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@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ The following steps are meant to be run on the machine you deploy from, not the
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
```
@ -41,10 +42,8 @@ The following steps are meant to be run on the machine you deploy from, not the
3. Create Host Adapter in VirtualBox
```
Open VirtualBox
File -> Host Network Manager -> Create
vboxmanage hostonlyif create
```
This should create a host adapter named vboxnet0
## 2. Nix installation
The following steps are meant to be run on the machine you deploy from, not the machine you deploy to.
@ -58,12 +57,13 @@ The following steps are meant to be run on the machine you deploy from, not the
2. Install latest Nix in "multi-user mode" with GPG Verification
```
curl -o install-nix-2.2.1 https://nixos.org/nix/install
curl -o install-nix-2.2.1.sig https://nixos.org/nix/install.sig
curl -o install-nix https://nixos.org/nix/install
curl -o install-nix.sig https://nixos.org/nix/install.sig
gpg2 --recv-keys B541D55301270E0BCF15CA5D8170B4726D7198DE
gpg2 --verify ./install-nix-2.2.1.sig
sh ./install-nix-2.2.1 --daemon
gpg2 --verify ./install-nix.sig
sh ./install-nix --daemon
```
Then follow the instructions. Open a new terminal window when you're done.
If you get an error similar to
@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ The following steps are meant to be run on the machine you deploy from, not the
```
cd
git clone https://github.com/jonasnick/nix-bitcoin
git clone https://github.com/fort-nix/nix-bitcoin
cd ~/nix-bitcoin
```
@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ The following steps are meant to be run on the machine you deploy from, not the
```
nix-shell
```
This will set up your nix-bitcoin environment and might take a while without giving an output.
3. Create nixops deployment in nix-shell.
```
@ -130,6 +133,7 @@ This is borrowed from the [NixOS manual](https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/index.ht
```
dd if=nixos-graphical-18.09.2257.235487585ed-x86_64-linux.iso of=/dev/sdX
```
Replace /dev/sdX with the correct device name. You can find this using `sudo fdisk -l`
3. Boot the system
@ -251,13 +255,14 @@ On the machine you are deploying from:
2. Install Latest Nix with GPG Verification
```
curl -o install-nix-2.2.1 https://nixos.org/nix/install
curl -o install-nix-2.2.1.sig https://nixos.org/nix/install.sig
curl -o install-nix https://nixos.org/nix/install
curl -o install-nix.sig https://nixos.org/nix/install.sig
gpg2 --recv-keys B541D55301270E0BCF15CA5D8170B4726D7198DE
gpg2 --verify ./install-nix-2.2.1.sig
sh ./install-nix-2.2.1 --daemon
gpg2 --verify ./install-nix.sig
sh ./install-nix --daemon
. /home/user/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
```
Then follow the instructions. Open a new terminal window when you're done.
If you get an error similar to
@ -272,7 +277,7 @@ On the machine you are deploying from:
```
cd
git clone https://github.com/jonasnick/nix-bitcoin
git clone https://github.com/fort-nix/nix-bitcoin
cd ~/nix-bitcoin
```
@ -320,11 +325,15 @@ On the machine you are deploying from:
```
8. Setup environment
```
nix-shell
```
This will set up your nix-bitcoin environment and might take a while without giving an output.
9. Create nixops deployment in nix-shell.
```
nixops create network/network.nix network/network-nixos.nix -d bitcoin-node
```
@ -336,6 +345,7 @@ On the machine you are deploying from:
```
nixops deploy -d bitcoin-node
```
This will now create a nix-bitcoin node on the target machine.
12. Nixops automatically creates an ssh key for use with `nixops ssh`. Access `bitcoin-node` through ssh in nix-shell with