Backend Deployment

Update

Consider updating the versions in WalletWasabi.Helpers.Constants. If versions are updated, make sure Client Release is already available before updating the backend.

sudo apt-get update && cd ~/WalletWasabi && git pull && cd ~
sudo service nginx stop
sudo systemctl stop walletwasabi.service
sudo killall tor
bitcoin-cli stop
sudo apt-get upgrade -y && sudo apt-get autoremove -y
sudo reboot
set DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT=1
bitcoind
bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo
tor
sudo service nginx start
dotnet publish ~/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi.Backend --configuration Release --self-contained false
sudo systemctl start walletwasabi.service
pgrep -ilfa tor && pgrep -ilfa bitcoin && pgrep -ilfa wasabi && pgrep -ilfa nginx
tail -10000 ~/.walletwasabi/backend/Logs.txt

1. Create Remote Server

Name

WalletWasabi.Backend.[TestNet/Main]

Image

Ubuntu 18.04 x64

Region

Mostly anywhere is fine, except the US or China.

Size

https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#minimum-requirements

[4GB Standard/32GB Standard]

2. Setup Server

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/initial-server-setup-with-ubuntu-18-04

SSH in as Root

Putty (Note copypaste with Ctrl+Insert and Shift+Insert.) https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-ssh-keys-with-putty-on-digitalocean-droplets-windows-users

Create a New User and Grant Administrative Privileges

adduser user
usermod -aG sudo user

Setup Firewall

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-firewall-with-ufw-on-ubuntu-14-04

ufw allow OpenSSH
ufw enable

As the firewall is currently blocking all connections except for SSH, if you install and configure additional services, you will need to adjust the firewall settings to allow acceptable traffic in. You can learn some common UFW operations in this guide. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/ufw-essentials-common-firewall-rules-and-commands

Enabling External Access for User

rsync --archive --chown=user:user ~/.ssh /home/user

Update Ubuntu

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y

3. Install .NET SDK

https://www.microsoft.com/net/learn/get-started/linux/ubuntu18-04

Opt out of the telemetry: export DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT=1.

4. Install Tor

sudo apt-get install tor

Check if Tor is already running in the background:

pgrep -ilfa tor
sudo killall tor

Verify Tor is properly running:

tor

Create torrc:

sudo pico /etc/tor/torrc

HiddenServiceDir /home/user/.hidden_service_v3
HiddenServiceVersion 3
HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:37127

RunAsDaemon 1

# ---MAKE TOR FASTER---

# Need to disable for HiddenServiceNonAnonymousMode
SOCKSPort 0
# Need to enable for HiddenServiceSingleHopMode
HiddenServiceNonAnonymousMode 1
# This option makes every hidden service instance hosted by a tor
# instance a Single Onion Service. One-hop circuits make Single Onion
# servers easily locatable, but clients remain location-anonymous.
HiddenServiceSingleHopMode 1

Enable firewall:

sudo ufw allow 80

Backup the generated private key!

5. Install, Configure and Synchronize bitcoind

https://bitcoin.org/en/download

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bitcoind
mkdir ~/.bitcoin
pico ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf

testnet=[0/1]

[main/test].rpcworkqueue=64

[main/test].txindex=1

[main/test].daemon=1
[main/test].server=1
[main/test].rpcuser=bitcoinuser
[main/test].rpcpassword=password
[main/test].whitebind=127.0.0.1:[8333/18333]

https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/0.17.0/ https://medium.com/@loopring/how-to-run-lighting-btc-node-and-start-mining-b55c4bab8ad https://github.com/MrChrisJ/fullnode/issues/18

sudo ufw allow ssh
sudo ufw allow [18333/8333]
bitcoind
bitcoin-cli getblockcount
bitcoin-cli stop
bitcoind

6. Publish, Configure and Run WalletWasabi.Backend

git clone https://github.com/zkSNACKs/WalletWasabi.git
cd WalletWasabi
dotnet restore
dotnet build
dotnet publish WalletWasabi.Backend --configuration Release --self-contained false
dotnet WalletWasabi.Backend/bin/Release/netcoreapp2.2/publish/WalletWasabi.Backend.dll
cd ..
cat .walletwasabi/backend/Logs.txt
pico .walletwasabi/backend/Config.json
pico .walletwasabi/backend/CcjRoundConfig.json
dotnet WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi.Backend/bin/Release/netcoreapp2.2/publish/WalletWasabi.Backend.dll
cat .walletwasabi/backend/Logs.txt

7. Monitor the Apps

WalletWasabi.Backend

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/linux-nginx?view=aspnetcore-2.0&tabs=aspnetcore2x

sudo pico /etc/systemd/system/walletwasabi.service

[Unit]
Description=WalletWasabi Backend API

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/home/user/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi.Backend/bin/Release/netcoreapp2.2/publish
ExecStart=/usr/bin/dotnet /home/user/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi.Backend/bin/Release/netcoreapp2.2/publish/WalletWasabi.Backend.dll
Restart=always
RestartSec=10  # Restart service after 10 seconds if dotnet service crashes
SyslogIdentifier=walletwasabi-backend
User=user
Environment=DOTNET_PRINT_TELEMETRY_MESSAGE=false

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl enable walletwasabi.service
sudo systemctl start walletwasabi.service
systemctl status walletwasabi.service
tail -10000 .walletwasabi/backend/Logs.txt

Tor

tor
pgrep -ilfa tor

8. Setup nginx

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/linux-nginx?view=aspnetcore-2.0&tabs=aspnetcore2x#install-nginx Only setup nginx if you want to expose the autogenerated website to the clearnet.

Enable firewall:

sudo ufw allow http
sudo ufw allow https

sudo apt-get install nginx -y
sudo service nginx start

Verify a browser displays the default landing page for Nginx. The landing page is reachable at http://<server_IP_address>/index.nginx-debian.html.

sudo pico /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

Fill out the server name with the server's IP and domain. And remove the unneeded domains (note I use wasabiwallet.co for testnet.)

server {
    listen        80;
    listen        [::]:80;
    listen        443 ssl;
    listen        [::]:443 ssl;
    server_name   [InsertServerIPHere] wasabiwallet.io www.wasabiwallet.io wasabiwallet.net www.wasabiwallet.net wasabiwallet.org www.wasabiwallet.org wasabiwallet.info www.wasabiwallet.info wasabiwallet.co www.wasabiwallet.co zerolink.info www.zerolink.info hiddenwallet.org www.hiddenwallet.org;
    location / {
        proxy_pass         http://localhost:37127;
    }
}

sudo nginx -t
sudo nginx -s reload

Setup https, redirect to https when asks. This'll modify the above config file, but oh well.

sudo certbot -d wasabiwallet.io -d www.wasabiwallet.io -d wasabiwallet.net -d www.wasabiwallet.net -d wasabiwallet.org -d www.wasabiwallet.org -d wasabiwallet.info -d www.wasabiwallet.info -d wasabiwallet.co -d www.wasabiwallet.co -d zerolink.info -d www.zerolink.info -d hiddenwallet.org -d www.hiddenwallet.org

certbot won't properly redirect www, so it must be setup by hand, one by one. Duplicate all entries like this by adding a www.:

server {
    if ($host = wasabiwallet.co) {
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    }
}

Add add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload" always; and server_tokens off; to every HTTPS server block.

sudo nginx -t
sudo nginx -s reload

After accessing the website finalize preload in https://hstspreload.org/

Check If Everything Works

TestNet: http://testwnp3fugjln6vh5vpj7mvq3lkqqwjj3c2aafyu7laxz42kgwh2rad.onion/swagger/ Main: http://wasabiukrxmkdgve5kynjztuovbg43uxcbcxn6y2okcrsg7gb6jdmbad.onion/swagger/ GET fees

http://www.wasabiwallet.io/

Check Statuses

tail -f ~/.bitcoin/debug.log
tail -10000 .walletwasabi/backend/Logs.txt
du -bsh .walletwasabi/backend/IndexBuilderService/*

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