HowTo: Install Umbrel on Linux

Update all packages in Ubuntu

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Install Docker

sudo apt-get install \
    apt-transport-https \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    gnupg-agent \
    software-properties-common

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

sudo add-apt-repository \
   "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
   $(lsb_release -cs) \
   stable"

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

sudo docker run hello-world

Install Python3

sudo apt install python3

Install Docker Compose

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.27.4/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

Install other dependencies

sudo apt-get install fswatch jq rsync curl

Create a Swap file for systems with limited RAM

I have already written a post showing how to setup swap file on Ubuntu linux.

Dowload and Start Umbrel

curl -L https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/archive/v0.3.1.tar.gz | tar -xz --strip-components=1

sudo NETWORK=testnet ./scripts/start

Stop Umbrel process

If you don’t see .onion address then you can stop and start again to be able to access your Umbrel node anywhere in the world vio tor network.

sudo ./scripts/stop