Umbrel

After updating Umbrel, my Bitcoin Node disappeared from the dashboard and I couldn’t reinstall it from the App Store. Here’s how I fixed it. The Problem After updating Umbrel and restarting the VM: Bitcoin Node disappeared from the Umbrel dashboard App Store showed Bitcoin Node as available for installation (like it was never installed) All my blockchain data seemed gone Root Cause The Umbrel update overwrote /etc/fstab, which contained the mount configuration for my external drive. Without this entry: ...

Running a Bitcoin Full Node requires over ≈800GB of storage. This guide shows you how to keep Umbrel fast on an internal drive while storing blockchain data on an external drive. Requirements Homeserver with Proxmox and Umbrel VM installed External USB drive (2TB SSD recommended) Used in this tutorial: 🛒 Kingston XS2000 2TB Cheaper alternative: 🛒 Kingston XS1000 2TB Proxmox Setup For these steps, I followed the video by @absprog on YouTube. ...