Ok this is helpful. I'll get all this info no problem. Once I have it, what should I do next? When I hit an issue I can't resolve, where can I go for direction?
I want to do this and I have no problem doing the steps. I just need the approach outlined so I can feel like I'm actually going to get it done. If it takes another month, I'll still do it....I just need confidence that I can get there.
I'm responsible for about 60 x86 servers myself nowadays (my company is moving away from our power architecture towards x86), all my x86 machines are running SLES (everything from 11SP1 till 12SP4), they have tons of good documentation i can access whenever i run into issues. IIRC, ubuntu offers less off the shelve documentation, but they do have good community support forums you can join if you need help. Also, if you post specific, general, questions in this thread, i might be able to point you into the correct direction.
Might i ask which service you're trying to setup? Maybe you're making things to complex? Depending on the virtualisation sollution your VPS provider is offering there might be turnkey sollutions available?
Thank you for taking this time to respond. I'll try to see if I can give you the first project here:
I want to run a node and pull in the Blockchain data. Then I'm going to get the data into some MySQL tables and expose a RESTful API (secured). I have a WordPress WooCommerce plug-in but the transaction APIs out there don't always offer all the data points I need to provide a robust solution.
I've made an amazing client-side payment plug-in and it's alot of value for free. I'd like to make it even more user friendly but be able to monetize on a proprietary API in some way. I am not going to be transaction fee based because that seems like highway robbery. Still, I would love to be able to get more into this space as a full-time gig where I'm a tools guy to make user-friendly e-commerce solutions for entrepreneurs that don't have much technical understanding.
I'm really excited to do this and my buddy will make some awesome data APIs! But, I need the node running to give him data to leverage! I have the will and resources but I want to be the one to do something and learn this. Me and my buddy are both having trouble figuring out how to run a node.
I'm more than happy to link you the work and brand once I've incorporated and double checked the plug-in to be 100% sure there's no bugs. I've invested $12K already in total and the plug-in is amazing. I want to have this data API built!!
Step 1 -- run a Bitcoin Daemon on the VPS and get that Blockchain data so my friend can leverage it!!
The plug-in is already built and it is really robust. I want to keep making it more awesome. I'm just really getting discouraged now because of all these issues. My friend can't work his magic unless he has this data...I don't want to have so many 3rd party API dependencies for a monetized pro version and I don't want to make people pay for that.
Does this help? I'm really grateful you've responded
