02b - Linux quick install

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• Prerequiste are a computer with one more Nvidia gpu installed, this tutorial involve installing an OS from scratch

• Install ubuntu server distribution : Ubuntu server (My testing was done with 22.04.3 LTS server)

• Install nvidia drivers : (My testing was done with nvidia-driver-535-server)

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  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
  sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt list nvidia-driver*                          # list available drivers
  sudo apt install nvidia-driver-535-server             # i'm using nvidia-driver-535-server
  sudo reboot now                                       # reboot
  nvidia-smi                                            # verify installation (it should display all your plugged gpus)
  

• Install Docker :

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  # remove packages
  for pkg in docker.io docker-doc docker-compose docker-compose-v2 podman-docker containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove $pkg; done     
  # add Docker's official GPG key
  sudo apt-get update                                                                                                                   
  sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg
  sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
  curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
  sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
  # add repository to apt sources and install docker
  echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
  # verify installation (command should display help)
  sudo docker
  sudo docker-compose
  

• Download latest client software : bitcoin-puzzle-worker releases then create installation directory and unzip file

• Setup .env files : for details see Setup .env files

• Setup docker-compose.yml : for details see Setup docker-compose.yml

• Install and start Portainer :

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  sudo docker volume create portainer_data
  sudo docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9443:9443 -p 9000:9000 --name portainer --restart=always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer-ce:latest

  Portainer is an external tool that will help you to manage the stack (stop/start containers, see logs) or execute shell inside containers. It can be reached on a Web browser localhost port 9000

• Start docker stack : open a command line prompt in the install dir and type :

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  sudo docker-compose up -d