💪Pro Hardware Guide
This guide is written for professional liquidity providers to turn a powerful Mini PC into an always-on OpenDEX node.
Two options are available:
Light Reference Shopping List (Europe): ~180 €
GIGABYTE GB-BLCE-4105 BRIX: 138 €
4 GB RAM: 15 €
120GB M.2 SSD: 20 €
USB stick for backups: 3,99 €
Any >1GB USB stick will do.
A NAS/Samba share works too.
Full Reference Shopping List (Europe): ~465 €
GIGABYTE GB-BLCE-4105 BRIX: 138 €
Alternative: ODROID H2+ - same platform, features NVME, needs separate case, power supply and wifi dongle, out of stock at times
32 GB RAM: 127 €
Alternative: List of compatible RAM
2TB SSD: 193 €
Alternative: 1 TB M.2 SSD NVME - for Odroid H2+
Alternative: 240GB M.2 SSD + 2TB HDD
USB stick for backups: 3,99 €
Any >1GB USB stick will do.
A NAS/Samba share works too.
Setup
Download Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS onto your computer. Any other linux distribution supporting docker is also fine. This guide was written using
Ubuntu Server 20.04
.Insert a USB Stick into your computer and create the a bootable USB Stick with the ubuntu image you just downloaded.
Open your Mini PC, plug in RAM & drives, close it, connect it to your router via ethernet cable and to a power supply. Connect a screen via HDMI, a USB keyboard, the created bootable USB Stick, fire the Mini PC up and follow the the inital setup instructions.
Update ubuntu via
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
If you are using Ubuntu 20.04, install docker & docker-compose by running
sudo apt install docker.io
. Otherwise if you are using any version besides Ubuntu 20.04, follow the official instructions to install docker.Add new user
opendex
:Add the
opendex
user to the sudo group (advanced users can skip this and use another user to run sudo commands), the docker group and test if docker is working:Looking good! Optionally, add an alias to enter your opendexd environment by simply typing "opendex":
Connect the USB stick to your machine and set it up. It is very important to do this for a mainnet setup (given you do not want to lose money)!
DONE! Continue here.
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