MonkStash Server Your own Monero node, in one command.

The short version

• Your node, not someone else's. A public node sees which requests your wallet makes. Your own node sees only you.
• The official Monero release. The script checks the release signature with the Monero project's key before it installs anything.
• Ready for wallets. HTTPS with an automatic certificate, and the MonkStash web wallet may connect from a browser. Feather, Cake and the Monero GUI work too.
• Payments for a shop, if you want them. One flag adds MonkStash Pay: a view-only payment server that can see payments and never spend them.

Install it

1. Rent a server

Debian 12 or 13, or Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 or 26.04, with at least 4 GB of memory and about 150 GB of free disk for a pruned mainnet node. Point a domain at its IP address (for example node.example.com), or skip that and the script uses an address like 203-0-113-7.sslip.io. See pick a server.

2. Run two lines

Log in to the server with SSH and run:

$curl -fsSL https://monkstash.com/server/install.sh -o install.sh
$sudo bash install.sh install --domain node.example.com

It asks once before it changes anything. Want to read it first? It is a single file: less install.sh, or read it on GitHub.

3. Connect your wallet

Open https://node.example.com/status and wait until it says Up to date. Then in MonkStash go to Settings, Connection, choose your own node and paste https://node.example.com. Other wallets take the same address.

What it sets up

Pick a server

A pruned mainnet node needs about 4 GB of memory and 150 GB or more of SSD, and the disk matters most for the first sync. Two plans that fit, checked on 21 October 2026:

Prices change; check the host. Avoid plans under 150 GB of disk: they cannot hold the chain for long. Mainstream clouds work too but need an extra volume for the disk, which roughly doubles the price.

For shops: MonkStash Pay

Add --pay and the same server takes Monero payments for your shop. It asks for your shop wallet's primary address, private view key and restore height. With those it can see payments, never spend them. Never give it a seed or spend key.

$sudo bash install.sh install --domain node.example.com --pay \
  --shop-url https://shop.example.com --shop-name "Example shop" --currency EUR

Then run sudo monkstash-server pay-info and copy the server address, API key and webhook secret into the MonkStash Pay plugin in WooCommerce. A fresh address for every order, prices in your currency, and the order completes itself when paid. The plugin and how it works: Monero for WooCommerce.

Day to day

# Sync progress, peers, disk, version
$monkstash-server status
# Install a newer Monero release (signature checked again)
$sudo monkstash-server update
# Check for new releases every day and install them
$sudo monkstash-server install --auto-update
# Get the latest version of this script
$sudo monkstash-server self-update

Running install again changes settings (a domain, another wallet origin, Pay) and keeps the blockchain. uninstall removes the services and keeps the blockchain unless you add --purge.

What it checks, and its limits

• The release. It downloads the signed hash list from getmonero.org, checks the signature with the Monero release key (fingerprint 81AC 591F E9C4 B65C 5806 AFC3 F0AF 4D46 2A0B DF92), and checks the archive's SHA-256 against it. A changed hash list or a different key stops the install.
• The script itself. Its SHA-256 is listed in this site's build manifest, and the site can be rebuilt from the public source to check it (how). Run sha256sum install.sh to compare.
• Tested in public. Every change installs it on fresh Ubuntu machines, x86-64 and ARM64, with a test node, and checks the sync, HTTPS, browser access, the restricted RPC, the status page, the firewall and uninstall (the test runs).
• It runs as root, like any server installer, because it installs services and a firewall. Read it before you run it if you can.
• You run the server. Keeping its system updated, its SSH login safe and its disk from filling up is yours to do. The script has not had an independent security review yet.

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