wallet server guide

documents/resources.md

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 - [Regtest Setup](/resources/regtest-setup)
 - [LBRY Android App Build Steps](/resources/android-build)
 - [Lighthouse (search) API](https://lbryio.github.io/lighthouse)
+- [Run Your Own Wallet Server](/resources/wallet-server)

documents/resources/wallet-server.md

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+# How To Run Your Own Wallet Server
+
+This guide will walk you through the process of setting up a LBRY wallet server. This involves provisioning a web server and setting up some services (docker, lbrycrd, and the wallet server). At the end, you'll have your own connection to the LBRY network.
+
+**note:** This is early-stage stuff. You may encounter unexpected issues. Please be patient and don't hesitate to [reach out for help](#get-in-touch).
+
+
+### Provision a fresh server
+
+We recommend a dual-core server with at least 8GB RAM, 50GB disk, and a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 install. 
+
+I tested this guide on AWS using a `t3.large` instance and the `ami-07d0cf3af28718ef8` image. If you're using AWS, create your instance in the us-east-2 (Ohio) region. That's where our snapshots are stored, so downloading them will be faster for you.
+
+Make sure your firewall has ports 9246 and 50001 open. 9246 is the port lbrycrd uses to communicate to other nodes. 50001 is the wallet server RPC port.
+
+
+### Install Docker & Docker Compose
+```
+sudo apt install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl 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 $(lsb_release -cs) stable" && \
+sudo apt install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io && \
+sudo systemctl enable docker && sudo systemctl start docker && \
+sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.24.1/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose && \
+sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+
+```
+
+### Download our docker-compose.yml
+You can see it [here](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk/blob/master/docker/docker-compose-wallet-server.yml).
+```
+curl -L "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lbryio/lbry-sdk/master/docker/docker-compose-wallet-server.yml" -o docker-compose.yml
+```
+
+### Start the servers
+```
+sudo docker-compose up --detach
+```
+
+### Check that everything worked
+
+The first time you start the wallet server, it will take a few minutes to download a recent snapshot of the database and extract it. You can follow the progress with
+
+```
+sudo docker-compose logs --follow
+```
+
+After the wallet server has caught up, it will bind to port 50001 and start responding to requests. You can check if this happened by running
+
+```
+sudo netstat -tlpn | grep 50001
+```
+
+If there is no output, the port is ont bound yet and the server is still catching up. Check the logs for more info.
+
+After the wallet server is ready, check that it responds to basic RPC calls:
+
+```
+echo '{"id":1,"method":"server.version"}' | timeout 1 curl telnet://localhost:50001
+```
+
+You should see a response like `{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "result": ["0.46.1", "0.0"], "id": 1}`. If you do, congratulations! You've set up your own wallet server.
+
+## Get in touch
+
+Whether you got to the end without a hiccup or you got stuck along the way, we want to hear from you. [Join our Discord](https://discord.gg/y3W9JuS) to get help, stay updated, and talk to other wallet server operators.