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This guide is designed to guide your through the installation of BitGo Express node, to enable CAS to use your BitGo wallet (on the BitGo website) after you’ve created your BitGo account (on their website).

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Tip

This article presumes you have a bare installation of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS running on a VPS with a publicly exposed IP.

  • We recommend you deploy a separate VPS server (from CAS).

  • These instructions are illustrated using a non-root account. “root” installation & usage will be different and is not recommended.

  • We recommend Digital Ocean as your VPS provider: Create a VPS on Digital Ocean

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Click this link to open installation instructions.

Requires CAS version 20200323 or newer.

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  • The BE (Bitgo Express) node should always be on a dedicated & separate server.

  • You may ignore this step if you use, understand, and deploy your own SSH tunnel between CAS ↔︎ BE.

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3. Install & run Bitgo Express.

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Verify that your node is working properly by sending a command via another terminal window.

  1. Open a new Terminal window/tab.

  2. Login on the second window via SSH to the Bitgo Express node.

  3. Type the following:

Code Block
curl localhost:3080/api/v2/ping

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Info

You’ll also see messages from CAS (in the first window) as you test the Hot Wallet settings. This is an easy way to a great tool to help diagnose any problems.

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5. Ensure continuity.

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