BTCPay Server

Enable and open the app

• Enable the app and wait for the page to reload
• Open the app from the homepage or go to mynode.local:49393, accept the risks of self-signed certificate. (Wait for few minutes if the homepage doesn’t show up.)

Create an admin account

• Create an account using your email and password. First account has admin privileges by default.

Create a Store

• Go to "Stores" page from the menu-bar on the top, and create a new store
• Give your store a name, hit "Create"
• Setup a BTC and/or lightning wallet
  • For BTC wallet: either import an existing wallet or create a new wallet
    • For this example, we’ll create a hot wallet with default settings
    • Backup the seed phrase, check the box and complete the process

Create an App

• Go to the "Apps" page
  • Create a new app
  • Let the app type be "Point of Sale", give a name to your app
  • The BTC Pay server populates it with a default set of items, edit/delete them if you like

Configure the router to forward ports

• Using the admin page of your router, forward the external port 443 to the internal port 49393 and the IP of your MyNode (10.0.0.19 in this example)
• Verify the setting by opening the public IP your router in a browser. It should open the homepage of your BTCPay server.

Buy a custom domain and connect it to your BTCPay server

• Godaddy is a popular registrar
• For example you bought "awesome.com"
• Find the DNS Records page and add an entry
• Choose "A" type
• Enter the name of the subdomain, eg. store
• Enter your public IP address as the value
• Wait for the default TTL value
• Browse to "https://store.awesome.com", it should open the homepage or login page of your BTCPay server
• To open the Point of Sale app, go to Apps page and click on "View" button. You should see the default shop as seen below.

References

• Official guide