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Add Debian 9 Stretch Tutorial to README.md
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At the moment this relies on using the unstable nixpkgs channel.
The "all" profile requires 15 GB of disk space and 2GB of memory.
Tutorial: install a nix-bitcoin node on Debian 9 Stretch in a VirtualBox
---
Install Dependencies
```
sudo apt-get install curl git gnupg2 dirmngr
```
Install Latest Nix with GPG Verification
```
curl -o install-nix-2.1.3 https://nixos.org/nix/install
curl -o install-nix-2.1.3.sig https://nixos.org/nix/install.sig
gpg2 --recv-keys B541D55301270E0BCF15CA5D8170B4726D7198DE
gpg2 --verify ./install-nix-2.1.3.sig
sh ./install-nix-2.1.3
. /home/user/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
```
Add virtualbox.list to /etc/apt/sources.list.d
```
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian stretch contrib
```
Add Oracle VirtualBox public key
```
wget https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc
gpg2 oracle_vbox_2016.asc
```
Proceed _only_ if fingerprint reads B9F8 D658 297A F3EF C18D 5CDF A2F6 83C5 2980 AECF
```
sudo apt-key add oracle_vbox_2016.asc
```
Install virtualbox-5.2
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.2
```
Currently there is an upstream bug in the nixops package which results in an error during `nixops create`. That is why we have to build nixops from source until a binary with the bug-fix is released.
Build Nixops from source
```
git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nixops
cd ~/nixops
nix-build release.nix -A build.x86_64-linux
cd
```
This should output a last line like `/nix/store/wa6nk3aqxjb2mgl9pkwrnawqnh9z1b9d-nixops-1.6.1pre0_abcdef/`. This is the directory Nixops is installed in. Note it for later.
Create Host Adapter in VirtualBox
```
Open VirtualBox
File -> Host Network Manager -> Create
This should create a hostadapter named vboxnet0
```
Clone this project
```
cd
git clone https://github.com/jonasnick/nix-bitcoin
cd ~/nix-bitcoin
```
Generate Secrets
```
./generate_secrets.sh
```
Create Nixops
```
nixops create network.nix network-vbox.nix -d bitcoin-node
```
Replace `nixops` with the path to the nixops you built from source. For example: `/nix/store/wa6nk3aqxjb2mgl9pkwrnawqnh9z1b9d-nixops-1.6.1pre0_abcdef/bin/nixops`. Alternatively you can change your path, i.e. `export PATH=/nix/store/wa6nk3aqxjb2mgl9pkwrnawqnh9z1b9d-nixops-1.6.1pre0_abcdef/bin/:$PATH` so you can just type nixops.
Deploy Nixops
```
nixops deploy -d bitcoin-node
```
If you haven't changed your nixops path, replace `nixops` with the path to the nixops you built from source. For example: `/nix/store/wa6nk3aqxjb2mgl9pkwrnawqnh9z1b9d-nixops-1.6.1pre0_abcdef/bin/nixops`
This will now create a nix-bitcoin node in a VirtualBox on your computer.
Nixops automatically creates a ssh key and adds it to your computer.
Access `bitcoin-node` through ssh
```
nixops ssh operator@bitcoin-node
```
If you haven't changed your nixops path, replace `nixops` with the path to the nixops you built from source. For example: `/nix/store/wa6nk3aqxjb2mgl9pkwrnawqnh9z1b9d-nixops-1.6.1pre0_abcdef/bin/nixops`