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Help!😳

Any Start9 jocks here who can point me to a roadmap for setting up a simple... 
 Check out Start9 Pages in the marketplace.

Super easy way to spin up static websites on .onion URLs. Literally just upload your website files, and it's hosted on the Tor network. 
 🚀 Announcing the offical release of Alby Hub @Alby for StartOS!

Alby Hub offers incredible ease of use for lightning.

On StartOS, Alby Hub seamlessly integrates with your existing lightning node for maximum sovereignty.

https://blog.getalby.com/what-is-alby-hub/

Great video by @BTCsessions, though slightly dated already.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z1BzwxdP4I

Thank you @k0gen and Horologger for packaging, and to everyone who side loaded for testing.

Source code: https://github.com/Start9Labs/albyhub-startos/releases/tag/v1.10.1 
 Weeks for sure, but that doesn't mean this month. 
 You can safely click update. 
 Talking with their team about it today actually, no timeline yet 
 Is it possible to set up a nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll ... 
 Not at the moment, no 
 Wondering when clearnet support will be released for nostr:nprofile1qqs9df4h2deu3aae83fmet5xmrlm4... 
 Clearnet will be possible in 0.3.6, which is currently in Alpha testing and moving to beta next week. It will require using SSH and following a guide. In 0.4.0, clearnet functionality will be moved into the UI, no longer considered advanced.

We will move to 1.0 when StartOS is out of beta, expected next year, sometime after 0.4.0 
 Hop into our dev channels on Telegram or Matrix. 
 It would be very difficult on StartOS 0.3.5.x, but will be easy in StartOS 0.3.6. 
 Why is so hard to Backup a nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll ... 
 Plug in a physical drive, click backup.

If you are trying to back up to a newwork folder and failing, 99% the problem is usually an invalid input, and it's usually the username. 
 We have an excellent support team in our Telegram channel who can try and help you identify the mistake. 
 Question:

I am using nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll  with... 
 No, currently NWC and Alby Hub only supprot LND. We hope @Alby will support CLN in the future too. 
 FYI we just removed NWC from our marketplace because it is deprecated and being replaced by Alby Hub, which has NWC baked in. I do not think the @Alby team will be maintaining NWC as a separate service going forward. They can confirm. 
 Probably next week 
 If you don't have Alby Hub yet... why?
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(we're honestly looking for answers here) ... 
 Just polishing, soon 
 When nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll  modem/router?
😅 
 The project is already underway. More info coming soon 
 send me some negative feedback on Alby Hub. What do we need to fix asap for you?  
 Definitely best to wit for official releases. Alby Hub is currently in Alpha testing and is expected to have bugs.

That said, you may have discovered a bug. Any info you can share will be helpful. Why did you have to restart it 3 times? 
  nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll is it possible to get an a... 
 Aegis is great 
 Jellyfin is already available and better IMO 
 Jellyfin has apps for just about every platform, including smart TVs. It's also very easy to create guest accounts to share media, etc. I've never used Plex personally, so I can't compare, but I'm pretty sure Jellyfin does all the things and easily. 
 nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll when 036? I can't bring mys... 
 It's in alpha testing, beta in September. It's a massive release, so lots of testing needed. 
 Hey nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll 👋🏻. Wen router? 
 2025.

But router demo vid coming next week. 
 I am trying nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll and looks like ... 
 What do you mean by local emails? You mean running your own SMTP server? That is very difficult to do in a way that will actually result in emails being received to inboxes. Email is largely a captured protocol, and it is no longer feasible to run your own SMTP server and expect clients to permit emails from that server. We plan to offer Mail In a Box at some point, but it will probably only work for certain use cases. Meaning, many people will not receive the emails you send them. 
 Hey nostr:nprofile1qqs9df4h2deu3aae83fmet5xmrlm4w5l9gdnsy3q2n7dklem7ezmwfcpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujue... 
 https://router.start9.com

We haven't advertised yet because next week the crowdfund will conatain a video clickthrough of the amazing UI! 
 has anyone started using a dedicated server for using open source ai stuff? is there something li... 
 The newer 7B models like Llama3 or Mistrel work great on well-resourced devices like the ones we sell.

No real harm in running it alongside Bitcoin and Lightning, but you also don't have to. It's your server, only install what you want. 
 Yeah that model runs just fine. Nothing compared to ChatGPT speeds but it's affordable consumer hardware. No, nobody has packaged OpenUI for StartOS yet, looks cool though. 
 Does anyone else have issues with StartOS HDMI? It'll work right after a boot, but it seems like ... 
 Most likely this is an issue with the graphics driver. Which ISO did you flash? Many screens will need the "nonfree" ISO to work properly.

May I ask why do you have screen connected? Except for flashing firmware and extremely rare debugging purposes, there is absolutely no reason to connect a monitor. servers are meant to run headless (mno screen/monitor). 
 nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll Any estimate for Server one... 
 Defintely on the roadmap, but not in the next 12 months 
 Hardware raid setups work fine, because StartOS still sees it as a single drive. 
 How great would it be to have a self hosted Nostr caching service that regularly pulls the latest... 
 Would love to see Primal caching on StartOS. In the meantime, noStrudel is quite amazing and already available. It runs a caching service and works well, even over Tor. 
 What would it mean to have StartOS on the Alby marketplace? You mean like an affiliate marketing thing? Alby team is well aware of StartOS. If they choose not to support/recommend StartOS, not much we can do 🤷‍♂️  
 This definitely works, I'm personally doing it with GOS. Are you followour guide for this?

https://docs.start9.com/0.3.5.x/service-guides/nextcloud/nextcloud-setup/nextcloud-android

Feel free to jump in our TG chat for assistance. 
 Jump into our Telegram support channel if you haven't already, somewhere there should be able to help you out. 
 #asknostr is there a Nostr private relay on start9 that automatically listens to the network for ... 
 A relay only knows what it learns from clients. Relays do not talk to eachother like they do it Bitcoin.

You can't just spin up a relay and expect it to know anything. 
 What do you mean "broadcast everything manually"? When you create a note, it automatically gets broadcast to all your connected relays, at least the ones that permit writing.

What exactly are you trying to do. I think there might be some confusion about how Nostr works. 
 I like this idea, will look into it. 
 nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll will y'all be at Defcon aga... 
 No, don't think we're too welcome in that community. 
 I can't wait to see  nostr:npub1dllf8wmj6jk83r7chck6madmfgh3fges65ctpe5t6ueujazvvcvsh20tz5 join R... 
 Bisq is available on the beta registry.

https://beta-registry.start9.com 
 Wen nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll phone

Never felt confi... 
 Phone is a few devices down the list haha. But we have a new device coming later this year ;) 
 Don't use a monitor? Servers usually run headless. 
 nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll can we get native i2p support? 
 Can you be more specific. What use case do you have in mind? 
 I see. Yeah, the difference is that Tor has decent support from client browsers/applications, where as i2p does not. For example, it won't matter if your LND grpc interface is available over i2p because no wallets would support connecting to it.

This doesn't mean we won't support i2p network connection, it just means it's not a top priority.

We are focusing our immediate networking efforts around VPN and clearnet usage. Combined with Tor and local connectivity, this will make StartOS servers very accessible. 
 Tor sucks 
 Have you tried putting back in your pants then tacking it out again? 
 nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll

How do I get the xpub from... 
 You are the first to ever ask for this, curious what your use case is.

I believe this can be done from the CLI using dumponchaindescriptors command.

You'll need to SSH into the server and access the CLN container.

https://docs.start9.com/0.3.5.x/user-manual/container-access 
 That would be for the xpriv, no? You said you want the xpub 
 Do we? Defintiely not something we were aware of. We use Shopify for our fiat e-commerce store. Maybe this is some default or Shopify itself doing the tracking. I'll look into it. 
 Thank you so much for bringing this to our attention. We use Shopify for this store, and they do this by default. I have enabled the feature that allows visitors to opt out.

https://image.nostr.build/cb15baaec78c2d84c3f695f0a8ae53423d1d187c49f871eef80b754c88f3ab39.png 
 We didn't know Shopify did this. Fixed. 
 Server Ones are back in stock

...again

https://store.start9.com/products/server-one 
 I can't send any on chain transactions from my core lightning node on Start9. I always get an err... 
 LND exposes a seed phrase on first startup, but Core Lightning does not. 
 Core lightning does not do this? https://docs.corelightning.org/docs/backup 
 Is there a way to use lndconnect on nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9ku... 
 Lol just click "Properties" in LND and copy/paste the LND Connect string... 
 This post is wildly incorrect. Have you ever used StartOS? 
 Yes, LND is something you can install on StartOS. But the whole point of StartOS is to automate the syadmin skills that prevent people from running servers and nodes. Everything you just described to him is just a button when you run LND on StartOS. 
 There are 5 steps listed for umbrel. If I can install Tailscale on nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjh... 
 You can not. VPN functionality will be possible in 03.6 but not before. 
 This is not possible until 0.3.6, because CLN on StartOS does not have a port on the LAN. All hostname resultion is done using HTTPS and SNI. 0.3.6 gives services a unique port, so you will be able to use a VPN or even set up a clearnet domain. So only Tor for now. 
 What's everyone's go to app for private communication.
I've heard good things about simplex but i... 
 It certainly will!