FAQ

Whats the motivation of this project?

This project aims to wants to:

• Make it easier for non experienced users to run a Monero node on VPS or dedicated hardware with safe default settings.
• Allow technical users to bootstrap a node faster for production or development purposes.
• Add extra features like Tor hidden services, Light Wallet Service (monero-lws), Grafana dashboard and more.

Why should I run an arbitrary script using sudo on my machine?

In general, it's a bad practice to pipe or execute a third party script with sudo as it gives total privileges on your machine and it can do nasty things. However:

• This script is aimed to configure fresh Linux systems, not desktops, so the risk of compromising the system is minimal.
• It needs sudo permission to install docker automatically.
• If you are in a production environment, it is recommended to clone the source code and proceed manually.

How is it different from PiNode-XMR ?

PiNode-XMR is a great project with a different target, mainly Single board computers like Raspberry Pi and others. It uses a different approaches, like installation on the host using systemd services instead of Docker, a more comprehensive installation process, etc.