Raspberry Pi Install Ubuntu

Important: It's suggested that you use Raspbian as your server, as it's a better supported OS for the Raspberry Pi. If you're new to Raspbian, it's a Debian-derived OS built specifically for the Raspberry Pi. If you're use to Ubuntu, you will find Raspbian very similar. These instructions are suggested.

Step One - Setup : Ubuntu 14.04

These steps will prepare your Raspberry Pi / Ubuntu server for Open Bazaar.

Format an SD card with the ubuntu image

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RaspberryPi

Adjust the partition to fill the SD card

( as described in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RaspberryPi )

# boot the Pi
# login: ubuntu password: ubuntu
sudo fdisk /dev/mmcblk0
d [enter]
2 [enter]
n [enter]
p [enter]
2 [enter]
[enter]
[enter]
w [enter]
sudo reboot
# system reboots
# you log back in
sudo resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p2

Set a new password

It is never a good idea to run a server with a default password.

Run this command and follow the instructions:

passwd

Prepare the server for SSH connection

This will be handy for the rest of the setup.

sudo apt-get install -y openssh-server

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Step Two - SSH into the Raspberry Pi

Many of these steps are easier if you can copy and paste directly into the terminal. Making an SSH connection to your Raspberry Pi from your desktop makes this possible.

Here's some info on how to do it: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/ssh/unix.md

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Step Three - Install and Run Open Bazaar

Install the Server Software

Many of these steps will take a very long time, be patient. It's a lot to download and install, but once it's done, it's smooth sailing.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install -y git python-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev python-setuptools
sudo easy_install pip

git clone https://github.com/OpenBazaar/OpenBazaar-Server.git
cd OpenBazaar-Server/

Get on the latest stable release:

git checkout `git describe --tags`

Install python requirements for the server to run.

sudo pip install -r requirements.txt

Set a custom username and password

Open the ob.cfg file in your text editor of choice (nano comes preinstalled on Raspbian):

nano ob.cfg

Then uncomment and set the USERNAME and PASSWORD variables to values of your choice, like so.

Before changes:

#USERNAME = username
#PASSWORD = password

After changes:

USERNAME = joebloggs
PASSWORD = aVeryLong&C()mpl1cat3d5tringThatW1llBeVeryHardToGue$5

Run the server

python openbazaard.py start -d -a 0.0.0.0

Stop the server

It's preferred that this is done from the client UI:

"Account Icon" >> Settings >> Advanced >> Shut Down the Server

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Step Four - Configure the client to communicate with the server

Run the client on your desktop / laptop computer.

https://github.com/OpenBazaar/OpenBazaar-Client

These instructions do not cover the client setup, perhaps they will later.

Let the loading / connection time out.

It's trying to connect to a "local" server. And this server is not local, it's on a separate computer ( your raspberry pi ). It should be on the same network though.

Remember the IP address you used for SSH?

Earlier, you SSH'ed into the raspberry pi. To do this you needed it's IP address, you're going to need that now to setup the connection from the client.

Change the server connection config to meet your needs.

Now that the localhost connection has timed out.

• Click the avatar at the top right of the app.
• Click Settings
• Click Advanced
• Click the Change button in the Server Settings row.
• Set the IP to match that of your Raspberry Pi, and the username and password fields to match the values you entered into your ob.cfg file.
• Click Save Changes