btcp-pay-docs/self-hosted-guide/testing-the-new-installation.md

Starting the Server

Once your server is installed you are ready to run it. In this example we will run it from bash. In the next chapters we will show you how to run the server behind a service manager such as PM2.

Starting Server

{% hint style="warning" %} Before you run the command nvm you will need to close the console and open it again. {% endhint %}

cd ~/btcp-explorer
nvm use v4
./bitcore-node start

You should see something like this

{% hint style="success" %} 🎉Congrats you now have your very own BTCP Explorer and server to verify and process payments. {% endhint %}