BTCPay Server

What’s Already Set Up

• BTCPay Server installed with Docker
• Bitcoin Core + C-Lightning integrated
• Nginx reverse proxy with HTTPS
• Utility scripts installed in /usr/local/bin
• Auto-start on reboot enabled via systemd
• Installation directory: /root/BTCPayServer

How to Access

1. Point your domain DNS to your server’s public IP.
2. Restart the btcpayserver service: systemctl restart btcpayserver.service
3. Access BTCPay in your browser: https://<domain.tld>
4. Open the URL above in your browser to complete initial setup.
5. If you need to change the configured domain later: changedomain.sh <newdomain.tld>

Tooling

A wide variety of useful scripts are available once BTCPay is installed:

• bitcoin-cli.sh: Access your Bitcoin node instance (for RPC)
• bitcoin-lightning-cli.sh: Access your CLN node instance (for RPC)
• changedomain.sh: Change the domain of your BTCPayServer (remember to disable 2FA/U2F first, as you risk being unable to log in to your account)
• btcpay-update.sh: Update BTCPayServer to the latest version
• btcpay-up.sh: Run docker-compose up
• btcpay-down.sh: Run docker-compose down
• btcpay-setup.sh: Change the settings of your server
• btcpay-clean.sh: Purge any unused docker images
• . ./btcpay-setup.sh: Information about additional parameters
• . ./btcpay-setup.sh -i: Set up your BTCPayServer
• btcpay-restart.sh: Restart your BTCPayServer