Nice guide! 

I have a question: In the backup section, what's the benefit of using symmetric-only gpg with a cleartext secret versus just using openssl (especially since openssl is already used for generating the secret)?

optimism

Is not very clear in the guide, but are you using that AWS as a VPN for the node to be on clearnet or to host only the backups?

DarthCoin

Do you want a self-hosted Bitcoin Core Lightning node and Zeus Wallet?

Would you like to set up and run a self-hosted Bitcoin Lightning server, and connect a mobile wallet to it so you can use it when you are out and about?

Then this guide is for you. Let me warn you that the guide is quite complex.

You can follow along by watching this video guide.

lightning

# Do you want a self-hosted Bitcoin Core Lightning node and Zeus Wallet?

Would you like to set up and run a self-hosted Bitcoin Lightning server, and connect a mobile wallet to it so you can use it when you are out and about?

Then this guide is for you. Let me warn you that the guide is quite complex.


You can follow along by watching this video guide.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSTnvQyuXEE

In this article, we are going to:

*   [Install a build environment](https://pdath.substack.com/i/176467311/create-a-build-environment)
    
*   [Configure an off-site backup environment with Amazon S3](https://pdath.substack.com/i/176467311/creating-a-backup-environment)
    
*   [Configure PGP for backup encryption](https://pdath.substack.com/i/176467311/pgp)
    
*   [Set up a VPN to connect from your phone](https://pdath.substack.com/i/176467311/set-up-a-vpn)
    
*   [Install Core Lightning on testnet4](https://pdath.substack.com/i/176467311/testnet)
    
    *   [Opening a testnet4 channel](https://pdath.substack.com/i/176467311/opening-a-channel-on-testnet)
        
    *   [Configure testnet4 backup](https://pdath.substack.com/i/176467311/backup-of-testnet)
        
    *   [Configure the Zeus mobile wallet to connect to Core Lightning on testnet4](https://pdath.substack.com/i/176467311/connecting-a-wallet-to-testnet)
        
*   [Install Core Lightning on mainnet](https://pdath.substack.com/i/176467311/mainnet)
    
    *   [Opening a mainnet channel](https://pdath.substack.com/i/176467311/opening-a-channel-on-mainnet)
        
    *   [Configure mainnet backup](https://pdath.substack.com/i/176467311/backup-of-mainnet)
        
    *   [Configure the Zeus mobile wallet to connect to Core Lightning on mainnet](https://pdath.substack.com/i/176467311/connecting-a-wallet-to-mainnet)
        

Do you want a self-hosted Bitcoin Core Lightning node and Zeus Wallet?Do you want a self-hosted Bitcoin Core Lightning node and Zeus Wallet?