Manual Deployment

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Manual Deployment
The process is basically the following:
1.Install OS required libraries
2.Install python3 (3.8+)
3.Install nodejs (16+) and yarn
4.Install postgresql
5.Install redis
6.Clone and run all parts of BitcartCC
7.(Optional) Open Firewall Ports and Access the Sites
Warning: Not recommended to use in production
Manual installation is NOT recommended in production. It should be only used for learning purpose.
Instead you should use the docker deployment.
The docker deployment will provide you easy update system and make sure that all moving parts are wired correctly without any technical knowledge. It will also setup HTTPS for you.
Typical manual installation
This steps have been done on ubuntu 18.04, adapt for your own install.
1) Install OS required libraries
sudo apt install libsecp256k1-dev
Or the equivalent for your os package manager
More info on libsecp256k1 in electrum docs or bitcoin core docs​
2) Install Python 3
Usually it might have already been installed, but we also need pip3 and dev packages, so:
sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-dev
3) Install Node.JS and Yarn
sudo apt install nodejs
curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
sudo apt remove cmdtest # comes preinstalled on ubuntu 18.04, overrides yarn
sudo apt update && sudo apt install yarn
If nodejs from your distro is not at least the version we require, then you should install it via nodesource​
4) Install PostgresSQL
Note, replace REPLACEME with your new postgres password.
sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib
sudo -u postgres createdb bitcart
sudo -u postgres psql -U postgres -d postgres -c "alter user postgres with password 'REPLACEME';"
5) Install Redis
sudo apt install redis-server
Ensure that your redis version is > 5.0. Check with redis-server -v.
6) Clone and prepare BitcartCC components
BitcartCC core(daemons) & Merchants API:
git clone https://github.com/bitcartcc/bitcart
cd bitcart
# Optional: Create virtual environment instead of using the global python environment
python3 -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
# continue installation
sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
sudo pip3 install -r requirements/production.txt
sudo pip3 install -r requirements/daemons/btc.txt
For any other daemon(coin) you want to use, run:
sudo pip3 install -r requirements/daemons/coin_name.txt
Where coin_name is coin code(btc, ltc, etc.).
Create a file conf/.env It contains all the settings. For now, we just need to set database password and enabled cryptos.
# Replace REPLACEME with your database password
# specify used cryptocurrencies with BITCART_CRYPTOS
​
cat > conf/.env << EOF
DB_PASSWORD=REPLACEME
BITCART_CRYPTOS=btc,ltc
EOF
Apply database migrations:
alembic upgrade head
BitcartCC admin panel
git clone https://github.com/bitcartcc/bitcart-admin
cd bitcart-admin
yarn
yarn build
BitcartCC store
git clone https://github.com/bitcartcc/bitcart-store
cd bitcart-store
yarn
yarn build
Run everything
BitcartCC core(daemons) & Merchants API:
Start daemons from the bitcart repo directory:
python3 daemons/btc.py
For any other coin, do the similar procedure:
python3 daemons/coin_name.py
Start api:
gunicorn -c gunicorn.conf.py main:app
Start background worker:
python3 worker.py
If you want to run a specific coin on a test network or change other environment settings you can update the .env file in the bitcart conf/ directory​
BitcartCC admin panel
cd bitcart-admin
yarn start
BitcartCC store
cd bitcart-store
NUXT_PORT=4000 yarn start
Default ports
The BitcartCC API runs on port 8000.
Daemons on ports 5000-500X
The BitcartCC Admin panel runs on port 3000
The BitcartCC Store runs on port 4000.
(Optional) Open Firewall Ports and Access the Sites
If you are running BitcartCC on your local machine - you will not need to do these steps. You can go ahead and access the system with:
BitcartCC Admin Panel: http://127.0.0.1:3000/
BitcartCC Store: http://127.0.0.1:4000/
BitcartCC Merchants API: http://127.0.0.1:8000/
If you are running BitcartCC on a remote machine, you will need to do additional things to access them.
Option 1: Nginx proxy (Recommended)
This option is recommended to proxy secure incoming requests to the correct bitcart process.
Install Nginx
sudo apt install nginx
Add configuration for each component: bitcart-store, bitcart and bitcart-admin
vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/bitcart-admin.conf
​
server {
    server_name bitcart-admin.<mysite>.com;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/bitcart-admin.access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/bitcart-admin.error.log;
​
    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
    }
}
Enable the config
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/bitcart-admin.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
Add DNS records for your server names to point to your VM's ip
Check the config and reload nginx
sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl reload nginx
Add TLS certificates with the letsencrypt CA for the sites
sudo apt install certbot
sudo certbot --nginx
Now you should be able to access the components over TLS. You can then also enable http2 in your nginx configuration if you want.
You might want to look at the FAQ for more detailed info on the Nginx configuration options​
Option 2: No proxy
If you have a firewall, you will want to open ports 3000, 4000 and 8000. Using ufw as an example:
sudo ufw allow 3000
sudo ufw allow 4000
sudo ufw allow 8000
yarn is listening on localhost 127.0.0.1 by default and you won't be able to access it over the internet unless you reverse proxy it with nginx. If you want to expose it without reverse proxy, use the environment variable: NUXT_HOST=0.0.0.0 to listen on all interfaces.
The store and admin site need public access to the bitcart api (URL should be resolvable both client and server side).
Using the manual method you need to set that with environment variables. The complete setup of the BitcartCC Admin Panel and Store may look like this:
# bitcart-admin
NUXT_HOST="0.0.0.0" BITCART_ADMIN_API_URL="http://bitcart-api-ip:8000" yarn start
# bitcart-store
NUXT_PORT=4000 NUXT_HOST="0.0.0.0" BITCART_STORE_API_URL="http://bitcart-api-ip:8000" yarn start
Note: The above is the minimum to make it work and not a production grade solution. We still recommend to use docker deployment unless you really know what you're doing.
Access the site remotely
BitcartCC Admin Panel: http://my-bitcart-admin-ip:3000/
BitcartCC Store: http://my-bitcart-store-ip:4000/
BitcartCC Merchants API: http://my-bitcart-store-ip:8000/
Continue with: Your first invoice​
(Optional) Managing Processes
If you want the procaesses: bitcart api, daemons, worker and frontend (bitcart admin and bitcart store) to be managed with automatic startup, error reporting etc then consider using supervisord or systemd to manage the processes.
Upgrading manual deployment
Note: it is recommended to use docker deployment for easy upgrades.
To upgrade manually, follow the following steps:
1) Stop everything already running
Merchants API, workers, daemons, Admin panel and Store should be stopped
2) Pull latest changes
Run :
git pull
For every BitcartCC component directory (Merchants API, Admin Panel, Store).
3) Upgrade dependencies
BitcartCC core(daemons) & Merchants API:
sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
sudo pip3 install -r requirements/production.txt
sudo pip3 install -r requirements/daemons/btc.txt
BitcartCC admin
yarn
BitcartCC store
yarn
4) Apply new database migrations
In BitcartCC core(daemons) & Merchants API directory, run:
alembic upgrade head
5) Rebuild store and admin
For BitcartCC Admin Panel and Store, run:
yarn build
6) Start everything again
Follow instructions here​