✋-Dockerless Setup
This page contains instructions how to natively install
opendexd and its minimal dependencies lnd (BTC) & connext (ETH & ERC20) on linux. It is mainly geared towards developers and administrators which prefer a native installation over docker.Make sure to have the following installed:
- a user called
opendexd
This is the easiest and fastest way to install
opendexd on a amd64 machine:sudo npm install opendexd -g --unsafe-perm
Testers and developers are encouraged to clone the repository from GitHub and install from source:
git clone https://github.com/opendexnetwork/opendexd
cd opendexd
npm install
npm run compile
npm run compile:seedutil
If you are on an architecture that is not
amd64, you'll have to remove grpc-tools and potentially others from the devDependencies section of package.json.If you want to daemonize
opendexd, so that it starts on boot without needing its own terminal, you can do this using systemd:[Unit]
Description=opendexd
[Service]
User=opendexd
Group=opendexd
Type=simple
Environment=NODE_ENV=production
ExecStart=/home/opendexd/opendexd/bin/opendexd --mainnet
KillMode=process
KillSignal=SIGINT
If you want to daemonize
lnd, so that it starts on boot without needing its own terminal, you can do this using systemd:[Unit]
Description=LND
[Service]
User=opendexd
Group=opendexd
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/opendexd/lnd/bin/lnd --bitcoin.mainnet
KillMode=process
KillSignal=SIGINT
If you want to daemonize
connext, so that it starts on boot without needing its own terminal, you can do this using systemd:[Unit]
Description=Connext
[Service]
User=opendexd
Group=opendexd
Type=simple
Environment="NODE_ENV=production"
Environment="CONNEXT_NODE_URL=https://connext.boltz.exchange"
Environment="CONNEXT_ETH_PROVIDER_URL=http://eth.kilrau.com:41007"
Environment="LEGACY_MODE=true"
WorkingDirectory=/home/opendexd/connext/
ExecStart=node /home/opendexd/connext/build/src/index.js
KillMode=process
KillSignal=SIGINT
You can install tor via
sudo apt install tor on most linux distros nowadays, just make sure the version is fairly recent. If not, consult the tor installation guides. Run systemctl status tor or ps aux | grep tor to verify the tor process is running.Create the following
opendexd.conf in /home/opendexd/.opendexd:mainnet = true
[p2p]
tor = true
torport = 9050
[connext]
disable = false
host = "localhost"
port = 8000
webhookhost = "localhost"
webhookport = 8887
[lnd.BTC]
disable = false
host = "localhost"
certpath = "/home/opendexd/.lnd/tls.cert"
macaroonpath = "/home/opendexd/.lnd/admin.macaroon"
[lnd.LTC]
disable = true
For convenience, consider adding
alias opendex-cli='/home/opendexd/opendexd/bin/opendex-cli -p 8886' to the opendexd user's .bashrc and source it. Then restart opendexd once (e.g. with systemctl restart opendexd) and try running opendex-cli getinfo, which should return with an overview of opendexd's, as well as lnd's and connext status.- When installing on a Raspberry Pi you might see
Unexpected error during initialization. Here is the solution. - If you see an
install errorwhen installing vianpm install, trynpm install --production&npm install typescript.
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