-forwarding: DONE
BlueWallet attach from Umbrel LN / Electr to new server
LNMarkets - pulled most sats, but might migrate with the existing UID, need to get LN-URL running, still throws errors.
LNBits moved existing SQL-lite db, updated NGINX confs and router port-forwarding: DONE
BlueWallet attach from Umbrel LN / Electr to new server
Got the hybrid setup for Clearnet and Tor implemented github.com/blckbx/lnd-hyb… - fired up LND and with sweaty palms watched that baby just running was a relieving and blissful experience.
That was a quick summary of my journey, hopefully there are one or two things you can take on for your own journey. It's certainly worth it.
Thanks for baring with me, here you have a flash as a thank you:
Thanks for baring with me, here you have a flash as a thank you:
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1490841218795905025
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
